Crew Update

Awards, Achievements, and Activities
Teddy, one of the Washington Nationals Racing Presidents, stops by our 50' inflatable model of the USS District of Columbia looking for the Crew! Commissioning Committee member, retired Captain Joe Spruill, fills Teddy in on submarine advances since our Navy's first true submarine, the USS Holland (SS-1). Teddy was amazed to hear the USS District of Columbia will have a displacement of 20,800; length 560'; beam 43'; speed 20+ knots; Crew 155 (mixed gender); weapon system 16 Trident II DS5 (LE) as compared to Holland's displacement 64; length 53'10"; beam 10'3"; draft 8'6"; speed 5 knots; complement 7; armament 1 18-inch torpedo tube!
ETVC(SS) Bryant, YNSCS(SS/DV) Opitz, and ETN2(SS) McLaughlin stopped by USS Drum (SS-228), a World War II Gato class submarine, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish.  She was responsible for sinking 15 enemy ships during WWII.  Part of the crew visited Austal Manufacturing in Mobile, Alabama to better understand the industrial base surrounding today's submarines.
EMN1 Moore, EMN1 Daniels, EMN2 Powell, MMNC Easley, ETN2 Lee, MMN2 Pereur, ETNC Haugen, and EMN1 McCraw, PCU District of Columbia, visited the Philadelphia Navy Yard on the way to the Propulsion Plant testing facility in Philadelphia, PA.
PCU District of Columbia's MMN2 Mueller, MMN2 Boudreau, MMN2 Kerins, MMN2 Braun, MMN1 Barnhill, MMN1 Karasevich, LCDR Sledge, and EMNC Nirva stopped and visited the USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Battleship Museum on the way to Philadelphia for Propulsion Plant testing.
PCU District of Columbia's ETVC(SS) Bryant at the helm onboard USS Drum (SS-228).  The USS Drum is now a museum located in Mobile, Alabama.
Captain Heath Johnmeyer presents a plaque from the Officers and Crew, PCU District of Columbia to DC's Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice during a Namesake Visit.  (From L-R) ETN2(SS) Joshua Moline (Reactor Control Division), ETN2(SS) Conor McLaughlin (Reactor Control Division), Deputy Mayor Appiah, LCDR Peter Roemer (Engineer Officer), LTjg James O'Hara (Main Propulsion Assistant), CAPT Johnmeyer (Commanding Officer), ETN2(SS) Robert Martinez (Reactor Control Division), CSSCM(SS) Mark Shipley (Chief of the Boat), MMN2(SS) Kevin Kerins (Machinery Division), MMN2(SS) Adrian Pua (Machinery Division), and MMN2(SS) Dominic Grote (Machinery Division).
ETN1(SS) Gray poses with his family following his reenlistment in front of salvaged pieces of NR-1 at the Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, CT.  Thank you Petty Officer Gray! NR-1, conceived by ADM Hyman Rickover, was built following the loss of the USS Thresher to expand the Navy’s ocean investigation capabilities.  
Crew members performing Community Service work.
Crew members participate in warm up exercises at the start of their semi-annual Physical Fitness Assessment.
PCU District of Columbia (SSBN-826) Crew members get ready for their 1.5 mile run as part of their semi-annual Physical Fitness Assessment.
PCU District of Columbia Crew members pose for a group photo after their semi-annual command Physical Fitness Assessment.
PCU District of Columbia Sailors spend time ship riding as part of their training and qualification process.  These Sailors are enjoying a much deserved break after deploying with the USS Georgia (SSGN-729).