Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has held a keel authentication ceremony for Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800).
A nuclear-powered submarine under construction now bears the initials of six of the nine Black students who desegregated Little Rock’s Central High School.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Naval officers, public officials and shipbuilders honored members of the Little Rock Nine on Saturday during a keel authentication ceremony for the submarine USS Arkansas.
Newport News Shipbuilding is preparing for a keel-laying ceremony Saturday for a new Virginia class submarine, SSN800 Arkansas, that honors an important moment in our nation's history.
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