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Saturday, January 16, 2010

US Nuclear Submarine In Gibraltar

Los Angeles classThe US Navy Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine USS Philadelphia arrived in Gibraltar yesterday on what could be its final voyage after 33 years in service.

The US Navy said last year that the Los Angeles-class submarine, which was commissioned in 1977, was “tentatively scheduled for inactivation” this summer and would be decommissioned at a later date.

The USS Philadelphia docked at the Z berth on Gibraltar’s South Mole yesterday morning and no details were given as to the length of its stay.

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