[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         116TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES SUBMARINE FORCE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, just the other day, April 1, marked the 
116th birthday and anniversary of the United States Submarine Force. 
This is the date the U.S. Government accepted the USS Holland, which is 
SS-1, into the U.S. Navy, again, in 1900.
  This was pointed out by a good friend and a great patriot and veteran 
of the Submarine Forces, Jim Gibson of Redding, California, who has 
served on several different submarines and is a main organizer of the 
USS Cuttlefish, a veterans submarine group that does many events up in 
northern California. He pointed that out to me, and I want to 
acknowledge, again, the great work of our veterans of those subs and 
what they mean for the security of our Nation.
  So happy 116th to the United States Submarine fleet.

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