220528-N-GR655-0108 GROTON, Connecticut (May 28, 2022) – Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Arlo Gatchel, right, passes a long glass to Lt. Thomas Mc Sweeny, who ceremonially set the “first watch” during a commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793) in Groton, Conn., May 28, 2022. SSN 793, the third Navy ship launched with the name Oregon and first in more than a century, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of specia
220528-N-GR655-0108 GROTON, Connecticut (May 28, 2022) – Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Arlo Gatchel, right, passes a long glass to Lt. Thomas Mc Sweeny, who ceremonially set the “first watch” during a commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793) in Groton, Conn., May 28, 2022. SSN 793, the third Navy ship launched with the name Oregon and first in more than a century, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare.
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