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Sunday, October 31, 2010

USS Pasadena to get overhaul at shipyard next year

Los Angeles classThe workload at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard continues to be steady with the announcement that another U.S. Navy submarine will be headed to the facility to be overhauled next year.

U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine have announced that the USS Pasadena (SSN 752) will be moved from its homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to the Kittery shipyard for an engineered overhaul expected to begin in October of 2011.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii has the capability to provide maintenance on submarines, but shipyard officials said the USS Pasadena's overhaul in Kittery comes as a result of the Navy's continuous efforts to balance workloads across its industrial base.

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