A US Navy chief petty officer of the boat on the pre-commissioned South Dakota. US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Bunn
Business Insider: 'America's first millennial submarine' is also its deadliest hunter-killer ever — step inside the USS South Dakota
* The US Navy commissioned the USS South Dakota on Saturday and, in doing so, ushered in a new era of millennial undersea war fighters and the most technologically advanced submarine hunter-killer on Earth.
* The South Dakota can be thought of as "America's first millennial submarine," because it was built by mostly millennials and will be manned by millennials, too.
* It's also the deadliest submarine for undersea combat the US has ever put to sea.
The US Navy commissioned the USS South Dakota on Saturday and, in doing so, ushered in a new era of millennial undersea war fighters and the most technologically advanced submarine hunter-killer on Earth.
"I think we can honestly call South Dakota 'America's first millennial submarine' from construction to operation," Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut said at the South Dakota's commissioning.
While millennials across the board make up the majority of the US's combat service members in any service, the South Dakota was built by the shipbuilder General Dynamics Electric Boat, whose workforce is more than half millennial, The Day reported.
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WNU Editor: The USS South Dakota was commissioned this weekend .... ‘Most modern sub in the world’ is commissioned (The Day).
