The U.S. Navy will formally decommission Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), on March 28, during a 10 a.m. ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
The time-honored ceremony will be held in the shipyard’s main auditorium and attended by current crew members, their families and other invited guests. The event will mark the end of Miami’s nearly 24 years of active service in the fleet.
The ship’s first commanding officer, retired Capt. Thomas Mader, will be the keynote speaker. Rear Adm. Ken Perry, commander of Submarine Group 2, will be the guest speaker. Cmdr. Rolf Spelker, who assumed command of Miami on Nov. 15, is also scheduled to speak.
Miami is currently undergoing an inactivation process the Navy announced last fall. Her crew of 111 officers and enlisted personnel will all be reassigned to other units by December.
Miami was commissioned June 30, 1990 as the Navy’s 44th Los Angeles-class submarine.
The 11 commanding officers and hundreds of Sailors who have manned the ship over the course of two decades carry forward her legacy of exceptional service.
[mappress] Press Release, March 26, 2014, Image: US Navy