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SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON, Conn.

SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON, Conn. (Jan. 20, 2021) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) completes a berthing shift at Naval Submarine Base New London, January 20, 2021. San Juan is the third United States ship to be named San Juan and was commissioned on August 6, 1988. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski) Share

GROTON, Conn.

GROTON, Conn. (Feb. 3, 2021) The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) makes its way up the Thames River and past New London, Conn. as it returns home after conducting routine operations to Submarine Base New London, Feb. 3, 2021, while a brief snow squall passes through the Groton-New London area. Vermont is the third U.S. Navy vessel to be named for the Green Mountain State. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 1, 2021) Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Hunter Magaro, from Middletown, Pennsylvania, and Damage Controlman 2nd Class Johnnie Vitello, from Cypress, Texas, practice crash and salvage overhaul procedures during a flight deck training drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65). Benfold is assigned to Destroyer Squadron Fifteen (DESRON 15), the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Deanna C. Gonzales) Share

GROTON, Conn.

GROTON, Conn. (Feb. 4, 2021) Naval Submarine Base New London harbor patrol boats simulate combat during a small boat attack drill in support of Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2021 (CS-SC21). CS-SC21 is a two-part, force protection exercise that is being conducted nationwide on Navy installations. The annual exercise is not in response to any specific threat, but is used to evaluate the readiness of fleet and installation security programs. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tristan B. Lotz) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 2, 2021) The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726), deployed to U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, rendezvous with a combat rubber raiding craft, attached to U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Company, III Marine Expedition Force (MEF), for an integration exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. The exercise was part of ongoing III MEF-U.S. 7th Fleet efforts to provide flexible, forward-postured and quick response options to regional commanders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 2, 2021) Marines from Force Reconnaissance Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), utilize combat rubber raiding crafts to approach the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) during an integration exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. The exercise was part of ongoing III MEF-U.S. 7th Fleet efforts to provide flexible, forward-postured and quick-response options to regional commanders. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Destiny Dempsey) Share

KINGS BAY, Ga.

KINGS BAY, Ga. (Feb. 1, 2021) The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) enters the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Ga., dry dock Feb. 1, 2021, for an extended refit period (ERP). Tennessee will be the last submarine in the dry dock before a $554 million dry dock refurbishment project begins later this summer. (U.S. Navy Photo by Elaine Rilatt) Share

KINGS BAY, Ga.

KINGS BAY, Ga. (Feb. 1, 2021) The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) enters the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Ga., dry dock Feb. 1, 2021, for an extended refit period (ERP). Tennessee will be the last submarine in the dry dock before a $554 million dry dock refurbishment project begins later this summer. (U.S. Navy Photo by Elaine Rilatt) Share

KINGS BAY, Ga.

KINGS BAY, Ga. (Feb. 1, 2021) The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) enters the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Georgia, dry dock for an extended refit period (ERP). Tennessee will be the last submarine in the dry dock before a $554 million dry dock refurbishment project begins later this summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Elaine Rilatt) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2021) Damage Controlman Fireman Xavier Rodriguez, from Tulsa, Okla., front, and Damage Controlman Fireman Jonathan Presha, from Sarasota, Fla., engage a simulated fire during a damage control drill on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) Jan. 23, 2021. John Finn, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy�s largest forward deployed fleet, with its approximate 50-70 ships and submarines, 140 aircraft, and 20,000 Sailors in the area of operations at any given time, 7th Fleet conducts forward-deployed naval operations in support of U.S. national interests throughout a free and open Indo-Pacific area of operations to foster maritime security, promote stability, and prevent conflict alongside 35 other maritime nations and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Waite) Share

Portsmouth, Va

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 21, 2021) The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769) arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for an Engineered Overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel DeAngelis) Share

PEARL HARBOR (July 23, 2009)

Virginia-class attack submarine USS Hawaii passes by Diamond Head crater while transiting to Pearl Harbor. USS Hawaii is the third Virginia-class submarine constructed and the first submarine to bear the name of the Aloha state. Hawaii is capable of supporting a multitude of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike, naval special warfare involving special operations forces, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, irregular warfare, and mine warfare. Share