KITTERY (AP) — The USS New Mexico is at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for scheduled maintenance work and several system upgrades.
The Virginia-class attack submarine arrived Thursday with a crew of 15 officers and 117 enlisted personnel. The sub is expected to be at the shipyard for 22 months.
The sub, which is homeported in Groton, Connecticut, returned in April from a six-month deployment, having traveled more than 37,000 miles in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Cmdr. Dan Reiss, the sub’s skipper, said that sub traveled about 6,000 miles more than during a typical deployment as a proof-of-concept for extended operations.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less