220402-N-GR655-0060 WILMINGTON, Delaware (April 2, 2022) – First Lady Jill Biden is greeted by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, Fleet Forces Command, during a commissioning commemoration ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) in Wilmington, Delaware April 2, 2022. The initial commissioning took place administratively in April 2020 due to COVID restrictions at the time and is the first submarine to be commissioned while submerged. Delaware, the seventh Navy ship and first submarine named after the first state of
220402-N-GR655-0060 WILMINGTON, Delaware (April 2, 2022) – First Lady Jill Biden is greeted by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, Fleet Forces Command, during a commissioning commemoration ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) in Wilmington, Delaware April 2, 2022. The initial commissioning took place administratively in April 2020 due to COVID restrictions at the time and is the first submarine to be commissioned while submerged. 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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