USS Idaho commander to visit

The Commanding Officer of the USS Idaho will be in Post Falls next week.

For the first time in more than 100 years, the U.S. Navy is naming a vessel after Idaho. The USS Idaho, SSN 799, is a fast-attack submarine being built in Connecticut.

Cmdr. Nicholas Meyers and five crew members will be at Templin’s Red Lion Inn, 414 First St., from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday.

The public is welcome.

Meyers will deliver a few remarks, then he and the crew members will be available for questions.

"This is a celebration of Idaho’s long-standing relationship with the Navy," said a press release.

That relationship ranges from the Farragut Naval Training Center during World War II, acoustic research detachment in Bayview, the Naval reactors facility near Arco, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Idaho and several other facilities statewide.

The receptions are hosted by the USS Idaho Commissioning Foundation.