GROTON, Conn. — The USS South Dakota joined the Navy’s fleet once again on Saturday, Feb. 2, as about 1,400 people gathered to see the new nuclear submarine be commissioned into service.

USS South Dakota will play an important role in the mission of our sailors, and it will also serve as a new symbolic link between our state and the Navy. According to the U.S. Navy, it has been ...

The Defense Department footage includes numerous portraits of sailors on the $2.6 billion submarine, currently dubbed the PCU South Dakota in advance of its commissioning. More: Navy approves new ...

The US Navy commissioned the USS South Dakota on Saturday and, in doing so, ushered in a new era of millennial undersea war fighters and the most technologically advanced submarine hunter-killer ...

That’s when the USS South Dakota becomes the Navy’s newest submarine. It is the 17th Virginia Class fast attack submarine and it can carry some serious firepower.

The U.S. Navy plans to commission the future USS South Dakota, a fast attack submarine, on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn.

The ship's crest was designed by students and adults from across South Dakota, and each piece has significance for the state.

The USS South Dakota, the ninth Virginia-class submarine built by General Dynamics Electric Boat for the U.S. Navy, was unveiled and christened in Groton on Saturday. The nuclear attack submarine ...

For the 80th year since the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, families remember the sailors with a Lest We Forget Honor Ceremony.

The South Dakota, built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, was 680 feet in length, had a beam (width) of 108 feet, and could reach a speed of 27.5 knots (31.6 mph).

GROTON, Conn. (WJAR) — It was a happy holiday homecoming for the roughly 130-person crew aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS South Dakota commanded by Cmdr. Adam Zaker. The SSN ...

People gathered in Sioux Falls Saturday to honor the sailors who served aboard the USS South Dakota during World War II.