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USS Frank Cable Completes First Underway Replenishment in 10 Years
April 3, 2015 — Military Sealift Command's USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) pulled alongside the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) April 3, allowing Frank Cable to complete an underway replenishment (UNREP)... MORE

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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2014) Capt. Mark Benjamin, center right, commanding officer of the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), approves the course Frank Cable will take to rendezvous with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) to conduct an underway replenishment. This is the first underway replenishment for Frank Cable in ten years and will take on 280,000 gallons of fuel from Cesar Chavez. Frank Cable, forward deployed to the island of Guam, conducts maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility and is on a scheduled underway period. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jason Morris/Released)

Naval Submarine League Aloha Chapter Announces Warfighting Awards
April 3, 2015 — Recipients of the 2014 Naval Submarine League Aloha Chapter annual Warfighting Awards were announced March 26 by Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC)... MORE

USS Chicago Visits Changi during Western Pacific Deployment
March 23, 2015 — The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) arrived in Changi, Singapore March 22 for a visit as part of its Western Pacific deployment... MORE

USS Frank Cable, a Mobile Repair Facility for the Fleet, Wraps up Maintenance Availability in Sasebo
March 11, 2015 — The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) finished repair support on multiple U.S. naval assets while in port Sasebo, Japan, March 11... MORE

USS Olympia Returns from Deployment
February 26, 2015 — The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) returned Feb. 25 from a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, welcomed by family and friends gathered at the submarine piers of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam... MORE

PEARL HARBOR (Feb. 25, 2015) Sailors aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) prepare to moor at the submarine piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after completing a six-month deployment.

USS Pennsylvania Wins Trident Submarine Outstanding Performance Award
February 25, 2015 — The Blue and Gold crews of USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) were named as the recipients of the 2014 Trident Submarine Outstanding Performance Award Feb. 13 in a letter signed by Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet Rear Adm. Philip G. Sawyer... MORE

USS San Francisco Returns from Deployment
February 10, 2015 — NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, Calif. (NNS) -- The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS San Francisco (SSN 711) returned to its homeport Feb. 9 following an extended seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific.Steaming more than 45,000 miles, San Francisco executed the Chief of Naval Operations' Maritime Strategy in supporting national security... MORE

Hawaii Visits Yokosuka during Western Pacific Deployment
February 5, 2015 — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) returned to Fleet Activities Yokosuka Feb. 15 for a visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific... MORE

USS Alabama Changes Command
December 19, 2014 — The Blue crew of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alabama (SSBN 731) welcomed their new commanding officer during a ceremony at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Dec. 18... MORE

USS Mississippi Welcomed as Newest Member of Pacific Submarine Force
November 26, 2014 — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) was welcomed to the Pearl Harbor waterfront at an aloha ceremony Nov. 25, as the newest submarine permanently assigned to Submarine Squadron 1 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam... MORE

141125-N-DB801-293 PEARL HARBOR (Nov. 25, 2014) Machinist's Mate 1st Class Luis Navarrodiaz, assigned to the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782), greets his daughter wife and daughter as the submarine arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a change of homeport from Commander, Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 4 in Groton, Conn., to SUBRON-1. Mississippi is the 4th Virginia-class submarine to be home ported in Pearl Harbor, and one of 18 attack submarines permanently homeported at the historic base. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Khor/Released)