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USS Cooperstown joins fleet at Naval Station Mayport

By Aaron Farrar - News4Jax
Published on November 21, 2022 at 11:19 am

Another ship has joined the fleet at Naval Station Mayport.

The pre-commissioned USS Cooperstown arrived Sunday morning ahead of possibly deploying early next year.

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The 98 sailors on board spent the last three months in Marinette, Wisconsin preparing to be commissioned, which included building, training and certifying the crew.

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author image Aaron Farrar joins News4Jax as a weekend morning reporter, after working a year at WFXR in Roanoke, Virginia, as a morning news reporter and primary fill-in anchor. Before that, he spent two years as a multimedia journalist at WTVC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
author image Aaron Farrar joins News4Jax as a weekend morning reporter, after working a year at WFXR in Roanoke, Virginia, as a morning news reporter and primary fill-in anchor. Before that, he spent two years as a multimedia journalist at WTVC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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