Keywords: US Navy 081023-N-7441H-004 Chief of the boat Command Master Chief Glen Kline, right, and commanding officer Cmdr. Mike Stevens observe commissioning ceremony rehearsals for the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-commissioning.jpg en KITTERY Maine Oct 23 2008 Chief of the boat Command Master Chief Glen Kline right and commanding officer Cmdr Mike Stevens observe commissioning ceremony rehearsals for the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-commissioning Unit New Hampshire SSN 778 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard New Hampshire will be commissioned Saturday Oct 25 during a ceremony at Portsmouth 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-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 65718 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Roadell Hickman PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS New Hampshire SSN-778 |