Room aboard new Navy submarine USS Idaho to be named for Dirk Kempthorne

The engine room of one of the U.S. Navy’s newest fast attack submarines, the USS Idaho, will be named for former Idaho Governor and U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne.  U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, announced the naming in a press release Wednesday.  “Dirk’s contributions to our great state and our nation are significant,” […]