On Oct. 29, the USS VERMONT (SSN 792) arrived at HMAS Stirling, the Royal Australian Navy’s largest naval base, to begin the most extensive Submarine Maintenance Period ever performed outside of U.S.

One day, while standing in his driveway, Chris Dembs watched a car pull up in front of his four-bedroom home at 4477 Cole Road on Onondaga Hill. “You did a great job restoring that old house,” the ...