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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

After 27 years, frigate Jarrett decommissioned

USS JarrettThe veteran Navy frigate Jarrett ended its 27-year career at sea Thursday with a decommissioning ceremony at San Diego Naval Base.

The San Diego-based ship completed 15 deployments, six in the past six years, and took part in every major sanction-enforcement blockade over the past three decades, the Navy said.

Most recently, Jarrett returned from a six-month anti-drug patrol off South America.

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