USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735)

Submarine Squadron 19

 
Bangor, WA
 
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Ring The Bell: How the ‘Keystone of Defense’ Built A Winning Culture
September 23, 2025
241213-N-GD259-1038 Bremerton, Wash. (Dec. 13, 2024) – Crewmembers assigned to the ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) pose for a photo while the ship is in dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Pennsylvania won the 2024 Retention Excellence Award and Best-In-Class distinction for Pacific Fleet SSBNs. Commander, Submarine Group (SUBGRU) 9 exercises administrative and operational control authority for assigned submarine commands and units in the Pacific Northwest providing oversight for shipboard training, personnel, supply and material readiness of SSBNs and their crews. SUBGRU-9 is also responsible for nuclear submarines undergoing conversion or overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. SUBGRU-9’s subordinate commands include Submarine Readiness Squadron 31, Submarine Squadrons 17 and 19, eight SSBNs, two SSGNs, and four SSNs homeported in the Pacific Northwest. (U.S. Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)
COMSUBPAC Visits Pacific Northwest, Presents The Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy
September 30, 2020
SILVERDALE, Wash. (Sept. 30, 2020) Rear Adm. Blake Converse, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, presents The Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy to the gold crew of USS Nebraska (SSBN 739), Sept. 30.
Pennsylvania Blue Holds Change of Command Ceremony
January 13, 2017
KEYPORT, Wash. (Jan. 13, 2017) Cmdr. John Cage, from Jefferson City, Missouri, left, requests to be relieved of command by Capt. Mark Schmall, Commander, Submarine Squadron 17, center, during a change of command ceremony for the Blue Crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735). During the ceremony, held at the Keyport Undersea Museum, Cage turned over command to Cmdr. Steven Everhart, from Great Falls, Montana. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda R. Gray/Released)