USS Phoenix-SSN702 Cold War Monument Foundation

USS Phoenix-SSN702 Cold War Monument Foundation The Association of the U.S. Navy (Phoenix Saguaro Chapter) in Phoenix, AZ has taken the task of bringing the USS Phoenix (SSN 702) Sail & Rudder to Arizona
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For the past 15 years, there has been a plan under development to bring the conning tower ("sail"), diving planes and rudder of the decommissioned nuclear attach submarine USS Phoenix (SSN 702), named after the City of Phoenix, from its current waterborne storage location in Bremerton, WA to Phoenix, and erect the saved components of the submarine in a downtown park, or suitable alternative area as part of a memorial to the USS Phoenix, and to the Cold War in which it played an important role.

We finally have this online! Take a look at a rendering of the new USS Phoenix Monument. If anyone would like to buy a b...
03/18/2026

We finally have this online! Take a look at a rendering of the new USS Phoenix Monument. If anyone would like to buy a brick, please visit the website. You can also message me and I can send you the form so you can mail a check.

Experience the vision of the USS Phoenix Cold War Monument through this rendering video. The monument will honor the Veterans, shipbuilders, and support pers...

08/21/2025

PUBLISHED on August 14, 2025, 1:07 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class submarine program, the designated replacement for the aging Ohio-class SSBNs, is facing significant challenges that could threaten America’s nuclear deterrent. -The most expensive submarine acqui...

So, we have some big news on the USS Phoenix Cold War Monument. Here is the new design, and it looks like the design pha...
04/24/2025

So, we have some big news on the USS Phoenix Cold War Monument. Here is the new design, and it looks like the design phase is 60% complete. We are MOVING FORWARD! It has been forwarded to the City of Phoenix for review.

I appreciate them trying to get Submarine building money, but...
12/20/2024

I appreciate them trying to get Submarine building money, but...

https://news.usni.org/2024/11/27/navy-bases-virginia-class-attack-boat-in-guam
12/02/2024

https://news.usni.org/2024/11/27/navy-bases-virginia-class-attack-boat-in-guam

Naval Base Guam received the USS Minnesota (SSN-783) on Tuesday, marking the first forward deployment of a Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine to the strategically positioned American territory in the Indo-Pacific. Minnesota’s arrival is part of the Navy’s “strategic laydown plan” across...

What!
11/03/2024

What!

A bipartisan group of senators wants more details from the Navy and the White House Office of Management and Budget on a funding scheme that shipbuilders want to employ to help pay for 17 new submarines under negotiations, according to two letters the group submitted on Friday. The group, led by Sen...

10/14/2024

A congressional push to fund a second Virginia-class submarine in the Fiscal Year 2025 defense budget will delay the Navy’s next-generation fighter program, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wrote in a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services committees last week. The top item of a 15-page li...

09/19/2024

USS Georgia (SSGN-729) is officially in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine joined other U.S. assets, including two carrier strike groups, in the Middle East as part of the U.S. response to a possible Iranian attack...

07/26/2024
Never forget.
06/06/2024

Never forget.

11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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