Creating a Strong Bond between a Great State and a Great Ship...
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Welcome and thank you for your interest in the USS IDAHO SSN 799 Commissioning Foundation and Committee and our work in support of the commissioning and crew of the warship that will carry our state's name.
We welcome your involvement and support in our once-in-a-hundred-year project. Our Committee and its supporters include Idahoans and non-Idahoans alike. We have many military veterans, including Navy submariners, but most are simply patriots who want to make a difference for the young men and women who will sail aboard the USS IDAHO "on scene, unseen" in defense of our nation for decades to come.
The future USS IDAHO SSN 799 is a leading-edge Virginia Class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine being built by General Dynamics Electric Boat in Connecticut. She was christened in March 2024, and is likely to be commissioned into the Navy fleet during the spring of 2026. Much of the advanced acoustic stealth technology came from the US Navy’s premier Acoustic Research Laboratory in Bayview Idaho on Lake Pend Oreille and is home to the largest unmanned submarine in the world. The Navy facility is located on the former Camp Farragut; the second largest of seven Navy bootcamps in WWII, training almost 300k sailors during the war.
She will follow in the tradition of the four previous ships named USS IDAHO the most recent being Battleship 42, which was commissioned in 1919. It served with distinction in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and was present in Tokyo Bay during the signing of the formal surrender by the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945.
The USS IDAHO Commissioning Foundation Inc. is an Idaho nonprofit corporation with Federal IRC Sec. 501(c)(3) tax exempt status (EIN 84-5147328).
The 43rd State has an amazing Naval History that even many of our residents are not aware of. From the second largest of seven Navy Bootcamps in WWII to the first Nuclear Submarine Prototype ever built to "The U.S. Submarine force's most important body of water."
Gem of the Fleet!
The USS IDAHO SSN 799 will be the 26th Virginia Class Submarine built since the 1999 and the eighth Block IV variant of the class incorporating the very latest in undersea warfighting technology and submarine construction techniques.
Our Committee responsibilities are numerous. Foremost is building the long-term connection between Idahoans and our namesake warship's young sailors who will serve aboard her in dangerous places.
USS IDAHO News
USS Idaho crew members celebrate new license plate, Idaho cuisine before starting mission
April 30th, 2025
5b Gazette - Apr. 30, 2025 Being able to take the new USS Idaho nuclear submarine to sea for the first time as the commissioning officer will be a career highlight for Cmdr. Chad Guillerault. "This commission will be a culmination of my career, and a very special event," Guillerault said. Guillerault joined the U.S. Navy in 2002, and his service on the USS Idaho will be the fourth submarine he will have served.
USS Idaho Championed by Appearance of Dryland Submarine
April 30th, 2025
Eye on Sun Valley - April 30, 2025 As day dawned over the mountains surrounding Sun Valley, a 35-foot flatbed trailer carrying a 28-foot-long cylindrical hulk pulled out of a garage labeled “Area 52 Restricted Area” at Tom and Elizabeth Tierney’s River Grove Farm. The pickup truck hauling the 6,000-pound trailer and its mysterious looking cargo headed north from the hanger with its “UFO Parking” sign to Ketchum where it parked across the street from the Sun Valley Culinary Institute.
USS Idaho Crew Members Visit Idaho Capital, Governor Launches Commemorative Plate
April 25th, 2025
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Governor Little welcomed the crew of the newly constructed USS Idaho to the Capital this week. The Governor launched a new Idaho license plate design that supports the new USS Idaho nuclear submarine, the Navy's newest in a series of cutting-edge submarines.
USS Idaho Events
FREE Reception to Honor Crew Members of the Future USS IDAHO SSN 799
April 24, 2025
You're invited to a FREE reception to honor crew members of the future USS IDAHO SSN 799 submarine who will be with us on their visit to their ship's namesake. Thursday, April 24 at 6 p.m.
Watch the USS IOWA Commissioning
April 5, 2025
The USS IOWA will be commissioned on Saturday, April 5 at 10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time. You can watch it here.
PCU IDAHO SSN 799 Change of Command - FRI 07 MAR
March 7, 2025
The PCU IDAHO SSN 799 Change of Command was Friday, March 7, 2025. Cmdr. Randall Leslie turned command over to Cmdr. Chad Guillerault in a traditional change of command ceremony You can watch the ceremony on the PCU IDAHO Facebook site.
IDAHO 799 Float Off Timelapse Video
August 6, 2024
See this incredible footage of the Float Off (Launch) of the IDAHO 799 at Electric Boat in Groton on 06 AUG 2024.
IDAHO 799 Christening
16 MAR 2024
Pressure Hull Complete
Fall 2023
The USS IDAHO crew and Electric Boat employees in front of the future USS IDAHO SSN 799 in October 2023. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Electric Boat via the USS IDAHO Commissioning Committee.
Photo Courtesy of General Dynamics Electric Boat
Keel Laying Ceremony
24 AUG 2020
Hull section of the future USS IDAHO on display festooned with the US Flag, Ships Crest and the Official Seal of the State of Idaho
The ship’s Sponsor, Terry Stackley giving her keynote address
Welder Tim Cashman of Electric Boat, welds Terry Stackley’s Initials into the plate of steel that will be mounted in the submarine
The ship’s Chief of the Boat, Master Chief David Pope, Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Rene Medrano, Former Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Ship’s Sponsor, Terry Stackley and the Ships Commanding Officer, CDR Nicholas Meyers on stage at the Keel Laying.
IDAHO 799 Float Off
See this incredible footage of the Float Off (Launch) of the IDAHO 799 at Electric Boat in Groton on 06 AUG 2024.
IDAHO 799 Roll out
See this amazing time-lapse footage of the IDAHO 799 being rolled out of the manufacturing building at Electric Boat in Groton and being staged for the Float Off.
USS IDAHO March
Silver and Gold Beneath the Waves
A march dedicated to the sailors of the USS IDAHO SSN 799 serving our nation and representing the people of the great state of Idaho
Composer: Professor Dan Bukvich, University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music
The complete breakdown of the different parts of Silver and Gold Beneath the Waves by Professor Dan Bukvich.
Links
IDAHO Public Television
IDAHO EXPERIENCE
Idaho's Nuclear Navy
ARD Bayview Video
