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Caption:
At sea with USS Florida (SSGN 728) Jan. 22, 2003 -- USS Florida sails
off the coast of the Bahamas during "Giant Shadow." Giant Shadow
is a Naval Sea Systems Command/Naval Submarine Forces experiment to
test the capabilities of the Navy's future guided missile
submarines. Florida is one of four Ohio-class ballistic missile
submarines (SSBN) to be converted to guided missile submarines
(SSGN). Giant Shadow is the first experiment under the "Sea
Trial" initiative of the Chief of Naval Operations' Sea Power 21 vision
and the first in a series of experiments before converting and
overhauling the four SSBNs to SSGNs. U.S. Navy photo by Chief
Journalist David Nagle. (RELEASED)
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