GROTON, Conn. (Feb. 2, 2019) – The Honorable Kristi Noem, Govenor of South Dakota, delivers remarks at the commissioning ceremony of USS South Dakota (SSN 790) on Naval Submarine Base New London, Feb. 2. South Dakota is the Navy’s 17th Virginia-Class attack submarine and the third ship named for the State of South Dakota.

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