The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Toledo arrives at its new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on July 12, 2025. (Scott Barnes/U.S. Navy)
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Toledo has arrived at its new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
The vessel had undergone a major modernization overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Va., the Navy said in a news release Saturday, the day of the Toledo’s arrival.
“Our crew looks forward to the new chapter for Toledo and the opportunities while operating throughout the Indo-Pacific,” Cmdr. Dustin Kraemer, the sub’s commander, said in the release.
The Toledo joins three other Los Angeles-class subs homeported in Pearl Harbor as part of Submarine Squadron 7: USS Charlotte, USS Tucson and USS Columbia.
Later versions of the Los Angeles-class subs, including the Toledo, are equipped with 12 vertical launch tubes for firing Tomahawk cruise missiles, according to a Navy fact sheet. They also carry MK-48 torpedoes.
“Toledo transitioned to Pearl Harbor to bolster the U.S. Navy’s submarine presence in the Indo-Pacific region by adding a proven and capable fast-attack submarine,” Cmdr. Rick Moore, a spokesman for Pacific Fleet Submarine Force, said in an email Wednesday.
“This homeport change supports an operational posture that optimizes our prompt response to any contingency with credible combat power, while enabling complete maneuver warfare for maritime and joint forces,” he said.
The Toledo replaces the USS Topeka, which was homeported at Pearl Harbor until December when it moved to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., Moore said.
The Topeka is slated for decommissioning this year.
Pearl Harbor is also homeport to two Virginia-class subs: USS Colorado and USS Missouri.
Virginia-class submarines, which are designed for a greater range of missions and an emphasis on littoral operations, will eventually replace the Navy’s aging fleet of Cold War-era Los Angeles-class vessels.
