Bill Text: NY K00277 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 11, 2019, as Submarine Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-10 - adopted [K00277 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00277-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 277

BY: M. of A. Walsh

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        April 11, 2019, as Submarine Day in the State of New
        York, in conjunction with the observance of National
        Submarine Day

  WHEREAS, Submarines and the brave men and women who crew them play a
critical  role  in  the  defense  of  our  Nation, and the protection of
citizens of the great State of New York; and

  WHEREAS, Each year,  the  American  submarine  community  celebrates
National  Submarine Day on the anniversary of United States government's
acquisition of its first modern commissioned submarine, the USS Holland,
on April 11, 1900; and

  WHEREAS, The United States Navy was born in Whitehall, New York,  in
the summer of 1775, with the establishment of an American fleet; and

  WHEREAS,  United  States  Attack  Submarines  are  named  after U.S.
cities, including the USS Albany and the USS Buffalo; and

  WHEREAS, New York City is home to the  Intrepid  Sea,  Air  &  Space
Museum,  a  military  and  maritime  history museum with a collection of
museum ships, and the New York State Submariners Memorial is located  in
the  Village  of  Ballston  Spa,  the  first  memorial  dedicated to the
Submariners from a State rather  than  the  Submarine  from  which  they
served; and

  WHEREAS,   A  submarine  is  a  watercraft  capable  of  independent
operation underwater, and differs from a  submersible,  which  has  more
limited underwater capability; and

  WHEREAS,  The  term submarine most commonly refers to a large crewed
autonomous vessel, but historically or colloquially, can also  refer  to
medium-sized  or  smaller vessels, as well as remotely operated vehicles
or robots; and

  WHEREAS, Named after its inventor,  John  Philip  Holland,  the  USS
Holland  was  designed  in  1896,  and  launched  on  May  17,  1897, in
Elizabeth, New Jersey; considered the first truly  successful  craft  of
its kind, the vessel rendered valuable service to the United States Navy
until its decommissioning in 1905; and

  WHEREAS,  Prior  to the purchase of the USS Holland, the first known
military submarine built in the United States was  the  Turtle,  a  ship
which  saw  action in the Revolutionary War era, but before the creation
of the official United States Navy; and

  WHEREAS, In 1862, the United States Navy launched the USS Alligator,
its first submarine and fourth Navy ship of that name during  the  Civil
War;  however, it was never officially commissioned, and sank due to bad
weather while attempting to take part in an attack on  the  Confederacy;
and

  WHEREAS,  Throughout  the  past 118 years, America's submarines have
played a vital part in wars in which our Nation's freedom was at  stake,
as well as in the preservation of naval security and strategic readiness
during peacetime; and

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  is  very  pleased  to  have  this
opportunity to express its gratitude to our exceptional submarine  fleet
and the courageous men and women, past and present, of the United States
Armed  Forces  for  their  tremendous  sacrifices  made on behalf of our
Nation; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to proclaim April 11, 2019, as
Submarine Day in  the  State  of  New  York,  in  conjunction  with  the
observance of National Submarine Day; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York.