USS Asheville Departs for Western Pacific Deployment
By COMSUBRON Eleven Public Affairs

Release Date: 02/03/2010

(NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, CA.) – USS Asheville (SSN 758) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Jerry Miranda, watches line handlers cast off lines to get underway for their six-month Western Pacific deployment. Around the world, the Navy is executing the six core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy - forward presence, deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security and humanitarian assistance/disaster response. Asheville, a Los Angeles-class, fast attack submarine supports this strategy through its ability to operate in the open oceans and the littorals with mission areas that include anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, strike, special operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, irregular warfare, strike group support and mine warfare. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Petty Office April Currie/Released)