Showing posts with label nuclear submarines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear submarines. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Turns 250
From the October 2, 2017, Virginia-Pilot (Norfolk) "Ironclad Legacy: Norfolk Naval Shipyard older than the nation and the Navy, turns 250." Robert McCabe.
You can see the famed Hammerhead Crane from 1940.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, is the Navy's oldest and largest shipyard turns 250 on October 15.
Today, it services highly-secured nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers by 10,500 civilians and 750 military personnel.
The carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and submarine USS Rhode Island are there right now.
Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest Navy base and that turns 100 this year.
--Cooter
Monday, May 7, 2018
Other Ships named USS Cincinnati-- Part 2: A Light Cruiser and a Nuclear Submarine
3. THE THIRD USS CINCINNATI-- Was a light cruiser (CL-6) commissioned in 1924. Did Atlantic patrols in World War II and forced the scuttling of the German ship Annalies Essberger, taking 62 prisoners in November 1942.
Later service in the Mediterranean Sea and the invasion of France. Scrapped 1946, but the ship's bell and other items saved by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
4. THE FOURTH USS CINCINNATI-- (SSN-693) A Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine in service 1978-1996. Pieces of it were saved.
--Cooter
Monday, March 9, 2015
Christening of the USS Illinois Gets Closer-- Part 3
Commander Jess Porter, the new submarine's skipper says there are 73 submarines in the U.S. navy. Once deployed, his crew will spend 8 hours on duty and 16 off with no days off while at sea. The Illinois will be used in near-shore and deep-water missions. It will be involved with anti-submarine, anti-surface ship warfare, strike warfare, special operations support, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, irregular warfare and mine warfare.
Subs usually ship out with 120 days worth of food and supplies
Off duty, the crew can watch movies, play games, work out and even send e-mails except when the ship is in "covert posture." They can receive e-mail, but can't send it.
The last Virginia-class submarine commissioned was the USS North Dakota. Class ships in the works are the Washington, Colorado, Indiana, South Dakota, Delaware, Vermont and Oregon.
The new USS Illinois is the first commissioned Navy ship since a battleship by the name was launched in 1901. Years later that ship was reclassified and renamed the "Prairie State" to free up the name for another battleship.
Diving Again! --Cooter
Subs usually ship out with 120 days worth of food and supplies
Off duty, the crew can watch movies, play games, work out and even send e-mails except when the ship is in "covert posture." They can receive e-mail, but can't send it.
The last Virginia-class submarine commissioned was the USS North Dakota. Class ships in the works are the Washington, Colorado, Indiana, South Dakota, Delaware, Vermont and Oregon.
The new USS Illinois is the first commissioned Navy ship since a battleship by the name was launched in 1901. Years later that ship was reclassified and renamed the "Prairie State" to free up the name for another battleship.
Diving Again! --Cooter
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Christening of USS Illinois Gets Nearer-- Part 2
This will be the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Two of them were never completed due to the end of the Civil War for the first and the end of World War II for another one. The only commissioned USS Illinois was an early battleship.
This submarine has some impressive states:
** 377 feet long, 34 -foot beam and 32 feet draft.
** It will be able to dive than feet below the surface.
** It will be armed with Tomahawk missiles and MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes carrying 650-pound high-explosive warheads.
** It will attain top speeds of more than 25 knots while submerged.
** The crew will be all-male and number 139.
The Land of Lincoln on the High Seas. --DaIllinoisCoot
This submarine has some impressive states:
** 377 feet long, 34 -foot beam and 32 feet draft.
** It will be able to dive than feet below the surface.
** It will be armed with Tomahawk missiles and MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes carrying 650-pound high-explosive warheads.
** It will attain top speeds of more than 25 knots while submerged.
** The crew will be all-male and number 139.
The Land of Lincoln on the High Seas. --DaIllinoisCoot
Christening of USS Illinois Nears This Year-- Part 1
From the Feb. 4, 2015, Chicago Tribune "Christening near for nuclear sub named for the state" by Katherine Skiba. It used to be that only battleships and ships-of-the-line were designated to be named after states. But now, that honor has gone to submarines.
The $2.7 billion nuclear submarine USS Illinois is currently under construction at Groton, Connecticut and is expected to be christened June 27th of this year.
Its captain is Commander Jess Porter, who brought some of the crew to Chicago in early February for two days of public appearances to acquaint Illinoisians with the ship and to build a "fan club" for it.
First Lady Michelle Obama is the ship's sponsor and will break the ceremonial bottle of Champagne across the bow on June 27th at the ship's christening. However, the ship is not officially accepted into Navy service until it is commissioned.
--Cooter
The $2.7 billion nuclear submarine USS Illinois is currently under construction at Groton, Connecticut and is expected to be christened June 27th of this year.
Its captain is Commander Jess Porter, who brought some of the crew to Chicago in early February for two days of public appearances to acquaint Illinoisians with the ship and to build a "fan club" for it.
First Lady Michelle Obama is the ship's sponsor and will break the ceremonial bottle of Champagne across the bow on June 27th at the ship's christening. However, the ship is not officially accepted into Navy service until it is commissioned.
--Cooter
Saturday, May 11, 2013
50th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Thresher
From the April 5, 2013 Yahoo! News, AP "U.S. sub sinking 50 years ago led to safety changes" by David Sharp.
The first sign of trouble that day in 1963 was a garbled message about a "minor difficulty" at 1000 feet on a routine test dive.
Minutes later, the crew of the rescue ship, USS Skylark heard "exceeding test depth" and then listened as the sub disintegrated under pressure. The nuclear submarine Thresher and 129 men were gone.
It was the deadliest U.S. sub disaster in American history and a blow to national pride during the height of the Cold War.
This weekend, there will be memorial services in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine. The Thresher was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and based in Groton, Connecticut. The Thresher was the first in its class and the world's first fast attack submarine when it was commissioned.
The 278 foot long submarine could dive deeper and stay underwater for an unlimited amount of time.
It hit bottom at 8,500 feet on April 10, 1963.
Always Sad When Something Like That Happens.
The first sign of trouble that day in 1963 was a garbled message about a "minor difficulty" at 1000 feet on a routine test dive.
Minutes later, the crew of the rescue ship, USS Skylark heard "exceeding test depth" and then listened as the sub disintegrated under pressure. The nuclear submarine Thresher and 129 men were gone.
It was the deadliest U.S. sub disaster in American history and a blow to national pride during the height of the Cold War.
This weekend, there will be memorial services in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine. The Thresher was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and based in Groton, Connecticut. The Thresher was the first in its class and the world's first fast attack submarine when it was commissioned.
The 278 foot long submarine could dive deeper and stay underwater for an unlimited amount of time.
It hit bottom at 8,500 feet on April 10, 1963.
Always Sad When Something Like That Happens.
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