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The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, January 2.
Frank Cable is currently en route to its homeport at Naval Base Guam, following more than eight months in a scheduled dry-dock phase maintenance availability (DPMA) in Portland, Ore.
Frank Cable departed from Guam, March 7 for DPMA where it went through a Main Reduction Gear foundation repair and shafting, a Collection Holding Tank replacement and received more than 600,000 pounds of renewed steel to enhance survivability and watertight resistance.
"The crew is excited to visit Hawaii after a successful Dry-dock Phase Maintenance Availability in Portland, Ore.," said Capt. Jeff Farah, commanding officer, Frank Cable. "They have worked incredibly hard over the past nine months and I am extremely proud of each and every one of them."
While this is a working port, Farah said, "We are all looking forward to enjoying all that Hawaii has to offer before continuing home to our families and friends in Guam."
Under the two-tender concept, the crews of USS Frank Cable and USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) work together to repair, re-supply and re-arm submarines and surface vessels forward deployed to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
For more information on Frank Cable, find us on Facebook at USS Frank Cable (AS 40), or http://www.csp.navy.mil/frankcable
| Date Taken: | 01.02.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 01.02.2018 22:31 |
| Story ID: | 261182 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US |
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