USS MONTANA Redelivered, and on the Move! (posted 12/5/24)
The USS MONTANA has made her first port call since being “redelivered” to the Navy recently, and her Captain, CDR John Gilligan, says that the crew is doing well, and is happy to be operational again!
The scheduled port call was to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia. The MONTANA is shown arriving at the base in the Navy photo below.

Said CDR Gilligan, “We’re all excited about our first port call as a team.”
The port call followed the recent redelivery of SSN 794 after a lengthy shipyard period called a “Post-Shakedown Availability”, or PSA, at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia.
The PSA and additional sea trials and testing that were included were part of a typical post-commissioning maintenance period to upgrade combat systems and electronics, as well as to perform general maintenance on the submarine.

All this was to be certain that the boat is ready for whatever she and her crew may be called upon to do.