From Submarine Group 2 Public Affairs
KITTERY, Maine (NNS) -- The Navy will formally decommission
Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), March 28, during a 10
a.m. ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
The time-honored ceremony will be held in the shipyard's
main auditorium and attended by current crew members, their families and other
invited guests. The event will mark the end of Miami's nearly 24 years of
active service in the fleet.
The ship's first commanding officer, retired Capt. Thomas
Mader, will be the keynote speaker. Rear Adm. Ken Perry, commander of Submarine
Group 2, will be the guest speaker. Cmdr. Rolf Spelker, who assumed command of
Miami on Nov. 15, is also scheduled to speak.
Miami is currently undergoing an inactivation process the
Navy announced last fall. Her crew of 111 officers and enlisted personnel will
all be reassigned to other units by December.
Miami was commissioned June 30, 1990 as the Navy's 44th Los
Angeles-class submarine.
The 11 commanding officers and hundreds of Sailors who have
manned the ship over the course of two decades carry forward her legacy of
exceptional service.
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