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  2. USS Texas (SSN-775) - Wikipedia

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    Texas arrived at her new home port on 23 November 2009. [12] The submarine departed Pearl Harbor for her first three-month operational patrol on 27 October 2010. The location of her first deployment was not disclosed by the Navy. [13] In May 2012, Texas underwent a scheduled 20-month-long overhaul at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii. [14 ...

  3. List of submarine and submersible incidents since 2000

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    USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...

  4. United States Navy submarine bases - Wikipedia

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    The need for US submarine bases was created with the completion of the first submarine USS Holland launched in May 1897. The USS Holland was acquired by the Navy 11 April 1900. On 16 October 1900, the USS Holland departed for her first port, United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland for crew training.

  5. Category:Shipwrecks of the Virginia coast - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Virginia coast" ... USS Charles F. Hughes; USS Columbia (1836) ... German submarine U-521; USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)

  6. List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World ...

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    After the war West Virginia was placed in mothball and scrapped in 1959. USS North Carolina (BB-55) was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 on 15 September 1942, 150 miles southeast of Guadalcanal, the same spread of torpedoes which also hit and sank USS Wasp. She received emergency repairs at Tonga and proceeded to Pearl Harbor for permanent ...

  7. Leaky battleship in Texas begins trip for $35M repairs - AOL

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    But the greatest challenge in recent years for the USS Texas has been a leaky, rusty hull that at times forced workers to pump out about 2,000 gallons (7,570 liters) of water per minute from the ...

  8. Royal Navy nuclear submarine ‘sinks to dangerous ... - AOL

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    The Vanguard is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme. Each sub costs around £3.75 billion, measuring nearly 500ft ...

  9. USS Texas - Wikipedia

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    USS Texas (BB-35) is a New York-class dreadnought battleship that was in commission from 1914 to 1948. In 1948, she was decommissioned and immediately became a museum ship near Houston. USS Texas (CGN-39) was in commission from 1977 to 1993. She was the second Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser. USS Texas (SSN-775) was ...