T he United States Navy has been in the business of submarines for a long time, but it was only in 2010 that it decided to let women aboard. Cue 2024, and we have the first sub specifically ...

So this ultimately led us to increase our plan.” The first sub designed with berthing for both men and women, the Virginia-class submarine USS New Jersey, was delivered to the Navy in April.

There are three operational classes of attack submarines in its the U.S. Navy's large submarine fleet: the Los Angeles, the Seawolf, and the Virginia classes, with the Virginia being the newest.