USS North Dakota (SSN-784) is a Virginia-class nuclear powered attack submarine of the United States Navy.

The U.S. Navy postponed North Dakota's original commissioning date of May 2014 because of quality issues with vendor-assembled and delivered components that required an unplanned dry-docking to correct.

[10] In January 2018, North Dakota experienced a medical emergency while at sea, when a petty officer attempted suicide using his service rifle to shoot himself in the chest.

[11] The boat dashed for port through rough weather and, by necessity, on the surface so medical advice to the corpsman could be given over communications channels.

The final crest is the culmination of a design process that started with entries submitted by the boat's crew and North Dakota residents and ended with an impressive and extremely symbolic icon.

It represents both the fighting spirit of the submarine warrior and the ties to the state's farm heritage of reapers, who cut grain in the fields.

The front sights of the revolvers are formed by the gold and silver dolphins, representing the officer and enlisted submarine warfare community.

The red and green eyes of the submarine dolphins mounted on the six shooter revolvers pays tribute to the port and starboard running lights of the professional mariner.

Members of the North Dakota National Guard as well as Roosevelt's Rough Riders served in combat for one year in the Philippines, supporting its occupation following the Spanish–American War.