US Navy/Chief Petty Officer Darryl I. Wood
Sailors stand at attention on the USS Colorado after bringing the ship to life on March 17, 2018.
The latest addition to the US sub fleet was commissioned on Saturday and has an array of sophisticated technology that's become the standard for US submarines.
The USS Colorado also has a new feature: An Xbox gaming system controller used to guide its photonics masts, which replaced periscopes.
It is the 15th Virginia-class submarine, designed for deep-sea and near-shore environments. The Colorado will carry out the sub force's seven core competencies: anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, delivery of Special Operations Forces, strike warfare, irregular warfare, mine warfare, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
"Our submarines are in high demand today and the expectations for Colorado are a mile high," Adm. J. Franklin Caldwell Jr., the director of naval reactors, said at the commissioning.
"We cannot begin to imagine all the missions that she will do and all of the places she will sail, but we do know that Colorado's stealth, her endurance, her combat power, and her speed will ensure that our Navy remains in control of the undersea domain."
Below, you see the Colorado on its first day as a commissioned US warship: