220528-N-GR655-0044 GROTON, Connecticut (May 28, 2022) – Dana Richardson, center, ship sponsor for the Virginia-class submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793), honors the colors alongside Oregon’s commanding officer Cmdr. Lacy Lodmell, left, and Adm. Frank Caldwell, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Conn., May 28, 2022. SSN 793, the third U.S Navy ship launched with the name Oregon and first in more than a century, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten)