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Local committee seeks sponsors as Virginia-class submarine USS Utah nears christening
Summary
A local committee leading commemorative activities for the new Virginia-class submarine USS Utah presented details about the boat, its commissioning timeline and a solicitation for corporate and municipal sponsors at the Jan. 22 Washington City Council meeting.
Tim Martin, a leader of the USS Utah sponsorship committee, briefed the council Jan. 22 on plans to support the submarine after it is commissioned and to raise awareness of the vessel’s historical name and connection to Utah.
Martin described the new USS Utah as a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine that will be the 28th in its class, with a planned crew “15 officers and 135 people” and an internal configuration he described as 377 feet long and about 34 feet in diameter. Construction began in 2021 and Martin said the keel was laid in 2021; christening and commissioning activity is expected in the mid-2020s with the commissioning ceremony anticipated in Groton, Connecticut, once sea trials and final work conclude.
The local committee — which Martin said has formed scholarship and crewmember-support programs — is seeking to raise $900,000…
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