With the future USS MONTANA (currently designated PCU, or Pre-Commissioning Unit MONTANA SSN 794) now more than 80% completed, the crew’s training has ramped up considerably. When MONTANA is commissioned into the U.S. Navy fleet, likely in late 2021, she’ll be the most modern submarine afloat, with her crew among the best-trained anywhere. We recently asked the MONTANA’s Commanding Officer, … Read More
MONTANA Construction and Crew Progress, Big Sky Country Support Update (posted 4/17/20)
The future USS MONTANA is more than 80-percent complete! Even as the nation copes with the COVID-19 pandemic, Commanding Officer CDR Mike Delaney tells us that MONTANA sailors are still hard at work around the clock with their shipyard counterparts preparing the ship to be floated off into Virginia’s James River for the first time later this year. Since our … Read More