USS Idaho crew visits North Idaho
Former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Cmdr. Randall Leslie and retired Capt. Henry Netzer addressed a crowd Sunday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889, celebrating the crew of the USS Idaho.
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COEUR d’ALENE — For the first time in nearly 100 years, a naval vessel will bear the name Idaho.
So it was only fitting that more than 100 people gathered Sunday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889 in downtown Coeur d’Alene to welcome the crew of the USS Idaho SSN 799, a Virginia-class, nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine...