
The future USS Miami is the latest Virginia-class submarine to receive its name, closely following the future USS Long Island (SSN-809) and USS San Francisco (SSN-810). Like SSN-809, SSN-811 will be constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, and it will be the 10th boat of the Block V series of this class of attack submarines. During the official kickoff concert for the inaugural Fleet Week Miami hosted by Blue Star Families, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced that the future Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast submarine SSN-811...