Supporting USS Colorado (SSN 788) Commissioning and Crew
Welcome to USS Colorado (SSN-788) Commissioning Committee web site. USS Colorado (SSN-788) is the 15th Virginia Class submarine. She was delivered to the Navy on September 21, 2017. Having completed shakedown operations, she was commissioned on March 17, 2018 at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, CT. The Committee's purposes are to promote awareness within the state, provide support for the crew, and to help organize and raise money for the events surrounding commissioning.
USS Colorado Commissioning Committee is proud to host a reception and fund raising event on April 8 at Balistreri Vineyards. Guest speaker will retired Vice Admiral Jay Donnelly, former Commander of U.S. Submarine Forces. We also hope to have several members of the crew in town for the event.
Registration is now open. Visit our web page to find out more and to register for the event.
See the video below about the event:
Committee Members Rick Martin, Steve Kelly and JJ Mackin visited members of Senator Bennet’s Staff on February 19th as part of the Navy League’s grassroots Legislative Affairs Initiative. After discussing the larger Navy issues, Committee Chair JJ Mackin provided an update on USS Colorado (SSN 788). Policy Director Becca Montgomery and Constituent Advocate Alisha Andrews listened with interest and asked that they be kept informed of future events that the Senator may be able to attend.
On January 29th Military Appreciation Day was celebrated at the State Capitol. USS Colorado was honored in Joint Resolution 1005 sponsored by Representatives Humphrey and Williams. Several Committee members came out to support. We thank them and the the legislators for their recognition of USS Colorado!
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The latest information we have on the boat’s schedule is that Christening will likely be August or September of this year. Commissioning will occur probably in late April or early May of 2017.
When the dates have been finalized we will have a link on the web site for interested persons to sign up for invitations.
On Tuesday, the last day of their visit, snow came to Denver and forced cancellation of the day’s events. The sailors were scheduled to visit two schools, Century Middle School in Thornton and Campus Middle School in Greenwood Village. Schools throughout Denver were closed due to the snow.
In the evening a reception had been scheduled at Balistreri Vineyards with about 80 persons signed up to attend. This event was also canceled due to the weather. Please check back as we are making plans for events to be held in spring 2016.
Chief of the Boat Brett Jackson participated in an interview on KOA Radio in the morning by phone. He provided some details about the state of the ship’s construction, and crew preparations to take the ship to sea.
