Navy Secretary Mabus, Gov. Inslee at naming ceremony for USS Washington

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus held a vessel naming ceremony with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in Seattle on Thursday to help connect the state with a new attack submarine that bears its name.

The nuclear-powered USS Washington was named last year and is under construction in Newport News, Va. It is expected to join the fleet in 2016.

Inslee's office says it's the first Navy vessel to carry the state's name since a World War II battleship.

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