Bye-Bye After a week of celebrating, visiting, teaching, learning, making friends, inspiring and spreading pride in the United States, the USS New Jersey (SSN-796) quietly and without any fanfare sailed out of Sandy Hook Bay Wednesday morning to begin its mission as a Virginia class nuclear submarine in the United States Navy.
The boat is home ported in Norfolk, Virginia and carries with it the prayers, best wishes and pride of all of New Jersey, Middletown in particular, where she was commissioned at Naval Weapons Station Earle‘s trident pier in Leonardo.
