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Friday, February 08, 2008

Navy Adds USS Augusta To Its List Of Early Retirees

Electric Boat delivered 15 Los-Angeles class submarines to the Navy in just the first half of the1980s, including the USS Boston and USS Augusta.

“It was a lot different than it is today,” Capt. Thomas W. Turner, Ret., the first commanding officer of the Augusta, said Thursday at a ceremony marking the end of the submarine's active service.

Back then, President Ronald Reagan was planning for a 600-ship Navy to rebuild the fleet after cutbacks following the Vietnam War and to prepare for a possible confrontation with the Soviet Union.

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