commissionings
![Future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Media Day The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) currently moored in Port Everglades, in its name-sake city Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gets ready for Saturday’s commissioning ceremony. (U.S. Navy Photo by Sgt. Gavin Shelton, USMC)](https://societyofsponsorsofusn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/220728-M-DW109-855-USS-Fort-Lauderdale-1536x1464-1-1024x976.jpg)
USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Commissions
The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) currently moored in Port Everglades, in its name-sake city...
![USS Montana (SSN 794) Commissioning NORFOLK (June 25, 2022) Sailors attached to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) man the boat during a commissioning ceremony in Norfolk, Va., June 25, 2022. SSN-794, the second U.S Navy vessel launched with the name Montana and first in more than a century, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Smolinski)](https://societyofsponsorsofusn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/220625-N-UZ446-0251-1024x683.jpeg)
USS Montana (SSN 794) Commissioned
NORFOLK (June 25, 2022) Sailors attached to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) man the...
![President, First Lady celebrate commissioning of USS Delaware (SSN 791) 220402-N-GR655-1142 WILMINGTON, Delaware (April 2, 2022) – President of the United States Joe Biden speaks with Sea Cadets following a following a commissioning commemoration ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) in Wilmington, Delaware April 2, 2022. The initial commissioning took place administratively in April 2020 due to COVID restrictions at the time and is the first submarine to be commissioned while submerged. Delaware, the seventh U.S Navy ship and first submarine named after the first U.S. state of Delaware, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten)](https://societyofsponsorsofusn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/220402-N-GR655-1142-2048x1307-1-1024x654.jpeg)
Commissioning of USS Delaware (SSN 791)
WILMINGTON, Delaware (April 2, 2022) – President of the United States Joe Biden speaks with...
![USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. Commissions CHARLESTON, S.C. (May 14, 2022) Sailors march during the commissioning of the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) in Charleston, S.C., May 14, 2022. Lt. General Petersen served in Korea and Vietnam during his career and his legacy is carried on today as an American hero and as an outstanding Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dylon Grasso)](https://societyofsponsorsofusn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/220514-M-XB450-1531-1024x681.jpeg)
USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. Commissions
CHARLESTON, S.C. (May 14, 2022) Sailors march during the commissioning of the Navy’s newest Arleigh...
![USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) Commissions DULUTH, Minnesota (May 21, 2021) Sailors salute the audience during the commissioning ceremony of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) in Duluth, Minnesota. Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the second U.S. Navy warship to honor the Twin Cities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sonja Wickard)](https://societyofsponsorsofusn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/220521-N-HV059-0008-1024x681.jpeg)
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Commissions
DULUTH, Minnesota (May 21, 2021) Sailors salute the audience during the commissioning ceremony of the...
![Commissioning ceremony for the USS Oregon (SSN 793) 220528-N-GR655-0202 GROTON, Connecticut (May 28, 2022) – Crewmembers attached to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793) man the ship during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Conn., May 28, 2022. SSN 793, the third U.S Navy ship launched with the name Oregon and first in more than a century, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten)](https://societyofsponsorsofusn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/220528-N-GR655-0202-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpeg)
Navy Commissions USS Oregon (SSN 793)
GROTON, Connecticut (May 28, 2022) – Crewmembers attached to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793)...
![USS Savannah (LCS 28) Commissioning BRUNSWICK, Ga., (Feb. 5, 2022) Sailors assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) man the rails during Savannah's commissioning ceremony. Savannah is the Navy's 14th Independence-variant littoral combat ship. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James S. Hong)](https://societyofsponsorsofusn.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/220206-N-VF045-1101-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpeg)
USS Savannah Commissioned in Georgia
BRUNSWICK, Ga., (Feb. 5, 2022) Sailors assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS...