A Look at Life Aboard the USS Oregon

The USS Oregon from a previous post in 2022:

The USS Oregon, SSN-793 is a fast attack Virginia Class submarine that has now been delivered to the US Navy.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – More than two years after its christening, the USS Oregon was finally delivered to the U.S. Navy in February.

Oregon’s future namesake submarine has been a work in progress for years; it was christened in Connecticut in 2019 and was scheduled to be commissioned in fall 2021. The U.S. Navy said shipbuilders spent almost 10 million hours working on the submarine and it underwent rigorous testing before it could be delivered to the U.S. Navy on Feb. 26.

“Oregon is in excellent condition and the captain and crew have expertly taken the ship through her paces,” said Capt. Todd Weeks, the Virginia Class Program manager. He rode the submarine during its sea trials.

The vessel is the U.S.’ 20th Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles in addition to torpedoes.

I do have a souvenir, a Zippo lighter that features the USS Oregon, Crater Lake, and the battleship Oregon that took part in the Spanish-American war.

I came across a video by The Space Gal who spent 30 hours aboard the USS Oregon. When my daughter was accepted into a university nursing school she was interested in the Navy nursing program.

The Navy flew her to San Diego, as a part of the tour she went aboard a fast attack nuclear submarine. She met some of the crew that were compiling a history of WWII submarine ops. When she told them her grandfather was a WWII submarine combat veteran, they asked her a lot of questions that she couldn't answer about his war patrols.