From the DailyPress.com:
Submarine ready for its first splashStory 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
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Submarine ready for its first splash
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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
NVR page at http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/SSN777.htm
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