USS Hawaii Receives Engineering Excellence Award
By MC2 Ronald Gutridge
COMSUBPAC Public Affairs
Release Date: 03/26/2010
(JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR, HICKAM, Hawaii) – Commander, Submarine Squadron ONE (CSS-1), Capt. Stanley Robertson, presents USS Hawaii (SSN 776) Engineer Officer, Lt. Cmdr. Chimi Vacot and Engineering Department Master Chief, Senior Chief Electronics Technician Thomas Matney with the squadron’s 2009 Engineering Excellence Award (Red “E”). This award recognizes sustained superior performance in shipboard evolutions relating to main propulsion and damage control. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge / Released)