[3] The boat departed New London Naval Submarine Base at Groton for Pearl Harbor on 16 September 2009.

[10] On her way to Pearl Harbor, Texas traveled to the Arctic Ocean and surfaced near the North Pole's ice pack.

[14][15][16] Texas arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, in September 2020 for repairs and modernization; the work concluded with successful sea trials in December 2024.

Located within the state outline is a symbol of the atom, representing the warfighting capability and endurance afforded Texas by nuclear power.

"[citation needed] This commissioning was depicted in Season 2, Episode 4 of the Discovery Channel television series, FutureWeapons.