220901-N-ED185-2093 NAVAL BASE KITSAP – KEYPORT, Wash (Sept. 1, 2022) Cmdr. Bill Howey, right, the final commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719), shakes hands with George Sawyer, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility project superintendent, after transferring command of the boat to the shipyard during a decommissioning ceremony for the submarine, Sept. 1, 2022. Providence was commissioned July 27, 1985, and supported a multitude of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike, inte
220901-N-ED185-2093 NAVAL BASE KITSAP – KEYPORT, Wash (Sept. 1, 2022) Cmdr. Bill Howey, right, the final commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719), shakes hands with George Sawyer, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility project superintendent, after transferring command of the boat to the shipyard during a decommissioning ceremony for the submarine, Sept. 1, 2022. Providence was commissioned July 27, 1985, and supported a multitude of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
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