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Friday, September 19, 2014

Navy Submarine to Be Named After State of Vermont

Virginia class SSNU.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus used Lake Champlain, with its history of a key naval battle in both the American Revolution and the War of 1812, as a backdrop Thursday to announce the naming of the USS Vermont, a nuclear attack submarine due to be built over the next several years.

The $2.7 billion fast-attack submarine should be ready to join the fleet by the end of the decade, Mabus said after the naming ceremony held with state and local officials and some Vermont veterans of the submarine service. It will be the third U.S. Navy vessel to carry the name Vermont.

“It covers almost the entire history of our Navy,” Mabus said of the other two USS Vermonts. The last Vermont was a battleship built in the early years of the 20th century. It was decommissioned in 1920.

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