The USS Hawaiçi, the first of the new Virginia-class submarines to be homeported at Pearl Harbor, is scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning at the sub base to pomp and a 50th statehood anniversary ceremony.

The 9:30 a.m. arrival ceremony at the submarine piers also marks the first time that one of the Navy's latest-generation attack submarines is based in the Pacific.
The public is invited to view USS Hawaiçi from the Ford Island seaplane ramp as the submarine sails into Pearl Harbor at 9:30 a.m.
Public parking will be provided on Ford Island as space permits, beginning at 8 a.m. For security reasons, access to the site of the ceremony itself aboard Naval Station Pearl Harbor will be restricted.
The ceremony at the submarine piers will include a Hawaiçi Air National Guard flyover and participation by the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band, the Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club, Halau Hula Olana Ai, Kahuna Pule Ganotise, and a haka by Pa Kuçi a Lua.
A host of officials, including Gov. Linda Lingle, the ship's "sponsor," will greet the Hawaiçi and its crew. Lingle will briefly board Hawaiçi via a small boat before the ceremony.
The arrival of the state's namesake submarine, the first to be named for the 50th state, also will be feted as part of statehood celebrations.
The approximately $2.5 billion submarine is capable of supporting a variety of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, actions involving special operations forces, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and mine warfare.
There are 16 older Los Angeles-class nuclear submarines based at Pearl Harbor. The 377-foot Hawaiçi will be followed by another Virginia-class sub, the Texas, in the fall.
U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaiçi, previously said the USS North Carolina also would be based at Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor and Groton, Conn., initially will be the home port for all new Virginia-class submarines, the Navy said.