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Posted: Friday, October 26th, 2012 8:56 AM HST
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Navy to decommission Pearl Harbor-based frigate
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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — The Navy is retiring a Pearl Harbor-based guided missile frigate after putting the ship to use for nearly 30 years.
The Navy is holding a ceremony on Friday to decommission the USS Crommelin.
In 2004, the Crommelin intercepted and recovered more than 20 tons of cocaine worth more than $1 billion and detained 29 drug smugglers. It also rescued 96 people adrift at sea.
The Crommelin is named after three brothers from Wetumpka, Ala. who served during the Second World War.
The oldest became a surface warfare officer while two others died in combat as naval aviators. A monument commemorating their bravery rests in Battleship Park in Mobile, Ala.
The Crommelin entered service in 1983.
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