HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division hosted a keel authentication ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The ship’s sponsors are the six women of the historic group known as the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas during desegregation. NNS honored all nine members, including the three men, during Saturday’s ceremony.
