The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrived at her new homeport of Naval Base Guam, on 26 November as part of the U.S. Navy’s “strategic laydown plan for naval forces in the Indo-Pacific region.”
241126-N-VC599-1007 U.S. NAVAL BASE GUAM (Nov. 26, 2024) – The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrives onboard U.S. Naval Base Guam, Nov 26. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Wolpert)
“Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam’s fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine forces’ forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific,” says the Navy.
Joining a quartet of older Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines of Polaris Point’s SubRon15, she is the first of her class to be forward deployed to Guam.
