PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class John Stout, from Camdenton, Missouri, assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), participated in a change of command ceremony aboard the Land, in Pearl Harbor, on Sept. 21.

Pictured above, Stout strikes the bell to signal the arrival of the official party during the ceremony, in which Capt. Michael Luckett relieved Capt. Douglas A. Bradley as commanding officer. Land is currently deployed as an expeditionary submarine tender on an extended deployment conducting coordinated tended moorings and afloat maintenance in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations.

Land and USS Frank Cable (AS 40), the U.S. Navy’s only two submarine tenders, both homeported in Apra Harbor, Guam, provide maintenance, hotel services and logistical support to submarines and surface ships in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.

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