PCU North Carolina (SSN 777) is in Wilmington, N.C., in preparation for her commissioning ceremony on Saturday. A quick video of the boat (including a cute tiny 21" torpedo tube) is available here. (The last link also has a link to the live webcast of the ceremony, which will start Saturday, May 3, at 1000 EDT.)
More videos from the local TV station, taken during an underway earlier this year, are available here, here, and here.
Update 0528 04 May: The ceremony apparently went off without a hitch; a report is here. Video of the ceremony can be found here.
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