Line handlers aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) cast lines ashore upon the ships return home to Submarine Base New London.

GROTON, Conn. (May. 21, 2009) Line handlers aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) cast lines ashore upon the ships return home to Submarine Base New London after a month-long surface transit from Bahrain. Hartford sustained major damage to her sail in a March 20 collision with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski) File# 090521-N-8467N-002