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Caption:
Arctic Circle (Oct. 2003) -- The Los Angeles-class fast attack
submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) surfaces in an open water area
approximately 280 miles from the North Pole. Commanded by Cmdr. Charles
Harris, USS Honolulu while conducting otherwise classified operations
in the Arctic, collected scientific data and water samples for U.S. and
Canadian Universities as part of an agreement with the Artic Submarine
Laboratory (ASL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). USS
Honolulu is the 24th Los Angeles-class submarine, and the first
original design in her class to visit the North Pole region.
Honolulu is as assigned to Commander Submarine Pacific, Submarine
Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U. S. Navy photo by Chief
Yeoman Alphonso Braggs. (RELEASED)
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