Deep beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, America’s submarine fleet operates in near-perfect silence, serving as an ...

The U.S. Navy has officially welcomed a new nuclear-powered attack submarine into its fleet. The USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, was commissioned during a ceremony ...

The USS Massachusetts is seen during its commissioning ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 28th, 2026. (MCS2 Lucas J. Hastings/U.S. Navy) Editor’s note: A previous version of this story ...

Sailors man the rails during a commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Idaho at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, on April 25, 2026. (John Narewski/U.S.

Huntington Ingalls Industries initially delivered the USS New Jersey fast attack submarine to the Navy in 2024—then quickly took it back for a “post-shakedown availability.” Two years ago, the ...

A French nuclear-powered submarine deployed a U.S. Navy underwater drone during recent trials off the coast of Toulon, the U.S. and French navies said. The test involving a Razorback sea drone ...

The Navy is canceling a long-delayed overhaul of the USS Boise after costs ballooned to nearly $3 billion, with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan saying the submarine no longer made financial or ...