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Towards the end of January 2023, the U.S. Navy’s (USN) 26th nuclear powered Virginia-class attack submarine was ‘floated’ in landlocked Idaho!
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 28JAN2023.
That is, a scale model of the submarine SSN-799 USS Idaho was paraded through downtown McCall, during the yearly Winter Carnival.
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 28JAN2023.
Most people don’t know that the birth place of the world’s first nuclear powered submarine was in landlocked Idaho (see more below under Cold War Boats: Nautilus).
Six of the future crew of USS Idaho attend an Idaho Steelheads hockey game, 25JAN2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.
The visit of the miniature of the latest USS Idaho (several USN boats have been named after The Gem State) was instigated by the USS Idaho Commissioning Committee, which sent six of SSN-799’s future crew to Idaho, to learn just what-the-heck the state of Idaho is all about. They also spent some time on Idaho National Guard’s Gowen Field (which is also home to USN/USMC Reserve units); visited the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery; toured the Idaho Veterans Garden in Caldwell; spoke at school assemblies; attended the USS IDAHO Night at the Boise State University, among many other public relations events.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten, 25JAN2023.
SSN-799 is currently being completed by General Dynamics Electric Boat, in Connecticut, and is expected to be commissioned into the USN in the Autumn of 2024. Former Idaho governor Dirk Kempthorne revealed that the christening ceremony will use a bottle filled with water from Idaho lakes: “We went to the different lakes in Idaho gathering the water, which will all go into the champagne bottle, so that when Terry Stackley, our sponsor, christens the boat, the first water that will touch the bow of the USS Idaho will be the waters of Idaho.”
World War Three 2022: 
CHINA’S A-I-P ATTACK SUB REFRESHES TORPEDOES
World War Three 2021: 
IDAHO TRAINS KOREAN ANTI-NUCLEAR COMBAT TEAMS!
World War Three 2014: EASTERN IDAHO SHERIFFS TRAIN UNDER ‘I-RAPTER’ FOR COMING NUCLEAR DISASTER!
World War Three 2012: GERMANY SELLS MORE DOLPHIN SUBMARINES TO ISRAEL
IRAN BUILDS TWO MORE ATTACK SUBMARINES, WILL TARGET U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
World War Three 2011: RUSSIAN DELTA CLASS SUBMARINE FIRE BEING INVESTIGATED AS POSSIBLE SABOTAGE
Cold War Boats:
15OCT2021, USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Jimmy Ivy the Third.
USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), STILL FIGHTING AFTER 67 YEARS! FIRST BORN IN LAND-LOCKED IDAHO?
MOSKVA CLASS SUBMARINE HUNTERS, STOP CALLING THEM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS!
Cold War Oddities, Idaho:
HTRE-3
ANCIENT NUCLEAR POWERED JET ENGINE FOUND IN IDAHO DESERT, PROOF OF ANCIENT ALIEN VISITORS?