Officials commissioned the USS New Jersey — the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarine — during a ceremony in Monmouth County Saturday morning, which officially integrates the submarine into the naval fleet. Dozens of elected officials, sailors and residents attended the commissioning at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown.

The Navy commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS New Jersey (SSN 796) in a traditional ceremony held September 14, at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey. The ceremony