NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA – The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville and its crew of approximately 155 sailors arrived at its new homeport of Naval Base Point Loma on May 20.
Greenville is conducting a homeport shift to San Diego following the completion of a 30-month Engineered Overhaul (EOH) in Kittery, Maine. Prior to beginning its EOH, Greeneville was homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
Submarine EOHs are comprehensive maintenance periods, ranging from 24 to 36 months in duration, and are normally conducted near the mid-point of a submarine’s service life.
“It is a wonderful feeling to be here in San Diego,” said Cmdr. Chad Tella, Greeneville’s commanding officer. “This crew has worked incredibly hard over the course of the last 30 months while Greeneville was in the shipyard.”
Greenville will be joining the four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines already assigned to Submarine Squadron 11. More than half of the U.S. Navy’s submarine force is based in the Indo-Pacific region due to the area’s strategic importance.
