USS Indiana (SSN-789) is a nuclear powered United States Navy Virginia-class attack submarine, named for the State of Indiana. She is the sixteenth of her class and sixth of the significantly redesigned Block III, including a revised bow and VLS technology from the Ohio-class of guided missile submarines. Indiana was constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries in partnership with the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics in Newport News, Virginia, with the initial contract awarded on 22 December 2008. Her keel was laid on 16 May 2015 and she was launched on 9 June 2017. The boat was christened on 29 April 2017 and sponsored by Diane Donald, wife of Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, USN (ret). She was commissioned on 29 September 2018 at Port Canaveral, Florida. In 2024, USS Indiana participated in Operation Ice Camp. In 2025, USS Indiana conducted a homeport shift from Groton, CT to Pearl Harbor, HI.
Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - The SECNAV speaks with members of the media after a ceremony celebrating the naming of the Virginia-class submarine, USS Indiana (SSN 789), at the Indianapolis War Memorial.
First Navy Jack is raised during the commissioning ceremony of the USS Indiana (SSN-789)
The crew of the USS Indiana (SSN-789) salute during the her commissioning ceremony
200616-N-AZ907-0012. NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (June 16, 2020) – The Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 16, 2020. Indiana is on a regularly-scheduled deployment in the U.S.
200616-N-AZ907-0017. NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (June 16, 2020) – The Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 16, 2020. Indiana is on a regularly-scheduled deployment in the U.S.
200616-N-AZ907-0055. NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (June 16, 2020) – Sailors heave a mooring line, as the Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 16, 2020.
200616-N-AZ907-0032. NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (June 16, 2020) – The Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 16, 2020. Indiana is on a regularly-scheduled deployment in the U.S.
200616-N-AZ907-0034. NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (June 16, 2020) – The Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 16, 2020. Indiana is on a regularly-scheduled deployment in the U.S.
200616-N-AZ907-0042. NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (June 16, 2020) – A mooring line is tossed, as the Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 16, 2020.
200717-N-CE622-0028 . NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 17, 2020) -- The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 17, 2020. Indiana is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S.