USS IDAHO SSN 799 News

Sun Valley Residents Send Five Thousand Cookies and a Flag to USS Idaho Commissioning

Eye on Sun Valley 5/2/26 - Vietnam Army Veteran Bill Potter reveled as a thousand-pound bell from the USS Idaho BB42, a battleship that played a central role in the Battle of Iwo Jima, was transported across the country, along with 5,000 frozen chocolate chip cookie pucks that Bigwood Bread Bakery’s George Gallgher had donated.

Short Video from U.S. Dept. of the Navy Recapping USS Idaho (SSN 799) Commissioning Ceremony

Short powerful video from U.S. Dept. of the Navy recaps USS Idaho (SSN 799) Commissioning Ceremony and features the crew of the USS IDAHO and remarks by Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Hung Cao at the commissioning ceremony for the newest Virginia-Class submarine USS Idaho (SSN 799) at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn.

University of Idaho Musicians to Perform at USS Idaho Commissioning Ceremony

Daily Fly & Pullman Radio 4/17/26 - NEW LONDON, CT – Students and faculty from the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton School of Music will perform at the commissioning of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Idaho on Saturday, April 25, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut.

UI students and staff will perform during USS Idaho commissioning

Moscow-Pullman Daily News - 4/17/26 The University of Idaho announced Thursday that its music students and faculty will perform during the commissioning of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Idaho on April 25 in Connecticut.

KTVB -- 4/14/26

The USS Idaho will be officially commissioned next week, continuing Idaho’s long, landlocked connection to the U.S. Navy. Watch video on "The 208 Callback: History of the USS Idaho."

Eastern Washington teacher entered a photo contest. Now her work will be displayed in Idaho’s newest U.S. Navy submarine

The Spokesman-Review -- 4/6/26: Tracey Delyea was watching the Antiques Roadshow at her family’s cabin in Coeur d’Alene last summer when an ad caught her attention. The ad was a photography contest to help decorate the interior of a submarine to be named “Idaho” for the first time in over a century. “I looked at my mom, and I said, ‘I have a picture.’ And she said, ‘Well, are you going to do something about it?’” Delyea recalled.

Scenes of the Valley taken by local photographer to be featured inside USS Idaho

5b Gazette - 3/6/26 -- Steve Dondero has always enjoyed having a camera in his hand. The Wood River Valley native recalls every time he was asked "What do you want to do when you grow up?" for school, he would answer he wanted to be a National Geographic photographer.

Audiences captivated in learning Idaho's naval history through Idaho Public Television documentary

5b Gazette -- 3/3/26 People might know Idaho has ties to the U.S. military, with nuclear research taking place at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) near Arco, and that Sun Valley Resort was used as a convalescent hospital during WWII, but those ties go even deeper as revealed in a new documentary "America's Sagebrush Navy" by Idaho Public Television (IdahoPTV).

Big Idaho Potato Truck launches national tour starting at Micron

KIVI Idaho News 6 - 2/18/26 -- The Big Idaho Potato Truck officially kicked off its seven-month national tour from Micron's facility, marking the start of the Idaho Potato Commission's "chip to chip" campaign that connects agriculture with technology....We'll be at the commissioning of the new USS Idaho submarine this year in Groton, Connecticut," Bullock said.