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USS Long Island II (SSN-809)
On May 25, 2023, in New York City, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced the name of the latest submarine to be assigned the designation SSN-809. That's the USS Long Island. She will be the eighth of the Block V attack submarines and 36th of the Virginia class.
Long Island (SSN-809) will be the third vessel of the United States Navy to bear the name. The first ship was USS Long Island (SP-572), an armed steam trawler that served in WW1. The second generation was USS Long Island (CVE-1), our cute NEET Ghost, the United States Navy's first escort aircraft carrier served in WW2.