From the article:
"First lady Jill Biden is the submarine's sponsor, a role meant to bring a vessel luck."
Just wondering if the crew would have rather had the boat sponsored by Vice President Kamala Harris ... 'cuz if the submarine was sponsored by a whore, maybe that would mean the crew might get luckier while on shore leave. Jest spitballin', don'tcha know.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence