GROTON, Conn., (Feb. 2, 2019) The honorable Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota, delivers remarks during the commissioning ceremony of USS South Dakota (SSN 790). 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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