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A formidable U.S. weapon in the Pacific

Crew members maneuver the Mississippi as they prepare to submerge off Hawaii. The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine will be deployed to the Western Pacific next year.

Crew members maneuver the Mississippi as they prepare to submerge off Hawaii. The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine will be deployed to the Western Pacific next year.

  (David Cloud / Los Angeles Times )

The Mississippi departs Pearl Harbor

The Mississippi departs Pearl Harbor in August for an exercise. The submarine was shifted to Pearl Harbor from Groton, Conn., in November; the Navy now has 43 of its 71 submarines in the Pacific.

  (David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times)

Mississippi crew on bridge

Petty Officer 2nd Class Estevan Trevino, left, and Lt. Rob Graham aboard the Mississippi as it leaves Pearl Harbor in August.

  (David Cloud/ Los Angeles Times )

Mississippi's arsenal

Two torpedoes aboard the hydraulic lifts used to insert them into the tubes aboard the Mississippi. The submarine carries 27 torpedoes and a dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles.

  (David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times)

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