The attack submarine USS Hawaii is home — for the first time.

A pair of tugboats nudged the sleek black vessel into position at Pier Sierra 9 in Pearl Harbor — now Hawaii's home port — shortly after 10 this morning.
At least 90 family members of the sub’s crew sat in a special section of viewing stands that had been erected pierside.
“Hi, Daddy,” a small child shouted as the sub pulled alongside the pier, which was decorated with red, white and blue banners.
The vessel was also greeted by a flyover from three Hawaii National Guard F-15 fighters.
Twenty-four green-jacketed sailors stood at attention on Hawaii’s hull and four command group members stood in the sail as the sub entered port.
Gov. Linda Lingle stepped aboard the Hawaii in the harbor channel just before 9 this morning and welcomed the vessel to Pearl Harbor.
The Hawaii’s sail was draped with a giant yellow and blue lei — the colors of the Navy — as it entered the channel and moved slowly toward the submarine piers.
A white launch carrying dozens of wives and children of crew members greeted the submarine’s arrival.
A banner held up from the launch read: “Welcome home, Lt. Allen.”
The Virginia-class submarine will be berthed at Pier Sierra 9, opposite the Los Angeles-class USS Greeneville.
The Hawaii is the first of the Navy's latest-generation attack submarines to be based in the Pacific, and the first of at least three of the Virginia-class subs destined for Pearl Harbor in the near future.