Groton ― The future USS Groton Sail Monument will celebrate the contributions of all the men and women who design, build, operate and maintain submarines, and the families and communities who suppor.
The future USS Groton Sail Monument will celebrate the contributions of all the men and women who design, build, operate and maintain submarines, and the families and communities who support them.
Groton A proposal to create a USS Groton Sail memorial in an area adjacent to the Groton Public Library and the Groton Senior Center site along Route 117 is moving forward.
The Groton Town Council recently approved an agreement between the town and the USS Groton Sail Foundation that will enable the memorial to be built in an area roughly from the road curb to the library site, said retired Rear Adm. John Padgett, the chairman of the Groton Sail Foundation.
Padgett said the monument is intended to honor the men and women of Electric Boat who designed and constructed submarines and those who served on submarines, as well as to celebrate Groton as “the submarine capital of the world.” The town is also home to the Naval Submarine Base.