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Bremerton -- Seven sailors from the submarine USS Columbus face special courts-martial in connection with alleged assaults and hazing of two fellow crew members. One victim allegedly was attacked over a seven-month period ending in March, when he reported the incidents to Naval Base Kitsap security and to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. His five alleged assailants are charged with various offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The charges include assault, hazing and dereliction of duty, according to Lt. Herlinda Rojas, a Navy spokeswoman. The five sailors range in rank from third to first class petty officer. A...

Official U.S. Navy file photo of Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine, USS Asheville (SSN 758). View Larger Download HiRes   Pacific Submarine Force: A New Era of Warfare Story Number: NNS040122-16Release Date: 1/23/2004 10:00:00 AMBy Chief Journalist (SW/AW) David Rush, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public AffairsPEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- In a January interview, Rear Adm. Paul F Sullivan, commander, Submarine Force Pacific, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC), said his submariners are ready for 2004. The attack submarines (SSNs) stationed in Pearl Harbor, San Diego and Guam, as well as the "boomers" (SSBNs) homeported in Bangor, Wash., are ready...

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) -- Two successful test launches of U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missiles were conducted in late May from USS Columbus (SSN 762), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. In the first test event, the (inert) Block III missile flew a fully guided 575-nautical mile flight at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Pacific test range. Seconds after launch from the submarine’s torpedo tube launch system, the Tomahawk missile transitioned to cruise flight, utilizing global positioning satellite navigation to a target impact site on the NAVAIR land range....