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24 SASEBO, Japan (Dec. 11, 2020) – Capt. Luke Frost, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), turned over command to Capt. Ken Ward during a change of command ceremony onboard Dec. 11. Due to shipboard COVID-19 prevention measures, the ceremony was held with a small group in America’s pilothouse, broadcast to the crew over the ship’s general announcing system. "Luke Frost and USS America have quite simply made history in their first year forward deployed to Seventh Fleet," said Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander...

Navy submarine used as a target vessel in the 1930s found off Maryland coast The Associated Press December 10, 2020 The U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Camden (AS-6) in San Diego Harbor during the early 1920s with four R-class submarines alongside. The outboard submarine is USS R-8 (SS-85). The inboard boat is USS R-6 (SS-83). (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command via Wikimedia Commons) OCEAN CITY, Md. — A salvage company says that it has likely discovered the wreckage of a century old submarine off the coast of Maryland. The Baltimore Sun reported Thursday that the USS R-8 was ...