USS IDAHO SSN 799 News
The crew of the USS Idaho spent Wednesday morning at Idaho's capitol building meeting with Gov. Brad Little, Lt. Gov Scott Bedke, House Speaker Mike Moyle, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Winder. The crew was welcomed by members of the Idaho Legislature.
"Let it be... forever!" Lt. Cmdr. Darrell Smith, executive officer of the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), gave Gem State hockey fans a taste of submarine life by leading them in his crew's call-and-response battle cry. "Let it be - forever" is the English translation of Idaho's Latin state motto, Esto Perpetua.
Caldwell High School alumna who died in Iraq honored at assembly with USS Idaho sailors
Carrie French — who walked the halls of Caldwell High School as a student and cheerleader — joined the National Guard in 2003 and graduated in 2004. French was killed in 2005 in Kirkuk, Iraq, when an explosive hit a vehicle she was in. She was 19. On Tuesday, French was honored at an assembly with USS Idaho sailors at Caldwell High School. The USS Idaho is under construction in Groton, Connecticut, and is scheduled to be commissioned into the U.S. Navy active duty in 2025.
U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to USS IDAHO tour Veterans Cemetery (KTVB News)
KTVB Channel 7 News highlights the USS IDAHO crew's visit to the Veterans Cemetery, the Carrie French Memorial Assembly at Caldwell High School, and the Idaho Veterans Garden.
For the sixth time over the past two years, the USS IDAHO Commissioning Committee will welcome a contingent of the first U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the under-construction USS IDAHO to the Gem State.
Crew of future USS Idaho (SSN 799) holds first change of command ceremony
Cmdr. Nicholas Meyers, the first commanding officer of the crew of the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), turned command over to Cmdr. Randall Leslie in a traditional change of command ceremony held Friday, Dec. 2, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut.
Collecting water for the christening of the future USS IDAHO submarine
MCCALL, Idaho — The U.S.S. Idaho is expected to be christened in the fall of 2023, christening is a time honored Navy tradition which marks the beginning of a ships life.
Daughters of the American Revolution celebrate the submarine USS Idaho
The Idaho State Society Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a dinner March 26 celebrating the future USS Idaho SSN 799, a leading-edge Virginia Class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine. While still under construction, the USS Idaho will go into service in 2023.
US Navy sailors travel through Idaho to connect with their namesake vessel
US Navy sailors from the east coast are touring Idaho right now. Today the group stopped at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery.