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 | 234k | The Pre Commissioning Unit (PCU) Texas (SSN-775) prepares to get underway from Naval Station Norfolk on 22 Aug. 2006. Texas will be commissioned 9 Sept 2006. The ceremony is scheduled to take place in Galveston, Texas. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-8655E-002 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kelvin Edwards, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 289k | Sailors stationed aboard the Pre Commissioning Unit (PCU) Texas (SSN-775) stands topside as she gets underway from Naval Station Norfolk. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-8655E-001 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kelvin Edwards, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 377k | Officer of the Deck (OOD) Lt. Junior Grade Darrin Barber, left, heads out to sea aboard the Texas (SSN-775) with group of local and national media. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-015 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 533k | The Texas (SSN-775) is guided into port by local tugboats near Port Canaveral on 25 Aug. 2006. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-006 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 210k | Petty Officer 1st class Raymond Monk assists in a shipboard test evolution aboard the Texas (SSN-775). Texas and her crew were firing water through torpedo tubes as a part of the testing cycle. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-011 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 232k | Petty 1st class Craig Herb, left, plots a course as Lt. David Leathers, right, looks on in the control room aboard the Texas (SSN-775). | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-013 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 296k | The tall ship Elissa, which has sailed in three centuries, leads the Navy's newest attack submarine Texas (SSN-775) up the channel into Port Galveston, Texas. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-001 by 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 362k | The Texas (SSN-775) arrives in Galveston, Texas, 4 September 2006 for her commissioning on Saturday, 9 September 2006. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-004 by 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 176k | Officers aboard the attack submarine Texas (SSN-775) direct mooring operations from the bridge as the boat arrives in Galveston, Texas. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-4541S-001 by 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 83k | During the commissioning of the Virginia class attack submarine Texas (SSN-775) at Galveston, Texas, 9 September 2006, First Lady, and boats official sponsor Laura Bush gives the command to man our ship and bring her to life. The high-tech attack boat, with a crew of 134, sails into history as the first post-Cold War class of submarine designed for battlespace dominance against 21st century adversaries lurking in deep waters, near shore environments or on land. The 377-foot-long sub, with a weight of more than 7,800 tons submerged, has the capability to travel more than 25 knots and dive below 800 feet. It has the ability to carry torpedoes, mines, cruise missiles, and transport Naval Special Warfare SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) around the world. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-002 by 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 112k | Crew member's run aboard the Texas (SSN-775), following the a command to man our ship and bring her life, by First Lady and boats sponsor Laura Bush. | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-003 by 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 352k | Commander Naval Submarine Forces, Vice Admiral Chuck Munns leads the exit procession at the completion of the commissioning ceremony of Virginia class attack submarine Texas (SSN-775). | U.S. Navy Photo # N-7441H-004 by 2nd Class Roadell Hickman, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 22k | Commemorative postal cover marking the commissioning of the Texas (SSN-775), at Galveston, Texas, 9 September 2006. | Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 122k | The attack submarine Texas (SSN-775) exits the Thames River as it departs Naval Submarine Base New London for the final time on 16 Sept. 2009. Texas is transiting to its new homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. | U.S. Navy photo # N-3090M-301 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven My, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
 | 122k | Lots of ice cubes in Hawaii, or is this the Artic? Machinist Mate 2nd Class Corey Stabenow inspects the deck of the fast-attack submarine Texas (SSN-775) after surfacing in the vicinity of the North Pole on 13 Oct. 2009. Texas is the first Virginia class submarine to conduct operations in the Arctic. Texas is in transit to its new homeport at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. | U.S. Navy photo # N-0932F-006 courtesy of news.navy.mil. Photo added 11/06/09. | |
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