  {|    |} uss new hampshire (ssn-778), a virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is the fourth ship of the united states navy to be named for the state of new hampshire (though one of her predecessors, , existed only on paper â authorized, but cancelled before keel laying). she is the first of the virginia block ii submarines to enter service. her name was awarded to the submarine after a letter-writing campaign by the third-graders from garrison elementary school in [[dover, 
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