NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the ...

The future Virginia-class attack submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday in Newport News, Va. The ship’s sponsors are the Little Rock Nine, Black students who desegregated all-white ...

Little Rock Nine member christens USS Arkansas nuclear sub in Virginia. December 7, 2024 at 4:33 p.m. | Updated December 7, 2024 at 11:36 p.m.

The US Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarine, the future USS Arkansas (SSN 800), has been christened at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII)-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Newport News ...

Member of Little Rock Nine Christens Nuclear Submarine Named for Arkansas NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since ...