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Wally Schirra
U.S. space pioneer Wally Schirra helped lead the United States into the space age as one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. He died in 2007 at the age of 84.
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Wally Schirra was the only astronaut to fly on Mercury, Gemini and Apollo flights. He was the third American into space when he orbited Earth six times in an October 1962 Mercury flight.
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General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics laid the keel for USNS Wally Schirra, the eighth dry cargo-ammunition ship in the U.S. Navy's T-AKE program.
- General Dynamics NASSCO Lays Keel of USNS Wally Schirra (spaceref.com)
The National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. Monday laid the keel for USNS Wally Schirra , the eighth dry cargo-ammunition ship in the U.S. Navy's T-AKE program.
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- T-AKE program updates (rss.topix.net)
Secretary of the Navy Dr. Donald C. Winter announced the naming of the seventh and eighth Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo/ammunition ships as Carl Brashear and Wally Schirra.
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