‘Most modern sub in the world’ is commissioned
4 Feb 2019
Maritime Industry
Ninety-two-year-old World War II veteran Richard "Dick" Hackley handed over the watch Saturday to Lt. Ben McFarland, a sailor assigned to the Navy's newest submarine.
Hackley served as a radar operator on the USS South Dakota (BB 57), among the most decorated battleships of the war.
McFarland, known as a plank owner, is among the first to serve on the fast-attack submarine USS South Dakota (SSN 790), which was commissioned at the Naval Submarine Base before a crowd of about 1,400 people. Another 800 watched on a screen from nearby Dealey Center on base.
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