2024
July 29, 2024
Commanding Officer Meets with Ship’s Sponsors
CAPT Heath Johnmeyer, Commanding Officer, PCU District of Columbia (SSBN-826) met with the Boat’s Sponsors, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, DC.
February 23, 2024
CNO Tours Philly Naval Facilities for SSBN-826 Updates
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti tours Navy’s Compatibility Test Facility to see engineers test, operate, and maintain the first-of-its-kind Colombia-class integrated power system and propulsion plant electric distribution system.
January 10, 2024
SSBN-826 Stern Delivered
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division delivered the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine stern to General Dynamics Electric Boat
2022
June 04, 2022
Keel Laying Held for USS District of Columbia
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the Boat’s Sponsor and delegate to the House of Representative from the ship’s Namesake, attended the Keel Laying ceremony where her initials were welded onto a plate in a time-honored Milestone in the life of a ship.
June 02, 2022
SSBN-826 Named USS District of Columbia
The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced that the first ship in the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) will be officially named USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826).
2020
August 26, 2020
First Casting for Columbia Class SSBN
The Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (NPPC) in Philadelphia, made the first casting for the Columbia-Class submarine. The Honorable James F. Guerts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, along with senior Navy leaders and congressional members, visited NPPC to see the historic event which represented one of the largest in American history weighing over 200,000 lbs. Guerts noted it was an “Awesome sight to see.”