Caption:
Stationed aboard the Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Texas (SSN 775)
stands topside as she gets underway from Naval Station Norfolk. Texas
is the second Virginia-class submarine built and the first major U.S.
Navy combatant vessel class designed with the post-Cold War security
environment in mind. Texas will be commissioned Sept 9, 2006. The
ceremony is scheduled to take place in Galveston, Texas. U.S. Navy
photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kelvin Edwards (RELEASED)
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