The U.S. Navy has commissioned the submarine USS Idaho, bringing cutting-edge war-fighting capability to the nation's undersea forces after a multiyear construction process.
The 26th Virginia-class submarine and the eighth of the advanced Block IV configuration, Idaho was commissioned in a traditional ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut.
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