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Article: NEW DAMAGE CONTROL 'WET' TRAINER FLOODS STUDENTS

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November 4, 2009
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Nov. 1 -- Navy Region Hawaii issued the following news release:

The Center of Naval Engineering (CNE) Learning Site, Pearl Harbor opened a new $2.5 million surface damage control trainer (SDCT) in Pearl Harbor Oct. 23.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 John Walls, the officer-in-charge, and Senior Chief Damage Controlman (SW/AW) Michael Ashton have been leading the charge to build the new SDCT.

They built the trainer to simulate the conditions aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) when the ship struck a mine in the Persian Gulf April 14, 1988.

"It really is a state of the art facility," said Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific Commanding Officer, Capt. Michael Ryan. "You'll ...

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