220329-N-KO018-0037 WILMINGTON, Delaware (March 29, 2022) – Cmdr. Matthew Horton, commanding officer of the USS Delaware (SSN 791), is greeted by Delaware Governor John Carney after arriving in Wilmington, Delaware March 29, 2022. Delaware’s 132-man crew transited to Wilmington to participate in week-long commemoration events in honor of the boat’s commissioning ceremony that took place administratively in April 2020 due to COVID restrictions at the time. Delaware, the seventh Navy ship and first submarine named after the first state of Delaware, is a flexible, multi-mission platform
220329-N-KO018-0037 WILMINGTON, Delaware (March 29, 2022) – Cmdr. Matthew Horton, commanding officer of the USS Delaware (SSN 791), is greeted by Delaware Governor John Carney after arriving in Wilmington, Delaware March 29, 2022. Delaware’s 132-man crew transited to Wilmington to participate in week-long commemoration events in honor of the boat’s commissioning ceremony that took place administratively in April 2020 due to COVID restrictions at the time. Delaware, the seventh Navy ship and first submarine named after the first state of Delaware, 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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