Godspeed to her crew.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_subcommissioning_050308w/
Navy's newest sub joins the fleet today
Staff report
Posted : Saturday May 3, 2008 15:45:30 EDT
The Navy's newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the North Carolina, is to formally join the fleet today in a commissioning ceremony in its namesake state.
The North Carolina is the fourth ship in its class of advanced submarines, the first subs ever built without an optical periscope - they use a digital "photonics mast" instead - and the fourth ship to bear the name.
Navy Secretary Donald Winter is scheduled to give the commissioning ceremony's main address in Wilmington, N.C. The ship's sponsor is Linda Bowman, wife of retired Adm. Frank "Skip" Bowman, a former director of the Navy's nuclear propulsion program; Linda Bowman will give the ship's crew its traditional first command: "Man our ship and bring her to life!"
The North Carolina's skipper is Capt. Mark Davis. The ship's first home port is to be Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.
The first North Carolina was a 74-gun ship-of-the-line that served from 1820 to 1836, according to a Navy announcement. The second North Carolina was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser that served from 1908 to 1921. The third North Carolina was the first of the Navy's modern battleships, serving from 1940 to 1947 and earning 12 battle stars for service during World War II.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_subcommissioning_050308w/
Navy's newest sub joins the fleet today
Staff report
Posted : Saturday May 3, 2008 15:45:30 EDT
The Navy's newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the North Carolina, is to formally join the fleet today in a commissioning ceremony in its namesake state.
The North Carolina is the fourth ship in its class of advanced submarines, the first subs ever built without an optical periscope - they use a digital "photonics mast" instead - and the fourth ship to bear the name.
Navy Secretary Donald Winter is scheduled to give the commissioning ceremony's main address in Wilmington, N.C. The ship's sponsor is Linda Bowman, wife of retired Adm. Frank "Skip" Bowman, a former director of the Navy's nuclear propulsion program; Linda Bowman will give the ship's crew its traditional first command: "Man our ship and bring her to life!"
The North Carolina's skipper is Capt. Mark Davis. The ship's first home port is to be Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.
The first North Carolina was a 74-gun ship-of-the-line that served from 1820 to 1836, according to a Navy announcement. The second North Carolina was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser that served from 1908 to 1921. The third North Carolina was the first of the Navy's modern battleships, serving from 1940 to 1947 and earning 12 battle stars for service during World War II.
