USS Somerset Commissioned In Pa. — The USS Somerset, the ninth amphibious transport dock ship in the San Antonio class will be commissioned in Philadelphia, reports Sen. Pat Toomey.
“In February, I asked Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to commission the
new Navy ship in the city of Brotherly Love and he informed me (last) week
that he agrees,” said Toomey.
The Somerset joins USS New York and the USS Arlington in remembering the heroes of September 11 as in T honors the heroes of United Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville in Somerset County.
A ship is commissioned when it is put into active service. The Somerset was christened in July 2012.