The Navy has released photos of the USS MONTANA in Tokyo Bay, and the crew preparing to dock at the Navy’s base at Yokosuka, Japan, for a scheduled port visit. As you see, the photos were taken late last month. They and their captions were the first official information on what the USS MONTANA has been doing recently. As SSN … Read More
USS MONTANA sailors and families received special surprise holiday greetings from Big Sky Country recently when they opened more than three hundred letters and cards from elementary school students and members of service organizations across the state. Crew members reading holiday cards and letters in the Big Sky Saloon (crew mess, or dining area) aboard SSN 794 (USS MONTANA photo) … Read More
The support was amazing, and the love for our military and the CO and crew members from the USS MONTANA could be felt at every part of last week’s “Home State Visit” to Helena, Great Falls, Fort Benton and Missoula! All along the way, Montanans wanted to meet and visit with their guests. As part of the ongoing program by … Read More
Join Commander John Gilligan, Captain of the USS MONTANA (SSN 794), and a group of top sailors from the newest fast attack submarine in the Pacific Fleet at public events in Helena, Great Falls and Fort Benton September 9 through 12 — and see them introduced at the September 13 University of Montana Military and Veterans Appreciation football game against … Read More
The USS Montana Committee congratulates the first recipient of the annual scholarship funded by the Committee, EMN1(SS) Eric Rodriguez. He is a former member of the commissioning crew, or “plankowner”, of the Virginia Class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS MONTANA. An Electricians Mate, Nuclear*, and qualified submariner, Rodriguez is currently assigned to the Submarine Maintenance Monitoring Support Performance Team in … Read More
During the Memorial Day weekend, USS MONTANA crew members and families attended a Pearl Harbor base theater big-screen showing of the Montana, Montana, Glory of the Seas documentary that premiered on the Montana Television Network’s CBS stations in Big Sky Country and has run a number of times on Montana PBS. Hosted by the USS Montana Committee, the audience clearly … Read More
When the new Commander, Submarine Force Pacific (SUBPAC), took over last Friday, April 11, he did so at an official change of command ceremony, aboard the Virginia-Class fast-attack submarine USS MONTANA. Rear Admiral Chris Cavanaugh, from Convoy, Ohio, relieved Rear Adm. Rick Seif, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and assumed duties as the 45th commander of SUBPAC. CDR John Gilligan, the captain … Read More
As this is written, the Virginia Class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS MONTANA is participating in exercise Black Widow, “…the premier tactical development exercise for U.S. Navy undersea warfare (USW) forces, integrating submarines, surface ships, and aircraft into a team tasked to track and engage a simulated adversary submarine in a realistic and challenging training environment”…, according to the Navy. … Read More
On Monday, February 17, the hour-long documentary Montana, Montana, Glory of the Seas was publicly previewed by a hundred Montanans at the historic Myrna Loy Theater in Helena. Attendees who saw the history of the first USS MONTANA, Armored Cruiser Number 13 commissioned in 1908, and the newest member of the Pacific Fleet, the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS MONTANA … Read More
The Virginia Class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS MONTANA (SSN 794) just recently joined the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet. Its new homeport is Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oahu, Hawaii. Since arrival at Pearl Harbor, the warship and its crew have been exceptionally busy. During and immediately following its transition, there have been totally understandable periods when operational and other requirements, … Read More
