Keywords: US Navy 040719-N-0780F-049 Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Ryan Carver releases the bowline on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN 700) as the boat gets underway.jpg en Souda Bay Crete Greece July 19 2004 - Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Ryan Carver releases the bowline on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Dallas SSN 700 as the boat gets underway Dallas is homported in Groton Conn and is on a routine deployment Commissioned in 1981 Dallas is the first Los Angeles class submarine to have a dry deck shelter Dry Deck Shelters provide specially configured nuclear powered submarines with a greater capability of deploying Special Operations Forces SOF DDSs can transport deploy and recover SOF teams from Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts CRRCs or SEAL Delivery Vehicles SDVs all while remaining submerged In an era of littoral warfare this capability substantially enhances the combat flexibility of both the submarine and SOF personnel U S Navy photo by Paul Farley RELEASED 2004-07-19 040719-N-0780F-049 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 16329 U S Navy photo by Paul Farley PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Souda Bay Crete USS Dallas SSN-700 Master-at-arms Dry deck shelter |