Pilly Lent Award Presented to USS Connecticut Officer
Summary
BREMERTON, Wash. (May 28, 2020) Lt. Robert Chapin, from Sheridan, Wyoming, assigned to the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) was presented with the 2020 Rear Adm. Willis A. "Pilly" Lent Tactics and Warfighting Award, May 28. The "Pilly Lent Award" is presented annually to the officer recognized as the most tactically proficient submarine department head assigned to Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet's area of operations and is named in honor of USS Triton (SS 201) Commanding Officer, then Lt. Cmdr. Willis A. "Pilly" Lent, who gave the order to fire the first torpedoes of WWII against the Japanese Navy, Dec. 10, 1941. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andrea Perez/Released)
Tags
Date
Source
Copyright info