Atlanta’s newest submarine will also stand aside another vessel named after a Georgia icon: the USS Jimmy Carter — another nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine — which was commissioned and ...

ATLANTA — A high honor today for the city of Atlanta, soon to be on the high seas. The navy has named it’s latest nuclear-powered attack submarine and it will be called the USS Atlanta.

Carter, the only president who was a nuclear submariner, already has the USS Jimmy Carter, a Seawolf-class submarine, named for him. It was commissioned in 2005 and remains in the fleet.

The Navy announced it will name a future Virginia-class attack submarine after Atlanta. Fellow Virginia-class boat Missouri is shown here in 2021. (U.S. Navy) ATLANTA — Atlanta is far from the ...

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced that the future Virginia-class submarine (SSN-813) will be named USS Atlanta during a ceremony at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in the ...

Carter, the only president who was a nuclear submariner, already has the USS Jimmy Carter, a Seawolf-class submarine, named for him. It was commissioned in 2005 and remains in the fleet.

The Navy announced it will name a future Virginia-class attack submarine after Atlanta. Fellow Virginia-class boat Missouri is shown here in 2021. (U.S. Navy) 31,690 people played the daily ...

FILE - In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled deployment, Sept. 1, 2021.

ATLANTA - Atlanta is far from the ocean, but it will have a naval vessel named for it again. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced this week that the Navy will build a Virginia-class attack ...

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled deployment, Sept. 1, 2021.