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USS Charlotte Deploys to Western Pacific Story Number: NNS040901-08 Release Date: 9/1/2004 10:18:00 AM By Journalist 3rd Class Corwin Colbert, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- USS Charlotte (SSN 766) departed for a Western Pacific deployment from its homeport of Pearl Harbor Aug. 25. According to Cmdr. Dennis Carpenter, commanding officer of Charlotte, during the last several months, the crew has been training non-stop for the upcoming deployment. “Charlotte has completed the rigorous training cycle that all submarines go through," he said. "We look forward to helping keep peace in the 7th...

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...

Story Number: NNS040304-09 Release Date: 3/4/2004 11:43:00 AM By Journalist 1st Class Jim Williams, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Gordon R. England visited with the Sailors and Marines of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1 aboard USS Peleliu (LHA 5) at Pearl Harbor Feb. 27. The stop aboard the ship was just one of many during a busy day in which he traveled around the harbor, visiting with Sailors and Marines and conducting meetings with local military leadership. "Hawaii is one of the most important places in the Pacific in...

Story Number: NNS040202-05 Release Date: 2/2/2004 10:08:00 AM By Kristin Ching, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- New engineers at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard are getting behind the yokes of nuclear attack submarines, running them on the surface, diving them to 150 feet and then returning them to periscope depth, sometimes in rough seas. While this is actually only done on the dive training simulators at the Naval Submarine Training Center in Pearl Harbor, these civilian engineers are gaining fresh insight into the systems they will maintain. “It’s as close to getting them underway without...

040227-N-9662L-063 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Feb. 27, 2004) – The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, tours the Los Angles-class attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) at the pier at the Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Secretary arrived in Hawaii following a trip to the Asia-Pacific region that included visits to Japan, Singapore and Guam. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John F. Looney. (RELEASED)