USS Montana Committee

Major recent milestone achievements in several areas signal significant progress toward the USS MONTANA’s making its planned homeport move to Pear Harbor, Hawaii, over coming months. The Captain of SSN 994, CDR Jon Quimby, credits outstanding performance by the crew for meeting Navy requirements in three specific areas necessary before the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and crew are approved for … Read More

With nearly two-dozen events in the western part of the Treasure State during the week of March 11-17, the captain and crew members of the USS MONTANA (SSN 794) met lots of Montanans – and had many unique experiences related to Montana’s history, culture and economy. While the next visiting crew members may have to come from Hawaii after the … Read More

Public events are planned in Kalispell, Butte and Missoula during what is likely to be the last small group visit by USS MONTANA crew to the Treasure State before SSN 794 moves to its home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Over the years of the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine’s construction, testing, commissioning, and training, crew members have visited communities, Indian … Read More

The Vigilantes of the Deep were honored to provide strong and unique encouragement on Saturday, December 2, to University of Montana Grizzly and University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens football teams before their Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) second round playoff game in Missoula. Commanding Officer Jon Quimby and sailors appeared by video recording from the Crew Mess aboard the USS … Read More

On behalf of all members and leaders of the USS Montana Committee on this 2023 Thanksgiving eve, we say Thank You, each in our own way for our many blessings! We are truly blessed to be able to live in this wonderful United States of America that we must never take for granted, even as we work to ensure that … Read More

“For tireless devotion to preserving and promoting Montana history”, the USS Montana Committee has been honored with the Montana Historical Society’s Heritage Guardian Award. The Award was received by the Committee at a special September 14 ceremony in the rotunda of the State Capitol. There, Montana Historical Society Trustee and Board Secretary Bill Jones was joined by Lieutenant Governor Kristen … Read More

Montanans were thrilled to see and hear from the commanding officer of the new USS MONTANA and two crew members who recently visited Helena and Bozeman — and who had their own excitement in Yellowstone National Park on a snowy afternoon! The highlight of the visit was presentation to the State of Montana of the commissioning pennant that was hoisted … Read More

You’re invited to meet and visit with the Commanding Officer and crew members of the USS MONTANA (SSN 794) at events in Helena and Bozeman on Thursday, March 9th, and Friday, March 10! Commissioned into the Navy fleet just last summer, the USS MONTANA is a leading-edge, highly stealthy and lethal nuclear-powered fast attack submarine. During its construction and commissioning, … Read More

The year 2022 was truly historic for the USS MONTANA and her crew. Highlighted by her commissioning on June 25, SSN 794 saw her crew become award-winning (receiving among its recognition a special unique “Battle E” award, explained in a previous News page blog). Following her commissioning, the pace aboard MONTANA slowed only a bit as testing and training continued, … Read More

With the USS MONTANA back in Norfolk, we wish the crew and their families and friends a Merry Christmas, a blessed Hanukkah and holiday season, and a wonderful 2023! We wish the same for you and yours, and all serving in our military. We’ll soon be providing a more complete crew update, but for now we thought you’d like to … Read More