Newport News, Va. (May 17, 2005) - The Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU)
Texas (SSN 775) sails into the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyards
after successfully completing alpha sea trials. Texas is the second
Virginia-class submarine, the first major U.S. Navy combatant vessel
class designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Maddelin Angebrand
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