WASHINGTON (June 21, 2012) An artist rendering of the Virginia-class submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789). (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Stan Bailey/Released)
The USS Indiana (SSN 789) will be commissioned at the Navy Port at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Sept. 29.
According to the U.S. Navy, its newest fast-attack submarine will be the third U.S. Navy ship, and first submarine, to be commissioned bearing the name “Indiana”. It is designed to operate in both coastal and deep-ocean environments and provide anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike warfare, special operation forces support, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, irregular warfare, and mine warfare missions.
Marshall County Recorder Marlene Mahler made the trip down to Cape Canaveral, Florida to witness the commission. She approached several veteran’s organizations in the county to help gather funds for the USS Indiana Scholarship Fund project and was able to collect a little over $1,000.
