New subs will keep Pearl busy

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/05/gns_pearl_subs_070520/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/05/gns_pearl_subs_070520/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The new nuclear attack submarine Hawaii and other Virginia-class subs will be the major source of work for the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in coming years, officials said.</p>

<p>The $2.4 billion vessel was commissioned May 5 in Groton, Conn., and is expected to arrive for the first time at its home port of Pearl Harbor in 2009.</p>

<p>Submarines account for about 90 percent of the work done by Pearl Harbor’s shipyard, the state’s largest industrial employer with a work force of 4,740…

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