The future Virginia-class attack submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday in Newport News, Va. The ship’s sponsors are the Little Rock Nine, Black students who desegregated all-white ...

The U.S. Navy christened the Virginia-class submarine Arkansas at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia on Saturday. (Chris Rose/HII) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The nuclear submarine Arkansas was ...

Carlos Del Toro, secretary of the US Navy, attended the commissioning ceremony for the Arkansas, and said the boat would represent “the very best of our submarine force capabilities”. He drew ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The nuclear submarine Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the state's name.

NEWPORT NEWS (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the state ...