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  • USS Florida Continues SSGN Transformation with New CO

    04/20/2004 10:56:27 AM PDT · by BykrBayb · 17 replies · 1,036+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | 4/16/2004 3:44:00 PM | Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Mark O. Piggott, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atl. Fleet Public Affairs
    Story Number: NNS040416-20 Release Date: 4/16/2004 3:44:00 PM By Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Mark O. Piggott, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- Cmdr. Gregory M. Ott relieved Cmdr. David M. Duryea as commanding officer, USS Florida (SSGN 728), April 16 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. This was another milestone in Florida’s transformation from ballistic missile submarine to guided-missile submarine. “Historic Norfolk Naval Shipyard is the nation’s first public shipyard, and no stranger to naval transformation,” said Vice Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, commander, Naval Submarine Forces. “It has been no easy task (for Duryea) taking Florida from...