USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795), will be a Virginia-class submarine, the second ship of the United States Navy commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the nuclear Navy. It is only the second of the Virginia-class submarines not to be named after a US State. The ship's sponsor is Darlene Greenert , wife of US Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Jonathan Greenert. Both the boat's name and her sponsor were announced by the Secretary of the Navy at a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard on January 9, 2015.