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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Navy submarine to bear Delaware's name

Naming the USS Delaware |It’s been 89 years since a Navy ship bearing the name Delaware sailed the world’s waters.

The drought is now ended. The Navy announced at the Pentagon this afternoon that its newest attack submarine will be named Delaware.

And get this: It was a short, simple and slyly tongue-in-cheek letter to the editor of the News Journal last spring that spurred the state’s three-member congressional delegation to launch an inside-the-Beltway campaign to get the state a namesake ship, according to Katie Wilson, press secretary to Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.

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3 comments:

  1. rodnacious20/11/12 09:04

    That's strange, normally the Navy uses the names of States for its missile capability submarines and uses the names of cities for its fast attacks.

    Are you sure that it is a fast attack that will be representing Delsware?

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  2. Ko Savonije20/11/12 10:07

    It will be a Virginia class submarine, just search for SSN-791.

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  3. rodnacious28/11/12 04:15

    I'll check it out... thanks.

    Subject: [nosint] Re: Naval Open Source INTelligence

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