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11 Sep 2016

GD Bluefin-21 AUV Launches Bluefin SandShark Micro-Underwater Vehicle

The General Dynamics Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) successfully launched multiple Bluefin SandShark micro-autonomous underwater vehicles (M-AUV) Underwater vehicle (M-AUV as part of several capability demonstrations at the U.S. Navy sponsored 2016 Annual Naval Technology Exercises (ANTX) in Newport, R.I. Through several ANTX demonstrations, the Bluefin SandShark M-AUVs surfaced and functioned independent of the heavyweight-class Bluefin-21. In one mission scenario, the Bluefin-21 simulated data collection and transfer of target imagery and other information to two Bluefin SandSharks. Those Bluefin SandSharks then surfaced to communicate with a Blackwing unmanned aerial vehicle.

02 Nov 2005

USS Salt Lake City Retires from Active Duty

The crew of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) held the ship’s inactivation ceremony Oct. 26 at Naval Base Point Loma, Calif. More than 250 Sailors, plankowners and former commanding officers turned out for the event to say farewell to the submarine they once served aboard. “It’s sad to see her go,” said retired Capt. Richard Itkin, Salt Lake City’s first commanding officer. After 21 years of active service, Salt Lake City will be decommissioned later this fall at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Virginia. The inactivation ceremony gave the visitors and crew time to say goodbye to the boat before it heads to Virginia. During the ceremony, the commissioning pennant was taken down, symbolizing the ship’s retirement.