Keywords: US Navy 081023-N-7441H-002 Navy veteran and diver Jack Monro presents Chief Sonar Technician Stephen Aderhold a spike from the first USS New Hampshire, a 74-gun ship of the line laid down in 1819 and launched in 1864 from Ports.jpg en KITTERY Maine Oct 23 2008 Navy veteran and diver Jack Monro presents Chief Sonar Technician Stephen Aderhold a spike from the first USS New Hampshire a 74-gun ship of the line laid down in 1819 and launched in 1864 from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Monro and two other former Navy divers recovered the spike during a dive of the remains of the original New Hampshire which sank in Massachusetts Bay in 1922 after catching fire while being towed to the Bay of Fundy in Maine The spike was presented to Aderhold and the crew of the Virginia-class submarine Pre-commissioning Unit New Hampshire SSN 778 while the crew prepared for the boat's commissioning ceremony Saturday Oct 25 New Hampshire is the fifth submarine in the Virginia class the first major U S Navy combatant vessel class designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Roadell Hickman/Released 2008-10-23 081023-N-7441H-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 65716 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Roadell Hickman PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS New Hampshire SSN-778 |