From the December 2021 Paralyzed Veterans of America calendar.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
An Independence-class littoral combat ship.
BUILDER: Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama
LAUNCHED: August 6, 2014
HOMEPORT: San Diego
LENGTH: 418 feet
BEAM: 104 feet
DRAFT: 13 feet
CREW: Ship: 8 officers, 32 enlisted and up to 35 mission crew.
ARMAMENT: One Mk-110 57mm gun, One SeaRam CIWS
AIRCRAFT: Two MH-60 helicopters.
--Cooter
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
ORDERED: 22 February 1990
LAID DOWN: 24 July 1992
LAUNCHED: 20 October 1993
COMMISSIONED: 20 May 1995
HOMEPORT: San Diego
MOTTO: "Strength in Freedom"
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LENGTH: 505 feet
BEAM: 59 feet
DRAFT: 31 feet
SPEED: 30 knots
--Cooter
From the Paralyzed Veterans of America November 2021 Calendar.
Each month, this calendar features a U.S. Navy warship that is currently in service.
This month's ship is the guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59).
It is an Arleigh Burke-class ship, commissioned 20 May 1995 and home ported in San Diego. It is the second ship in the U.S. Navy by the name of John Henry Russell. John Henry Russell was a rear admiral in the Navy who fought in the Mexican War and the Civil War. His son, John Henry Russell, Jr. was the 16th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.
It was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
--Cooter
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Well, anybody who has been reading my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog and this blog can probably guess the motto of this ship.
MOTTO: Go ahead and guess. Answer below.
COMMISSIONED: 10 February 2007
SPEED: 30+ knots
CREW: 320 to 380
ARMAMENT:
One 5-inch
Two 25mm autocannons
Four .50 caliber machine guns
One 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Two Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
96 cell Mk 41 VLS for:
RIM-66 Standard Missile 2
BGM-109 Tomahawk
RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles
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AIRCRAFT: Two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Don't Think I'd Mess With This Ship. --Cooter
In case you're wondering about the ship's motto, it is "Fire When Ready." Who'd have figured that?
From the Paralyzed veterans of America 2021 October Calendar. Each month, the calendar features a ship in the U.S. Navy that is currently serving.
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GENERAL CHACTERISTICS
BUILDER: Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine
LAUNCHED: December 28, 2005
HOMEPORT: Everett, Washington
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 9,200 tons full load
LENGTH: 508.5 feet
BEAM: 67 feet
DRAFT: 30.5 feet
This ship is of particular interest to me because it was named after a naval officer, Charles V. Gridley, I've written a lot about in this blog and in my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog.
--Cooter
The amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD-20) and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport ship JS Kunisaki (LST-4003) sail in formation during a training exercise with other U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships.
The Green Bay is underway conducting routine operations as part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations
The Green Bay is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship.
The Green Bay is the second ship in the U.S. Navy to have that name. The first was the USS Green Bay (PG-101) launched in 1969 and transferred to the Hellenic Navy (Greece) and renamed the Tolmi (P-229) in 1989.
--Cooter
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
WELL DECK CAPACITY: Two LCAC or one LCU and 14 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles.
CREW: Ship: 28 officers, 332 enlisted
Marine detachment: 66 officers 633 enlisted (can be expanded to 800)
ARMAMENT: 2 X Bushmaster II 30 mm Close in Guns; 2 X Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers
AIRCRAFT: Landing platform for all helicopters and MV-22 Osprey; maintenance facilities for one CH-53E or two CH-46s or one MV-22 or three UH/AH-1s. (Hunh?)
--Cooter
From the September 2021 Paralyzed Veterans of America calendar.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
BUILDER: Northrup Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, New Orleans, Louisiana
LAUNCHED: August 11, 2006
HOMEPORT: Sasebo, Japan
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 24,900 tons
LENGTH: 684 feet
BEAM: 105 feet
DRAFT: 23 feet
--CooterBay
From the Paralyzed Veterans of America 2021 calendar for August.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 9,200 tons
LENGTH: 509.5 feet
BEAM: 66 feet
DRAFT: 31 feet
ARMAMENT: 1 X 32 cell, 1 X64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 X RIM-66 SM-s, NCM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles, 1 X 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 X 25 mm, 4 X 12.7 mm guns, 2 X MK 46 triple torpedo tubes, 1 X 20 Phalanx CIWS (Now that I am totally confused.)
AIRCRAFT: 2 X SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
--Cooter
From Wikipedia.
The ship was named after U.S. Navy Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald and is an Arleigh-Burke-class destroyer.
In the early morning hours of 17 June 2017, the ship was involved in a collision with the container ship MV ACX Crystal, seriously damaging the Fitzgerald. Seven crew members were killed and several others injured, including the ship's commanding officer, Commander Bryce Benson.
The collision took place about 56 nautical miles from the Fitzgerald's homeport of Yokosuku, Japan.
The starboard side of the Fitzgerald was seriously damaged and the Crystal's bulbous bow penetrated the destroyer's hull below the waterline., flooding a machinery space, the radio room and two berthing spaces. The captain's cabin was crushed.
The U.S. Navy was found to be at fault for the accident.
After extensive repairs and modernization, the Fitzgerald is back in service.
--Cooter
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
ARMAMENT
Two Mk 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk
Harpoon missile launchers
one Mk 45 5-inch/.54 cal lightweight gun
two Phalanx CIWS
Mk 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts)
AIRCRAFT
None.
LAMOS 3 electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG/helicopter ASW operations.
Sure wish I knew what all the abbreviations are.
--Not Much of a Clue Here. --Cootless
From the Paralyzed Veterans of America July 2021 calendar.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
BUILDER: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
LAUNCHED: January 29, 1994
HOMEPORT: Yokosuku, Japan
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 8,300 tons full load
LENGTH: 505.25 feet
BEAM: 65 feet
DRAFT: 30.5 feet
CREW: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted
--Cooter
From the Paralyzed Veterans of American June 2021 calendar.
USS MANCHESTER GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
BUILDER: Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama
LAUNCHED: May 13, 2016
HOMEPORT: San Diego, California
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 3,104 tons full load
LENGTH: 418 feet
BEAM: 104 feet
CREW: 8 officers, 32 enlisted (two crews, a gold and a blue one) and up to 35 mission crew.
ARMAMENT: one Mk-110 57 mm gun, one SeaRam CIWS (This last item is one powerful weapon. I had to look it up and it said it was a complete combat weapon system that automatically detects, evaluates engages and performs kill assessment against ASM and high speed aircraft threats.)
AIRCRAFT: two MH-60 helicopters
--Cooter
The ArleighBurke -class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) shown with the Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG-69) and the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) maneuver while operating in the Philippine Sea.
U.S. Navy warships train together to increase their tactical proficiency, lethality and interoperability of participating units in nan Era of Great Power Competition.
--DaCootNav
From the Paralyzed Veterans of America 2021 February calendar.
BUILDER: Bath Ironworks, Bath, Maine
LAUNCHED: July 2, 2000
DISPLACEMENT: 9,200 tons
LENGTH: 509.5 feet
BEAM: 66 feet
DRAFT: 31 feet
ARMAMENT: One 32 cell, one 64 cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System,
ninety-six RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles
One 5-inch (130 mm), two 25-mm MK-38, four 50 caliber guns, two MK-46 torpedo tubes, one 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
AIRCRAFT: two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Cooter
