USS Alexandria (SSN-757)
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Service history
Alexandria, together with the guided-missile cruiser Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., guided-missile frigate Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and P-3C Orion maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, participated in Exercise Malabar 2004, a training exercise with the Indian Navy off the southwest coast of India that ended on 11 October 2004.
In March 2007 Alexandria was participating in the joint U.S. Navy/Royal Navy Ice Exercise 2007 (ICEX-2007), conducted in the Arctic Ocean with the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. The exercise took place on and under a drifting ice floe, about Script error: No such module "convert". off the north coast of Alaska. The two submarines were taking part in joint testing of submarine operability and tactical development in Arctic waters. On 21 March 2007, Tireless experienced an explosion of a self-contained oxygen generation candle, she suffered only superficial damage, but two crew members were killed and one injured.[4]
- Film set
Some scenes for the movie Stargate: Continuum were filmed on board Alexandria. The then-captain of Alexandria, Commander Mike Bernacchi, and members of his crew played themselves. The ship was also used as a filming location for the JAG and NCIS TV series, although she was referred to there as the fictional USS Cathedral City.[5]
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Alexandria submerged after surfacing through Script error: No such module "convert". of ice during ICEX-07, a joint U.S. Navy/Royal Navy exercise.
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Alexandria returns home to New London, CT.
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