GROTON, Conn. - The Navy's newest attack submarine, the New Hampshire, was christened Saturday, delivered eight months ahead of schedule and $54 million under budget.
The New Hampshire was christened by the widow of a pilot killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"I believe I'm looking at heroes," Cheryl McGuinness of Portsmouth, N.H., said, looking at the ship's crew. "You all are my heroes."
Thomas McGuinness was co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which was flown into the World Trade Center's north tower.
Navy officials, members of Congress and shipyard workers were among the thousands who gathered to celebrate the christening of the 7,800-ton, 337-foot nuclear-powered submarine, which will have a crew of 134.
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Re: Navy christens newest attack submarine
What'd they do? Leave out the galley and torpedos??RTO wrote:, delivered eight months ahead of schedule and $54 million under budget.
Good news in procurement for once.
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