WILMINGTON, Del. (March 29, 2022) Sailors aboard the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) conduct mooring preparations as the boat pulls into Wilmington, Del., March 29, 2022. Delaware’s 132-man crew is in Wilmington to participate in week-long commemoration events in honor of the boat’s commissioning ceremony which took place administratively in April 2020 due to COVID restrictions at the time. Delaware, the seventh U.S Navy ship and first submarine named after the first U.S. state of Delaware, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten)