Concurrently, a modern namesake, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine New Jersey (SSN-796), has been delivered to the U.S. Navy by Newport News Shipbuilding. -This submarine, designed for a ...

It noted the submarine, SSN 796, "is the third naval vessel to be named after the Garden State." The first USS New Jersey, BB 16, was a World War I battleship. The second, BB-62, saw actiion in ...