USS North Carolina

[Michael H. Standart]

From the DailyPress.com:

Submarine ready for its first splash

quote:

About 3,000 yard employees have worked on the vessel over the past six years, an effort that will culminate in a christening scheduled for April 21.
BY PETER DUJARDIN
247-4749
April 5, 2007
NEWPORT NEWS -- The last-minute preparations are under way.

Northrop Grumman Newport News said this week that it would christen the North Carolina - the fourth submarine in the Virginia class of nuclear-powered submersibles - in a shipyard ceremony April 21

Story at http://www.dailypress.com/business/local/dp-99146sy0apr05,0,2942122.story?coll=dp-business-localheads

NVR page at http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/SSN777.htm

NavSource page at http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08777.htm