Atlanta is far from the ocean, but it will have a naval vessel named for it again. U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced Wednesday that the Navy will build a nuclear attack submarine that will be known as the USS Atlanta.

ATLANTA — A high honor today for the city of Atlanta, soon to be on the high seas. The navy has named it’s latest nuclear-powered attack submarine and it will be called the USS Atlanta. “This is the actual diameter of the submarine he was in,” Josh Carter said during a museum tour.

U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens join U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has he announces the branch's newest Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine will be named the "U.S.S. Atlanta" during a ceremony at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum on Oct. 23, 2024. (Riley Bunch)

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the future Virginia-class Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine SSN 813 will be named USS Atlanta. Del Toro made the announcement

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the future Virginia-class Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine SSN 813 will

In the early 2000s, the USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723), a U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, collided with the Norwegian tanker Norman Lady near Gibraltar. The submarine was ascending to periscope depth when it bumped into the liquid natural gas tanker.