KITTERY — The USS California submarine is at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for maintenance.

The fast-attack sub and its crew of 115 enlisted personnel and 15 officers docked at the shipyard on Sunday.

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U.S. Navy photo The Virginia-class attack submarine USS California navigates to pierside at its home port Groton, Conn., in this undated photo.
U.S. Navy photo The Virginia-class attack submarine USS California navigates to pierside at its home port Groton, Conn., in this undated photo.
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The Portsmouth Herald reports the California is the eighth Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine “built to excel in anti-submarine warfare” and other missions.

The sub’s home port is in Groton, Connecticut. It was commissioned Oct. 29, 2011.

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