GROTON, CT (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - The submarine named after the city of Pittsburgh has completed its final deployment.
The USS Pittsburgh returned to its homeport in New London, Connecticut Monday after a deployment that saw the sub visit ports in Scotland, Spain and Norway.
Commander Jason Deichler oversaw the sub as it traveled 39,000 nautical miles, nearly 2 full trips around the world at the equator!
Families from all across the country were on hand to welcome their loved ones home including Shelby Parden and her three-year-old daughter who were on hand to see husband/father Machinist’s Mate Nuclear Second Class Kyle Parden.
“I am ecstatic that my husband is home - he’s my person,” said Shelby Parden.
A new release states the USS Pittsburgh is a fast attack submarine that is “is designed to excel in anti-submarine warfare; anti-ship warfare; strike warfare; special operations; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; irregular warfare; and mine warfare - from open ocean anti-submarine warfare to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, to projecting power ashore with Special Operation Forces and Tomahawk cruise missiles in the prevention or preparation of regional crises.”
The USS Pittsburgh was commissioned in November 1985 and is the forth U.S. Navy Ship to be named after the Steel City.
Chief Petty Officer Monique Meeks, Naval Submarine Support Center, New London contributed to this report.
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