Delaware River [SEP] named after
during the First Anglo-Powhatan War.
Origin of the name.
The Delaware River is named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), an English nobleman and the Virginia colony's first royal governor who defended the colony during the First Anglo-Powhatan War. Lord de la Warr waged a punitive campaign to subdue the Powhatan after they had killed the colony's council president, John Ratcliffe, and attacked the colony's fledgling settlements. Lord de la Warr arrived with 150 soldiers in
collision.
1957 - 4 Sep. Assisted after a mid-air collision between two USAF F89 aircraft in Delaware Bay.
1965 - Hull Classification Symbol changed to WLB.
1967 - On 30 April 1967 Sassafras rescued five from FV Mockingbird, which sank 130 mi SE of New York City.
1969 - 12 Jan. Grounded on a pinnacle in the Hudson River, north of Bear Mountain Bridge; she was re-floated four days later.
1977-78 - Underwent a "major renovation" at the Coast