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[1978 Change Port]
[1979 WESTPAC]
[1980 WESTPAC]
[1981 WESTPAC]
[1981 Dep Cruise]
[1982 Dry Dock]
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[1982-83 WESTPAC]
[1984-85 Puget Sound]
[1988 WESTPAC]
[1990 NORTHPAC]
[1991 WESTPAC]
[1992 Shipyard]
[1999 WESTPAC]

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[First of the Class]
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[Welcome]
[Ship's Seal]
[Sponsor]

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Home / Photographs / Christening / Ship's Seal

....a sailor's friend....

Sandra Higashi, designer of ship's patch
    The design for the ship's insignia was chosen from a number of drawings submitted by high school students of Los Angeles, California. Miss Sandra Higashi's design depicts the history of previous units named LOS ANGELES and  exemplifies the characteristics of the submarine, LOS ANGELES. Each of the porpoises represent one of the units bearing the name of the city of Los Angeles. Porpoises or "dolphins", as they are sometimes labelled, are symbolic of a calm sea and sometimes called a "sailor's friend."
ship's patch - designed by Ms. Higashi
The ship's inignia appears on the official ship's patch, mail cache, and crew memorabilia such as cigarette lighters.

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