Fireworks illuminate the skies over battleship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)" class="extiw" title="en:USS North Carolina (BB-55)">USS <i>North Carolina</i> (BB-55)</a> capping week long celebrations surrounding the commissioning the newest <i>Virginia</i>-class nuclear attack submarine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_North_Carolina_(SSN-777)" class="extiw" title="en:USS North Carolina (SSN-777)">USS <i>North Carolina</i> (SSN-777)</a> on 3 May 2009. (Text from www.navsource.org)
U.S. Navy photo # N-7441H-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 2ND Class Roadell Hickman
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