August 2015 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 11. Commercial Fishing News D.E.L.A. From the Director
From the Director – With eleven years behind me now, it seems like it is a good time to say “Thank You”
to everyone that has helped me along the way. I always have special thanks within me, but after time passes and people come and go, it is time to review some of those years. I was bringing my husband, Mike to the
DELA meetings due to health reasons on his part and found that I knew everyone fairly well. They needed a secretary/treasurer at the time and asked me if I’d be interested in doing it. I looked at everyone that was at the September, 2004 Annual meeting and felt that it I’d be proud to help if I can.
Clive Farrin was President at the time, Nick Lemieux was Vice President. The rest of the board told me they would help with whatever they could. And they did, especially my husband, Mike. This was a time for me to get to know everyone a little better.
In 2006, (I was still working for
McAllister Towing at the time), they needed an executive director for DELA. I’ll never forget it and this is where my loyalty comes in, my Mom had passed away in 2004, just before the Annual meeting and my Dad was suffering the onset of dementia. My husband, Mike also had a lot of health issues at the time. Kenny Dennison was a
U. S. NAVY N E W S Continued from Page 8. History,” said Cohn.
Royal Savage, a two-masted schooner, originally served in the Royal Navy and was damaged and sunk by American forces under Richard Montgomery during the siege of St. Johns, Quebec, in the fall of 1775. After American forces took the fort
there Nov. 2, the ship was raised and re- paired. With the small schooner Liberty and the sloop Enterprise (ex-HMS George III), Royal Savage formed the nucleus of the American Lake Champlain squadron. That squadron, under Benedict Arnold, denied the British the use of the lake during the fall of 1776 and thus contributed to British General John Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga. In June of 1776, the American force, pushed from Canada, fell back to Crown Point, Skenesborough, and Fort Ticond- eroga. There Arnold pressed his force to complete a shipbuilding program before the British completed their squadron. In late August, 10 of his ships were fi nished and he moved north with Royal Savage as his fl agship.
He scouted the lakeshore well into
September. On the Sept. 23 he moved his fl eet into an anchorage at Valcour Island, separated from the western shore by a half- mile channel, to await the remainder of his squadron, and the British. With the arrival of the galley Congress, Arnold shifted his headquarters to that boat, and continued to wait. On Oct. 11 the north wind carried the British past the island. American ships, including Royal Savage, appeared, fi red on the enemy, and beat back into the southern entrance to the channel, where the remainder of Arnold’s force was positioned to meet the enemy. Arnold’s plan was to beat the British if possible, but, at all cost, to delay them.
Coming in from the south, the Brit- ish force was handicapped by the wind. Arnold’s planning and the British accep- tance of the bait had given the Americans a chance to carry out their mission. Royal Savage, however, ran aground on returning to the American line. Undefendable, she was abandoned. Despite attempts to reboard her, she was taken by the British and burned. The ship remained in the lake until it was raised in 1934 by marine salvor and amateur archaeologist Lorenzo Hagglund. According to Cohn, the remains of the ship and associated artifacts remained in the possession of Hagglund’s family until being purchased by the city of Harrisburg in 1995.
PCU John Warner (SSN 785) Delivered to the Navy
From Team Submarine Public Affairs NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of PCU John Warner (SSN 785) June 25, the 12th submarine of the Virginia Class.
John Warner is the second of eight Vir- ginia-class Block III ships and the sixth to be delivered to the U.S. Navy by Newport News Shipbuilding.
The submarine is named after John
Warner, the fi ve-term U.S. Senator from Virginia who served in both the Navy and Marine Corps, and was Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974. His wife, Jeanne Warner, is the ship’s sponsor. “Like the ship before her, USS North
Dakota, John Warner delivered ahead of schedule and within budget,” said Rear Adm. David C. Johnson, program executive offi cer for Submarines. “The crew of John Warner has upheld the standard of excel- lence in the Virginia Class program.” John Warner successfully completed
the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) trials, which evaluate the subma- rine’s seaworthiness and operational capa- bilities, June 12. During the trials, the crew took the submarine to test depth, tested the submarine’s propulsion plant and material readiness resulting in the highest INSURV score of the Virginia-class submarines. John Warner will spend the upcoming weeks preparing for its Aug. 1 commissioning in Norfolk, Virginia.
Block III submarines feature a rede-
signed bow, which replaces 12 individual launch tubes with two large-diameter Virginia Payload Tubes each capable of launching six Tomahawk cruise missiles, among other design changes that reduced the submarines’ acquisition cost while maintaining their outstanding warfi ghting capabilities. Virginia-class submarines are built to dominate the world’s littoral and deep waters while conducting anti-submarine; anti-surface ship; strike; special operation forces; intelligence, surveillance, and re- connaissance; irregular warfare; and mine warfare missions. Their inherent stealth, endurance, fi repower, and sensor suite di- rectly enable them to support fi ve of the six maritime strategy core capabilities - sea con- trol, power projection, forward presence, maritime security, and deterrence. Team Submarine oversees the subma-
rine force’s research, development, acqui- sition, maintenance and life cycle support.
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key person that said that the position would help me to do the DELA responsibilities and also be available for my family. He also said that the Board of Directors would always be there to help me along the way…and they did! This also takes in their families, such as their next generation and the ever so important wives. With this position, the lobster industry had some great challenges……the whale rules, the rope issues, the dragger bill, the collapse of the prices, the Canadian hostility when we tried to bring lobster up for processing, a new governor for Maine along with a Commissioner that was very diffi cult to work with. Through it all, we managed to be there and do our best to represent our fi shing families. Now, we have a Commissioner that is very good to work with, representatives that we have known along the way and a new Lobster Marketing Collaborative. DELA represents a seat on the R.E.D. Board (lobster plates), the Lobster Institute of the University of Maine, Orono, a seat on the executive committee on the Board of Directors for the Maine Fishermen’s Forum, Friends of Penobscot Bay, and are involved with many more that are working for the well-being of our lobster industry. This year we have been also invited to the Rockland Lobster Festival to represent our industry. We are always available to help our
members, fi shermen, their families and our Associate members as well. We are also open to Friend memberships for people that would like to help and become more involved with our industry. We welcome each and every one that has the desire to step up and give us the extra hand. Well, since the beginning, we have lost some key members such as Kenny Dennison Celia Lemieux, my Dad, Corliss Holland, Leamon Chipman, Vin and Vid Young, Calvert Carver, Ernest Libby, Jr. and so many more. Thank you to each and everyone that have paved the way…my question now
is, “who’s gonna take their place?” We now have a Junior division that is open for members with our fi rst member, Zachary (Chipman) Floyd. He is the grandson of John & Gerry Chipman and Great Grandson of Leamon Chipman. Thanks again…..let’s keep those gates open for last but not least, I’d like to “Thank” our current executive offi cers, Hilton Turner; President, Nick Lemieux; Vice President and Mike Dassatt; Sec/Treasurer and our current Board members. We always welcome new board members if you would like to have a stronger voice in the industry. This is your opportunity to join a well-respected organization that is always striving forward to make our industry better for all. D.E.L.A. has become well known for being consistent in where we stand, never swaying from our views. Once we make a position known or take a stance on a given topic that is where we stay. Our future!
See you around, Sheila
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