Miss Hawaii Visits USS Hawaii
By MC2 Ronald Gutridge
COMSUBPAC Public Affairs

Release Date: 08/20/2010

(PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii) – The recently crowned 2010 Miss Hawaii visited the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) to show her support of her title namesake submarine today at the submarine piers, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Jalee Kate Fuselier, raised in Haleiwa and a graduate from Hawaii Pacific University, toured USS Hawaii, dined and took photos with the crew while onboard.

 "It is a great honor to visit such a technically advanced war fighting machine," said Fuselier. The knowledge and respect of the crew on how they perform their daily operatations while out to sea is amazing. I am very proud of all of them."

The crew of USS Hawaii was excited about having a beauty queen visiting their submarine.

"I think that it is awesome that she (Fuselier) is interested in submarines," said Machinist Mate 1st Class (SS) Timothy Zinner. "To take the time to visit us and learn about what we do shows me that she supports the troops."

Fuselier will represent Hawaii at the Miss America competition in January and somewhere in the Pacific, the crew of USS Hawaii will be cheering her on.