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U.S. Navy makes history by launching its first coed submarine: "Breaking barriers"

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The USS New Jersey is "the fastest, most advanced, fully integrated fast-attack to date," its commanding officer says.

It's the third Navy ship named after the U.S. state, succeeding the BB-62 battleship that sailed in World War II , the Korean War and Vietnam War .

The inclusion of women in Naval submarine crews was initially announced in 2011 and billed as the Navy 's "final, large-scale gender integration".