WAIPIO PENINSULA, HI (April 27, 2012) Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the state-of-the-art submarine Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) at Beckoning Point on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The submarine MSF in Hawaii can greatly improve the ability to eleminate magnetic detection by other vessels and underwater mines.