GROTON, Conn. (Sep. 19, 2021) USS Montpelier (SSN 765) leadership stand topside on Montpelier’s sail as the Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine returns to homeport at Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) New London following a regularly-scheduled deployment. Montpelier was commissioned in 1993, the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the name of Vermont’s capital city. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tristan B. Lotz)