USS Oregon SSN-793 Blk IV Submarine Model. Dive with the USS Oregon SSN-793 Blk IV Submarine Model again in this handcrafted 20-inch submarine. Each piece is carved from wood and handpainted to provide a piece you’ll love. Length – 20 inches. US Veteran Owned Business. Oregon is a nuclear powered attack submarine in the United States Navy. She is to be the fourth vessel to carry the name Oregon, the 33rd state of US, and she will be the 20th Virginia-class submarine. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced her name on 10 October 2014 at a ceremony hosted at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon. Construction and Career Oregon’s keel was laid down on 8 July 2017, in a ceremony held at the Quonset Point Facility of General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, with sponsor Mrs. Richardson, wife of Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, in attendance. [4] On 5 October 2019, Mrs Richardson christened Oregon at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. A contract modification for Oregon SSN-793, Montana (SSN-794), and Hyman G. On 28 May 2022, Oregon was commissioned in a ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut.