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USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) is commissioned at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

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Navy Sea Cadets and Navy Junior ROTC cadets make an arrival line during the commissioning ceremony for the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 7, 2024. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

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