Even in the post-Cold War era, while Aircraft Carriers remain the embodiment of the United States naval might, it is America’s submarines that serve the countries Navy as its backbone. As their menacing gives them the advantage of maintaining global security and reconnaissance. While Submarine’s have been present in the oceans since the early 20th century, they have come a very long way since then.  Using modern technologies such as stealth and high-tech sonar systems, among many others, America’s submarines can, and will, spot its adversaries long before its adversaries even know they’re in the same room as each other. 

Modern nuclear submarines such as those of the newly commissioned Virginia-Class Submarines continue that very legacy of protecting the values that each of Sub programs hosted by Pacific Historic Parks serves to illustrate that prowess via the introduction of the newly commissioned SSN’s Oklahoma, Utah, and Arizona; the latest batch of the Virgina Class Submarine Program. Once upon a time battleships were the most feared weapons of the seven seas. To honor those ships, America blessed them with the names of the 50 states of the Union: to reflect their unified strength and perseverance. While most know of the loss of the USS Arizona, along the thousands of her crewman that lie with her remains to this day, not much, if at all, is known about the USS Utah and the USS Oklahoma. Both ships were also lost, along with the catastrophic loss life of their many crewmen. Today Oklahoma, Utah, and Arizona continue that legacy, not just because of their namesakes, but also due to their capabilities as silent killers with extended lifelines and unseen mobility.