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, ...

USS Idaho engine room to be named for former Idaho governor

Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne will be honored on the USS Idaho (SSN 799), with the ...
The National Interest

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 ...
Rexburg Standard Journal

USS Idaho Engine Room to be Named after former Idaho Gov. Kempthorne

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced that the U.S. Navy will give the rare honor of naming a room aboard the USS ...