PCU Texas Launched

PCU Texas (SSN-775) was launched Saturday at Newport News; a picture can be found here, and a time-lapse video is here (1 minute 36 seconds on Windows Media Player). I think this is the first submarine to be launched at Newport News since USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) in April 1995. (Those launches were much cooler, though, since they slid into the water, rather than being driven into a drydock).

Going deep...

(Edited 2025 11 Apr to change the hull number to the correct number; root cause of initial error is that I'm an idiot...)

Update 0952 12 Apr: Ninme has more background on the Texas.