The spike salvaged by divers Jack Munro, Paul Harling and Arnie Pettiglio of the Diving Locker out of Gloucester, Mass., was mounted on a plaque engraved with, "FROM THE ORIGINAL USS NEW HAMPSHIRE ...

* The first USS New Hampshire, a wood-hulled ship of the line, was authorized by Congress in 1816. She was finally launched from PNSY in 1864 and served as troop transport and for training ...

The contract to build the submarine, destined to be named the USS New Hampshire, was awarded to Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics Corporation, in Groton, Conn., on Aug. 14, 2003.