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Posted on 04/14/2003 5:25:16 AM PDT by kattracks
Submarine USS Toledo Heads Home From Iraq
.c The Associated Press
GROTON, Conn. (AP) - The submarine USS Toledo is on its way back home to Connecticut after a two-month tour of duty in the Iraq war.
Navy officials said the submarine, with a crew of 134 sailors, is scheduled to arrive at the U.S. Navy submarine base in Groton on Tuesday afternoon.
It is the first submarine to return to the base since the beginning of the war with Iraq.
The submarine and its crew left the base Feb. 10, and served in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Military officials said it conducted strike operations into Iraq, and launched several Tomahawk missiles.
Before its tour of duty for the war with Iraq, the submarine's last deployment was between April and September 2002.
Last Thursday, the USS Portland steamed into Virginia Beach, Va. It was the first Navy ship to return from the war.
04/14/03 07:59 EDT
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