Lingle to attend sub's keel-laying

Advertiser Staff

Gov. Linda Lingle will be the guest of honor at a keel-laying ceremony Friday in Rhode Island for the USS Hawai'i, the third ship in the Navy's new line of Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines.

Lingle, who has been named the ship's sponsor, will inscribe her initials on the sub's keel.

The Virginia-class subs are 377 feet long — 17 feet longer than the Los Angeles-class submarines based at Pearl Harbor.

Cruiser Lake Erie to deploy today

The Pearl Harbor-based guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie will leave today for a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific. During the deployment, the cruiser will observe the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu and liberation of Palau during a port visit to Guam.

Commanded by Capt. Joseph A. Horn Jr., Lake Erie has a crew of 24 officers and 340 enlisted personnel.

Bowfin museum receives artifacts

The Navy Historical Center recently presented five artifacts from the now-defunct ballistic missile submarine USS Kamehameha to the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park.

A koa wood bowl, plate, replica of King Kamehameha's spear and a bust of Kamehameha have been added to the museum's collection.

The submarine, launched in 1965, was decommissioned on April 2, 2002, and was cut up for scrap. The Navy still has its sail and topside rudder, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Donald Cataluna has said he would like to see them displayed at Ford Island.