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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Navy's newest submarine to be commissioned June 2

[USS Mississippi]The USS Mississippi, the Navy's newest warship, is due at the Port of Pascagoula on May 25, a week before its commissioning ceremony, according the commander of Submarine Group Two.

Rear Adm. Rick Breckenridge was on the Gulf Coast on Thursday to talk with local officials about the June 2 commissioning for the 377-foot-long Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine.

Breckenridge said he had toured Ingalls Shipbuilding, met with port officials and some of the key volunteers helping plan the events leading up to the commissioning. Breckenridge calls the commissioning a "peak event" in the new submarine's life.

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