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Navy Commissions New Virginia-class Attack Boat USS Massachusetts in Boston Ceremony

A new Virginia-class attack submarine entered naval service over the weekend, the U.S. Navy announced. The service commissioned USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), a Block IV Virginia-class boat, during a Saturday ceremony in the Boston Harbor. “It is the fifth Navy vessel named after the commonwealth of M

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A new Virginia-class attack submarine entered naval service over the weekend, the U.S. Navy announced. The service commissioned USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), a Block IV Virginia-class boat, during a Saturday ceremony in the Boston Harbor. “It is the fifth Navy vessel named after the commonwealth of Massachusetts, following the most recent, USS Massachusetts, a battleship that participated in nearly every major Pacific campaign from 1943 to 1945 and earned 11 battle stars for its World War II service,” reads a service news release. Imagery from the event shows USS Constitution, America’s oldest warship, underway behind the submarine. Sheryl Sandberg, the former

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