Construction and Commissioning
The contract for Wathena was awarded 9 August 1971. She was laid down down on 4 April 1973 at Marinette, Wisconsin, by Marinette Marine and launched 6 September 1973.
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“When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)