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Monday, February 16, 2009

Navy to toast Trident submarines on 1,000th patrol

Ohio class submarineWhen the USS Ohio left port on its first three-month patrol Oct. 1, 1982, Navy officials hailed the Trident submarine as an important strategic deterrent to nuclear attack.

The federal government was still in the middle of the Cold War and contracted ship builders to construct 17 more Tridents submarines for the Navy. The last Trident built, the USS Louisiana, was commissioned in 1997.

The Cold War is long over but the patrols have continued and Thursday, the Navy and will commemorate the 1,000th patrol of a Trident submarine in a ceremony at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, where five of the boats are home ported. Nine others are ported in Bangor, Wash.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete18/2/09 23:19

    Interest admissions in the article:

    "Besides constant drills to prepare sailors to launch nuclear missiles in retaliation of an attack, the boats are constantly on the move, monitoring activities of other vessels from foreign nations above and below the surface.

    “Lots of information is gathered while they are on patrol,” she said"

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