Submarine Returns Home from Deployment
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS041020-06
Release Date: 10/20/2004 3:57:00 PM
From Commander, Naval Submarine Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs
NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA (NNS) -- The San Diego-based nuclear-powered submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) will return from a Western Pacific deployment Oct. 22.
Salt Lake City started with a surge deployment more than one month ahead of schedule and was a part of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Strike Group.
Salt Lake City was also one of 17 submarines that were surged in support of Summer Pulse '04, the Navy's first exercise under the Fleet Response Plan (FRP).
Under FRP, eight out of 10 of the Navy's submarines are able to respond to emergent fleet requirements at any time.
During its deployment, Salt Lake City conducted operations throughout the Western Pacific, steaming nearly 36,000 nautical miles. Port visits during the deployment included Guam; Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan; Singapore; and Oahu, Hawaii.
Salt Lake City, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, has a crew of more than 140 Sailors and is commanded by Cmdr. Tracy Howard. Howard took command of Salt Lake City, the second ship named after the capital city of Utah, in July 2003 in a ceremony in San Diego.
Salt Lake City had shifted homeport to San Diego from Pearl Harbor in October 2002, following a complex Depot Modernization Period in Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard that ensured the submarine's capabilities are ready for the challenges of the 21st century.
Submarine missions include anti-submarine, anti-surface ship, strike, special and mine warfare, and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Submarines play a critical role in the global war on terrorism, operating both independently and with carrier and expeditionary strike groups.
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