Keywords: US Navy 081025-N-7441H-002 Lt. Carl Gerhard leads the Navy Band Northeast in a musical selection before the commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778).jpg en KITTERY Maine Oct 25 2008 Lt Carl Gerhard leads the Navy Band Northeast in a musical selection before the commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Hampshire SSN 778 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard More than 3 500 people attended the ceremony held at the Navy's first shipyard New Hampshire is the fifth Virginia-class submarine 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 2008-10-25 081025-N-7441H-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 65758 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS New Hampshire SSN-778 |