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U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Reginald Brown, center, assigned to attack submarine USS Missouri, escorts the ship's sponsor, Rebecca Gates, left, and the ship's matron of honor, Eleanor Gates, at the start of the ship's commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn., July 31, 2010. The ceremony officially put the ship into active service.

U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Reginald Brown, center, assigned to attack submarine USS Missouri, escorts the ship's sponsor, Rebecca Gates, left, and the ship's matron of honor, Eleanor Gates, at the start of the ship's commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn., July 31, 2010. The ceremony officially put the ship into active service.

U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Reginald Brown, center, assigned to attack submarine USS Missouri, escorts the ship's sponsor, Rebecca Gates, left, and the ship's matron of honor, Eleanor Gates, at the start of the ship's commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn., July 31, 2010. The ceremony officially put the ship into active service.

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