| Sat, 31 Jul 2010 Missouri, newest fast-attack sub, commissioned
| ABOARD THE MISSOURI - A slender arc of black deck curved above the choppy, windswept water as the nation's newest fast-attack submarine glided up the Thames River, heading for a port it had never visited. | Like a black iceberg, the vast majority of this ship lay belo... | Sunday, August 01, 2010 By Dr Farrukh Saleem
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| Special Correspondent | It is constructing 11 offshore support vessels | KOCHI: Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (CSL), on Saturday, delivered a platform supply vessel to Purple Fleet Ltd., an affiliate of Tide Water Marine International, U.S. | The vessel, Trounson Tide, is the ... | Short takes
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| This is the ‘Angel of Death’, the world’s biggest flying artillery gun – and the latest weapon being used by British and US Special Forces to defeat Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. | Our exclusive picture shows the AC-130 Hercules aircraft u... | Attack sub Missouri commissioned in Connecticut
| The USS Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class sub, entered the fleet Saturday after a commissioning ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. | The 377-foot, 7,800-ton Missouri was built in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Virginia as a part of a par... | Attack sub Missouri commissioned in Connecticut
| July 31, 2010 | (AP) — Another attack submarine has joined the Navy. | The USS Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class sub, entered the fleet Saturday after a commissioning ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. | The 377-foot, 7,800-ton... | Attack sub Missouri commissioned in Connecticut
| GROTON, Conn.-Another attack submarine has joined the Navy. | The USS Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class sub, entered the fleet Saturday after a commissioning ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. | The 377-foot, 7,800-ton Missouri was buil... | Attack sub Missouri commissioned in Connecticut
| The Associated Press | GROTON, Conn. - Another attack submarine has joined the Navy. | The USS Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class sub, entered the fleet Saturday after a commissioning ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. | The 377-foot, 7,... | |
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