The USS Scorpion is just one of two nuclear submarines that the United States Navy has lost in the depths of the ocean.
A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, the sequel is currently scheduled for release in March 2019, and will be distributed in 3D and 2D and in select IMAX theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd.
Dougherty seemingly offers a clue for the sequel in the photo above with the conveniently-placed USS Scorpion hat.