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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Two Subs Head To Arctic

Los Angeles class submarineAt a time when countries are jockeying for position in the Arctic, the U.S. Navy has sent two submarines there to hone their skills.

The Groton-based USS Annapolis (SSN 760) and the San Diego-based USS Helena (SSN 725) are training for two weeks about 200 miles from the north coast of Alaska, near Prudhoe Bay, for the 2009 “Ice Exercise.”

”We have always thought it was important to operate in the Arctic,” Capt. Gregory Ott, the officer in tactical command of the exercise, said via satellite phone. “Because of the other countries' interest, it is even more important to us now. We have to make sure we are guarding our economic interests up here.”

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