From GMA News (Mar 11): US attack submarine docks in Subic
The US Embassy in Manila on Friday announced the arrival of the USS Charlotte (SSN-766), a Los Angeles-class submarine in Subic Bay "as part of a routine visit".
"The USS Charlotte was launched 3 October, 1992 and commissioned 16 September, 1994. Its homeport is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Charlotte has a crew of more than 100 personnel," the two-paragraph statement read.
The submarine's arrival came a week after the Navy Times reported that the United States navy has deployed an aircraft carrier and five other ships in the South China Sea.
The deployment of the US ships came at least two weeks after China deployed surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island in the disputed Paracels group, a move seen by many as proof that China is militarizing the South China Sea.
It was not clear if the Charlotte is part of the carrier group.
Information available online said the submarine is armed with Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles and can lay Mark 67 submarine-launched mobile mines and Mark 60 CAPTOR mines,
In Tom Clancy's book "Debt of Honor", the USS Charlotte was sunk by the Japanese sub Harushio along with her sister ship USS Asheville.
USS Charlotte also made an appearance in Dan Brown's novel "Deception Point", where it plays an important role making covert missions in the Arctic
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/558679/news/regions/us-attack-submarine-docks-in-subic
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