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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Navy brings new $2.3 billion submarine to life in Norfolk


It's been months since shipbuilders tightened the final bolts and completed the last welds on the Navy's newest fast-attack submarine, the New Mexico.

The Aztec-print curtains were hung on the sailors' racks and the sub's cooks trained in preparing authentic New Mexican cuisine.

And last fall, the underwater war fighter passed its sea tria ls, a vigorous set of tests that cleared the way for the Navy to take ownership of the sub at the end of December.

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