Michigan returns to duty

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<p>Conversion breathes new life into old sub</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/ap_michigan_070613/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/ap_michigan_070613/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The USS Michigan was welcomed back to duty Tuesday during a ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap that celebrated its conversion to a guided-missile submarine.</p>

<p>The afternoon fanfare marked the end of a $1 billion, nearly three-year modification process at neighboring Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on the Kitsap Peninsula west of Seattle. The Bangor-based Michigan was transformed from a Trident missile sub, equipped to carry nuclear missiles, to one capable of using conventional Tomahawk cruise missiles and supporting special operations forces…

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