USS San Juan home from deployment

August 24, 2021 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 25, 2021 7:13 pm

By Sean D. Elliot
Director of Photography

Mammy McLean welcomes home her husband, Petty Officer 2nd Class Allen McLean, as the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, following a nearly 8-month deployment. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Groton — The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returned to the Naval Submarine Base on Tuesday following a nearly 8-month deployment.

San Juan has a crew of about 139 and is commanded by Cmdr. Douglas Sattler.

Two crew members returned to newborn babies: Chief Petty Officer David Begley met 2-month-old Benjamin for the first time, while Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Carter met his 2-week-old son, Colin, for the first time on the pier.

The sub, commissioned in 1988, is the second U.S. warship named for the capital of Puerto Rico.

The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, following a nearly 8-month deployment. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Watson kisses his girlfriend, Haley Goad, as the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returns to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, following a nearly 8-month deployment. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Antoinette Badillo, left, reacts Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, as she sees the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) come into view at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., following a nearly 8-month deployment. She was waiting for her boyfriend, Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Johnson. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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