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The Royal Canadian Navy submarine HMCS Victoria awaits a deperming treatment in the magnetic silencing facility on U.S. Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Bangor, Wash., Dec. 13, 2011. Deperming reduces a ship's electromagnetic signature as it travels through the water.

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The Royal Canadian Navy submarine HMCS Victoria awaits a deperming treatment in the magnetic silencing facility on U.S. Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Bangor, Wash., Dec. 13, 2011. Deperming reduces a ship's electromagnetic signature as it travels through the water.

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