Room aboard new Navy submarine USS Idaho to be named for former Gem State governor

WASHINGTON ( Idaho Capital Sun) — The engine room of one of the U.S. Navy’s newest fast attack submarines, the USS Idaho, will be named for former Idaho Governor and U.S. Secretary of the Interior, ...
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A ‘Leak in the Engine Room’ Sealed the Fate of a U.S. Navy Submarine

What You Need to Know: Commissioned in 1961, the USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine of its time, designed to dive deeper and operate more quietly than any ...
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Room aboard new Navy submarine USS Idaho to be named for Dirk Kempthorne

Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, who also served as the U.S. Secretary of the interior from 2006 to 2009 during the George W. Bush administration, speaks at the service for Phil Batt at the Idaho ...

US Navy to name engine room on USS Idaho after former governor Dirk Kempthorne

The engine room aboard the USS Idaho will bear former Governor Dirk Kempthorne's name, to honor his military support and ...