WIS 827 on 8/27 - Capital Square

A Navy Christening marks the transition from a mere hull to a ship with a name and spirit. It will be many more years before our submarine [SSBN 827] is christened, but on 8/27/2022 we were fortunate that the ship’s sponsor, Dr. Kelly Geurts, was in Wisconsin to help us bring a bit of Navy tradition to our celebration. We named our model - Wisconsin Inflatable Submarine (WIS) 827. The champagne shaped balloon used to christen WIS 827 contained water from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.