USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827)
USS "Wisconsin" (SSBN-827) is a future United States Navy ballistic missile submarine. This will be the second . She is the third vessel of the United States Navy to be named after the state of Wisconsin, the last of which was the , , decommissioned in 1991 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 2006. Naming and construction. On October 28, 2020, it was announced by Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite that the second named "Columbia"-class submarine would bear the name "Wisconsin". This came from a bipartisan push from U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson. Both  senators cited Wisconsin's history of shipbuilding as a reason to name a new submarine after the state. Construction on "Wisconsin" is scheduled to be procured in FY2024. The "Columbia"-class submarines are set to replace the ballistic missile submarine. The lead boat officially began construction on October 1, 2020 and is scheduled to enter service in 2031.