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Monday, 24 July 2017 06:00

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has been commissioned

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during its commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk

President Donald J. Trump commissioned the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at a commissioning ceremony July 22.

A commissioning is a day of celebration, and honors the dedication, team work, and collaboration of Sailors, legislators, shipbuilders, program managers, and the ship's sponsor in delivering the ship to the fleet.

Trump landed on the flight deck in Marine One and was greeted by Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, and USS Gerald R. Ford Commanding Officer Capt. Rick McCormack.Over 10,000 friends and family members attended the event, watching the festivities from the hangar bay, the pier and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

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Wednesday, 19 July 2017 06:00

ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER

USS Carney (DDG 64)

Additional Info

  • Ships in class
    Name Hull number Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Homeport
    Arleigh Burke DDG-51 16 September 1989 4 July 1991 Norfolk, Virginia
    Barry DDG-52 8 June 1991 12 December 1992 Norfolk, Virginia
    John Paul Jones DDG-53 26 October 1991 18 December 1993 San Diego, California
    Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 16 May 1992 19 March 1994 Yokosuka, Japan
    Stout DDG-55 16 October 1992 13 August 1994 Norfolk, Virginia
    John S. McCain DDG-56 26 September 1992 2 July 1994 Yokosuka, Japan
    Mitscher DDG-57 7 May 1993 10 December 1994 Norfolk, Virginia
    Laboon DDG-58 20 February 1993 18 March 1995 Norfolk, Virginia
    Russell DDG-59 20 October 1993 20 May 1995 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    Paul Hamilton DDG-60 24 July 1993 27 May 1995 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    Ramage DDG-61 11 February 1994 22 July 1995 Norfolk, Virginia
    Fitzgerald DDG-62 29 January 1994 14 October 1995 Yokosuka, Japan
    Stethem DDG-63 17 July 1994 21 October 1995 Yokosuka, Japan
    Carney DDG-64 23 July 1994 13 April 1996 Rota, Spain
    Benfold DDG-65 9 November 1994 30 March 1996 San Diego, California
    Gonzalez DDG-66 18 February 1995 12 October 1996 Norfolk, Virginia
    Cole DDG-67 10 February 1995 8 June 1996 Norfolk, Virginia
    The Sullivans DDG-68 12 August 1995 19 April 1997 Mayport, Florida
    Milius DDG-69 1 August 1995 23 November 1996 San Diego, California
    Hopper DDG-70 6 January 1996 6 September 1997 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    Ross DDG-71 22 March 1996 28 June 1997 Rota, Spain
    Mahan DDG-72 29 June 1996 2 February 1998 Norfolk, Virginia
    Decatur DDG-73 10 November 1996 29 August 1998 San Diego, California
    McFaul DDG-74 18 January 1997 25 April 1998 Norfolk, Virginia
    Donald Cook DDG-75 3 May 1997 4 December 1998 Rota, Spain
    Higgins DDG-76 4 October 1997 24 April 1999 San Diego, California
    O'Kane DDG-77 28 March 1998 23 October 1999 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    Porter DDG-78 12 November 1997 20 March 1999 Rota, Spain
    Oscar Austin DDG-79 7 November 1998 19 August 2000 Norfolk, Virginia
    Roosevelt DDG-80 10 January 1999 14 October 2000 Mayport, Florida
    Winston S. Churchill DDG-81 17 April 1999 10 March 2001 Norfolk, Virginia
    Lassen DDG-82 16 October 1999 21 April 2001 Yokosuka, Japan
    Howard DDG-83 20 November 1999 20 October 2001 San Diego, California
    Bulkeley DDG-84 21 June 2000 8 December 2001 Norfolk, Virginia
    McCampbell] DDG-85 2 July 2000 17 August 2002 Yokosuka, Japan
    Shoup DDG-86 22 November 2000 22 June 2002 Everett, Washington
    Mason DDG-87 23 June 2001 12 April 2003 Norfolk, Virginia
    Preble DDG-88 1 June 2001 9 November 2002 San Diego, California
    Mustin DDG-89 12 December 2001 26 July 2003 Yokosuka, Japan
    Chafee DDG-90 2 November 2002 18 October 2003 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    Pinckney DDG-91 26 June 2002 29 May 2004 San Diego, California
    Momsen DDG-92 19 July 2003 18 September 2004 Everett, Washington
    Chung-Hoon DDG-93 15 December 2002 18 September 2004 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    Nitze DDG-94 3 April 2004 5 March 2005 Norfolk, Virginia
    James E. Williams DDG-95 25 June 2003 11 December 2004 Norfolk, Virginia
    Bainbridge DDG-96 13 November 2004 12 November 2005 Norfolk, Virginia
    Halsey DDG-97 9 January 2004 30 July 2005 San Diego, California
    Forrest Sherman DDG-98 2 October 2004 28 January 2006 Norfolk, Virginia
    Farragut DDG-99 23 July 2005 10 June 2006 Mayport, Florida
    Kidd DDG-100 22 January 2005 9 June 2007 San Diego, California
    Gridley DDG-101 28 December 2005 10 February 2007 San Diego, California
    Sampson DDG-102 16 September 2006 3 November 2007 San Diego, California
    Truxtun DDG-103 2 June 2007 25 April 2009 Norfolk, Virginia
    Sterett DDG-104 19 May 2007 9 August 2008 San Diego, California
    Dewey DDG-105 26 January 2008 6 March 2010 San Diego, California
    Stockdale DDG-106 10 May 2008 18 April 2009 San Diego, California
    Gravely DDG-107 30 March 2009 20 November 2010 Norfolk, Virginia
    Wayne E. Meyer DDG-108 18 October 2008 10 October 2009 San Diego, California
    Jason Dunham DDG-109 1 August 2009 13 November 2010 Norfolk, Virginia
    William P. Lawrence DDG-110 15 December 2009 4 June 2011 San Diego, California
    Spruance DDG-111 6 June 2010 1 October 2011 San Diego, California
    Michael Murphy DDG-112 7 May 2011 6 October 2012 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    John Finn DDG-113 28 March 2015 15 July 2017 San Diego, California
    Ralph Johnson DDG-114 12 December 2015 24 March 2018 Everett, Washington
    Rafael Peralta DDG-115 1 November 2015 29 July 2017 San Diego, California
    Thomas Hudner DDG-116 23 April 2017 1 December 2018 Mayport, Florida
    Paul Ignatius DDG-117 12 November 2016 27 July 2019 Mayport, Florida
    Daniel Inouye DDG-118 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    Delbert D. Black DDG-119 8 September 2017
    Carl M. Levin DDG-120
    Frank E. Petersen Jr. DDG-121 13 July 2018
    John Basilone DDG-122
    Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee DDG-123
    Harvey C. Barnum Jr. DDG-124
    Jack H. Lucas DDG-125
    Louis H. Wilson, Jr. DDG-126
    Patr DDG-127
    Ted Stevens DDG-128
    Jeremiah Denton DDG-129
    William Charette DDG-130
    George M. Neal DDG-131
    Quentin Walsh DDG-132
    Sam Nunn DDG-133
  • Length
    • Flight I and II: 153.8 meters.
    • Flight IIA: 155.3 meters.
  • Beam
    • 20.4 meters.
  • Draft
    • 9.3 meters.
  • Displacement
    • Flight I: 8,315 tons.
    • Flight II: 8,400 tons.
    • Flight IIA: 9,200 tons.
    • Flight III: 9,800 tons.
  • Propulsion
    • 4 GE LM-2500 gas turbine with 100.000 HP
    • 2 propeller with CRP (Controllable Reversible Pitch)
  • Speed
    • 31 knots.
  • Range
    • 4,400 NM at 20 kn
  • Complement
    • Flight I: 323.
    • Flight IIA: 380.
  • Sensors
    • Multifunction radar: 3D AN/SPY-1D.
    • Surface radar: AN/SPS-67(V)5.
    • Navigation radar: AN/SPS-64(V)9
    • Hull sonar: AN/SQS-53C(V)
    • Towed Array Sonar: AN/SQR-19 TACTAS (only Flight I)
    • TACAN AN/URN-25
  • ESM/ECM
    • AN/SLQ-32(V)3
  • Countermeasures
    • 6 SRBOC Mk-36 Infrared flares and chaff launcher.
    • SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasure.
  • Systems
    • Combat system: Mk-7 Mod. 3 AEGIS
    • AN/SWG-3A TOMAHAWK Weapon Control System(TWCS)
    • AN/SWG-IA(V) Harpoon Ship Command-Launch Control System (HSCLCS)
    • MK 116 Anti-Submarine Weapon Control System (ASWCS)
    • Data Link-11/16/4A
    • AN/SRQ-4 ship-to-helicopter datalink.
    • Communications UHF SATCOM, SHF SATCOM, INMARSAT, UHF, HF, VHF
  • Weapons
    • 2 Mk-41 VLS with 90 cells (in Flight II and IIA 96 cells) for Standard SM-2MR, Tomahawk y ESSM RIM 162B
    • 1 Mk-45 Mod. 2 5/54 inch (DDG-51 to DDG-80).
    • 1 Mk-45 Mod. 4 5/62 inch (DDG-81 onwards).
    • 2 Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 or Mk-50 torpedoes
    • 2 CIWS Mk-15 Mod. 12 of 20 mm. Phalanx (DDG-51 - DDG-84)
    • 1 CIWS Mk-15 Mod. 12 of 20 mm. Phalanx (DDG-85 onwaards)
    • 8 AGM-84 Harpoon.
  • Aircraft carried
    • Flight I: and II: Only flight deck.
    • Flight IIA onwards: 2 MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017 06:00

SAN ANTONIO CLASS LPD

SAN ANTONIO CLASS LPD

Additional Info

  • Ships in class
    NAME NUMBER LAUNCHED COMMISSIONED
    USS San Antonio LPD 17 12 July 2003 14 January 2006
    USS New Orleans LPD 18 11 December 2004 10 March 2004
    USS Mesa Verde LPD 19 19 November 2004 15 December 2007
    USS Green Bay LPD 20 11 August 2006 24 January 2009
    USS New York LPD 21 19 December 2007 7 November 2009
    USS San Diego LPD 22 7 May 2010 23 December 2011
    USS Anchorage LPD 23 12 February 2011 4 May 2013
    USS Arlington LPD 24 23 November 2011 8 February 2013
    USS Somerset LPD 25 14 April 2012 1 March 2014
    USS John P. Murtha LPD 26 30 October 2014 8 October 2016
    USS Portland LPD 27 13 February 2016  
      LPD 28    
  • Length
    • 208.5 meters.
  • Beam
    • 31.9 meters.
  • Draft
    • 7 meters.
  • Displacement
    • 25,300 tons.
  • Propulsion
    • 4 diesel Colt-Pielstick PC 2.5 of 41.600 HP.
    • 2 variable pitch propellers.
  • Electric power
    • 5 diesel Caterpillar generators of 2,500 HP each.
  • Speed
    • 22 knots.
  • Complement
    • Crew: 360
    • Landing force:699
  • Sensors
    • Air radar: 3D AN/SPS-48E.
    • Surface search & fire control radar: AN/SPQ-9B
    • Surface radar: 2 AN/SPS-73.
    • Navigation radar AN/SPS-64 (V)9
  • ESM/ECM
    • AN/SLQ-32A(V)2
  • Countermeasures
    • Launches chaff or infrared decoys SRBOC Mk 36.
    • AN/SLQ-25A Nixie
    • MK-53 Nulka
  • Systems
    • Sistema de Combate SSDS Mk-2
    • Command-and-control systemGCCS-M AN/USQ-119E (V) 27
    • AADS AN/KSQ-1.
    • ASDS AN/SPQ-14(V)
    • AN/USG-2 CEC
    • MK-91.
    • NAVSSIAN/SSN-6.
    • AN/WSN-7(V)1
    • UHF SATCOM, SHF SATCOM, INMARSAT, UHF, HF, VHF
  • Weapons
    • 2 guns Mk-46 Mod. 2 of 30 mm.
    • 2 launches Mk-31 RAM
  • Transport
    • Three vehicle decks with 2,229 square meters2.
    • Two general yards and ammunition.
    • 2 LCAC or 1 LCU and 14 EFV/AAV.
  • Aircraft carried
    • Hangar capacity for 1 CH-53 Super Stallion or 2 CH-46 Sea Knight or 1 MV-22 Osprey or 3 UH / AH-1S.
    • Flight deck for 2 CH-53 Super Stallion or 4 CH-46 Sea Knight or 2 MV-22 Osprey or 4 UH / AH-1S.
  • Other
    • Hospital with 2 operating rooms, 24 beds for hospitalization and 2 dentistry rooms.
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:52

WASP CLASS LHD

LHD USS Makin Island (LHD 8)

Additional Info

  • Ships in class
    NAME NUMBER LAUNCHED COMMISSIONED
    Wasp LHD 1 4 August 1987 29 July 1989
    Essex LHD 2 23 February 1991 17 October 1992
    Kearsarge LHD 3 16 May 1992 16 October 1993
    Boxer LHD 4 28 August 1993 11 February 1995
    Bataan LHD 5 18 May 1996 20 September 1997
    Bonhomme Richard LHD 6 14 March 1997 15 August 1998
    Iwo Jima LHD 7 25 March 2000 30 June 2001
    Makin Island LHD 8 22 September 2006 24 October 2009
  • Length
    • 257 meters (258 meters. LHD-8)
  • Beam
    • 32.3 meters.
  • Draft
    • 8.10 meters.
  • Displacement
    • 41,302 tons. (LHD 1-4)
    • 41,005 tons. (LHD 5-7)
    • 42,442 tons. (LHD 8)
  • Propulsion
    • 2 boilers with 2 geared steam turbines 70,000 HP (LHD 1-7)
    • 2 GE LM-2500+ geared gas turbines (LHD 8)
    • 2 variable pitch propellers.
  • Electric power
    • 6 diesel generators of 4,000 kW each.(LHD 8)
  • Speed
    • 22 knots (LHD 1-7)
    • 24 knots (LHD 8)
  • Range
    • 9.500 nautical miles at 18 knots.
  • Complement
    • Crew: 1,070 (1,059 - LHD 8)
    • Landing force: 1,687
  • Sensors
    • Air radar 3D: ITT AN/SPS-48E
    • Air radar 2D: Raytheon AN/SPS-49(v)5
    • Surface radar: AN/SPS-67
    • Navigation radar: AN/SPS-73
    • Marshalling air traffic control radar: AN/SPN-43
    • Air Traffic Control Radar: AN/SPN-35B (LHD 1-7) AN/SPN-35C (LHD 8)
    • Surface search & fire control radar: AN/SPQ-9B
    • 2 Missile Directors Mk-95 for NATO Sea Sparrow
    • Target Acquisition System (TAS) Hughes Mk-23
  • ESM/ECM
    • Raytheon AN/SLQ-32(V)3
  • Countermeasures
    • Chaff Buoy Decoy System AN/SLQ-49
    • Launches chaff or infrared decoys SRBOC Mk 36.
    • Towed torpedo decoys SLQ-25A Nixie.
  • Systems
    • Command-and-control system: ACDS Block 1 level 2 (LHD 1 y 7) y Block 0 (LHD 2-6).
    • Command-and-control system: SSDS Mk 2 (LHD 8).
    • Marine Tactical Command and Control: USMC MTACCS (Marine Tactical Command & Control System).
    • Data Link-4A/11/16
    • Communications UHF SATCOM, SHF SATCOM, INMARSAT, UHF, HF, VHF, GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress & Safety System), EHF.
    • Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) (LHD 6-8)
    • Integrated Automatic Detection and Tracking (IADT) AN/SYS-2
    • TACAN URN-25.
  • Weapons
    • 2 Mk-29 NATO Sea Sparrow
    • 2 RIM-116 RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile)
    • 3 CIWS Mk-15 Mod. 2 Phalanx. (2 in LHD 5-7)
    • 4 BAE Mk-38 Mod. 2 of 25 mm.(3 in LHD 5-7)
  • Transport
    • A Wasp-class vessel can transport up to 30,800 square feet, and another 20,000 square feet for vehicles.
    • Typical composition: 5 M-1 Abrams battle tanks, 25 AAV´s, 8 M-198 howitzers, 68 trucks and other support vehicles.
  • Aircraft carried
    • Typical composition: 6 AV-8B Harrier II, 4 AH-1W SuperCobre, 12 CH-46 Sea Knight o 4 MV-22 Osprey, 4 CH-53 Sea Stallion, 3 UH-1N Huey
    • Flight deck: 259 x 34 meters.
    • 2 lifts of 34 tns.
    • The flight deck features 9 helicopter take-off spots.
  • Other
    • Floodable well dock: 81 x 15,2 meters for 2 LCU (Landing Craft Utility) or 3 LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) or 6 LCM-8 (Landing Craft Mechanized) or 40 AAV (Amphibious Assault Vehicle)
    • Monorail trains moving at up to 183 m per minute deliver cargo from the storage areas to the well deck
    • Hospital with 64 beds, 4 Un hospital con 64 camas, 4 principal operating rooms, 2 secundary operating rooms, 4 dentistry rooms, Radiology room, blood bank, laboratories.
    • 6 lifts load of 3.6 x 7.6 meters
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Saturday, 15 April 2017 14:07

Future USS "Gerald R. Ford" (CVN 78) completes successful builder's sea trials

Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned from Builder's Sea Trials to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia on April 14 after seven days at sea.

During this initial at-sea period, Ford's crew, representatives from Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding, the Navy's CVN 78 Program Office, the Navy's Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair and various technical subject matter experts demonstrated many of the ship's capabilities including tracking aircraft using the Dual Band Radar, conducting "no load" cycles using the new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) and small boat operations.

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Friday, 10 February 2017 23:19

SM-3 Block IIA Intercepts Ballistic Missile in Space For First Time

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the Japan Ministry of Defense and U.S. Navy successfully used a ship-launched Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile target for the first time on Friday night in Hawaii.

In the Feb. 3 test, conducted at about 10:30 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (3:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Feb. 4), a target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, according to a MDA statement. USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) detected and tracked the target missile with its AN/SPY-1D(V) radar and Aegis Combat System Baseline 9.C2 system. The ship fired a SM-3 Block IIA – being jointly developed by the U.S. and Japan – and intercepted the target.

 

Source: USNI News

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Sunday, 05 February 2017 09:02

Navy Decommissions USS "Enterprise" (CVN 65)

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) makes its final voyage to Newport News Shipbuilding.

The aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), was decommissioned during a ceremony held in the ship's hangar bay, Feb. 3.

The ceremony not only marked the end the ship's nearly 55-year career, it also served as the very first decommissioning of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Capt. Todd Beltz, commanding officer of the Enterprise, addressed the ship's company, former commanding officers and distinguished visitors and spoke of where the true spirit of "The Big E" comes from.

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