NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday ... one the nine Black students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, launched a bottle ...

Carlotta Walls LaNier — one of the seven living members of the Little Rock Nine — smashed a bottle of American sparkling wine on the hull of the USS Arkansas, SSN 800, a Virginia-class nuclear ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Navy’s Virginia ... Arkansas, and we honour bravery and impact: the heroes and heroic moments that shape our future and make us who we are. “As high school students, the Little Rock ...