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USS Texas - SSN 775
The USS Texas follows ELISSA into the
Port of Galveston.
Photo by Roger Wright. © 2006
The tall ship ELISSA, that has sailed in three centuries, leads the Navy's newest submarine the USS Texas (SSN 775) up the channel into Port Galveston, Texas. The USS Texas, the second of the Virginia class submarines designed after the cold war specifically for the challenges of the 21st century, arrived for its commissioning that was held on Saturday September 9, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Roadell Hickman

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