Showing posts with label USS Missouri. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Missouri. Show all posts
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Ships By the Name USS Missouri-- Part 4: SSN-780 (and Ships Named USS St. Louis)
Back in the 1900s state names were given to battleships. Now, they are given to submarines.
The 5th USS Missouri (SSN-780) is a Virginia-class attack submarine. commissioned 31 July 2010. In 2016 it was home ported at Pearl Harbor.
In addition, five U.S. warships have been named the St. Louis (Wikipedia lists seven):
USS St. Louis 1828 sloop Civil War
USS St. Louis 1861 Ironclad Civil War
USS St. Louis 1898 troop transport
USS St. Louis (C-20) protected cruiser 1906-1922
USS St. Louis (CL-49) light cruiser 1939-1946 At Pearl Harbor
USS St. Louis (LKA-116) Amphibious cargo ship 1969-1991
USS St. Louis (LCS-19) Littoral Combat Ship
Also there have been two ships with the name USS Kansas City.
--CootLouis
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Ships By the Name USS Missouri-- Part 3: The Most Famous One
The 4th USS MISSOURI (BB-63) by far was the most famous ship of the name. Commissioned in 1944.
45,000 tons
Nine 16-inch guns in main battery, capable of throwing a 1,300 pound shell thirty miles.
The Japanese surrendered on this ship to end World War II.
This battleship is a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, moored by the USS Arizona. Together they bookend World War II for the United States.
--Cooter
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Ships By the Name of USS Missouri-- Part 2: 3rd One Was a Battleship
3rd USS MISSOURI
Commissioned December 1903. Cost $5 million. Main armament of four 12-inch guns able to throw a shell weighing 870 pounds almost eight miles.
The ship went around the world with the Great White Fleet from 1907-1908.
It was the second ship to pass through the Panama Canal.
It was scrapped in 1922.
The ship's punch bowl is at the governor's mansion.
--CooterMo
Monday, May 21, 2018
USS Detroit-- Part 3: Spanish-American War and WW II
** The third USS Detroit (C-10) was a Montgomery-class cruiser that operated 1893-1904. Its class was one of the poorest ever designed for the U.S. Navy. It fought in the Spanish-American War and was scrapped after decommissioning in 1904.
** The fourth USS Detroit (CL-8) was an Omaha-class light cruiser (1923-1946). It was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and one of the few ships to get underway. During World War II it earned six Battle Stars.
It was moored alongside the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered in 1945. So, it was one of the few ships that was present at the beginning of the war for the United States and the end.
** The fifth USS Detroit (AOE-4) was a fast combat support ship (1970-2005).
--Detrer
Monday, December 18, 2017
Brooklyn Navy Yard in Greenport, NY City: Famous U.S. Warships Built Here
From the May 2017, Smithsonian "Wet and Wild" by Tony Perrottet.
New York City is taking advantage of its famed waterfront.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard opened in 1801 and was one of the first naval repair facilities in the United States.
It was here that the USS Monitor was clad with iron plate in the Civil War. The USS Maine was also built here, only to be sunk in Havana Harbor. So were the USS Arizona which went down in Pearl Harbor, and the USS Missouri, upon whose deck the Japanese surrendered in 1945.
At its height in World War II, over 70,000 people worked on the sprawling 300-acre site. It was the headquarters of the North Atlantic Fleet during World War II. After its closure in 1966, the city bought the yard and reopened it as an industrial park
--GreGen
New York City is taking advantage of its famed waterfront.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard opened in 1801 and was one of the first naval repair facilities in the United States.
It was here that the USS Monitor was clad with iron plate in the Civil War. The USS Maine was also built here, only to be sunk in Havana Harbor. So were the USS Arizona which went down in Pearl Harbor, and the USS Missouri, upon whose deck the Japanese surrendered in 1945.
At its height in World War II, over 70,000 people worked on the sprawling 300-acre site. It was the headquarters of the North Atlantic Fleet during World War II. After its closure in 1966, the city bought the yard and reopened it as an industrial park
--GreGen
Friday, May 19, 2017
About Those Model Battleships
From the April 25, 2017, Shorpy Photo site "Fireside Cats: 1955."
Columbus, Georgia, circa 1955. A boy and girl are posing in front of the home's fireplace. She is holding a car, but the boy is proudly holding a battleship model.
I couldn't tell what model battleship it was, but a comment said it was definitely an Iowa-class battleship and that these were very popular with American boys at the time. He described these warships as the "last and best true battleships built by the U.S. Navy. Everything about them is superlative."
I always remember seeing a picture of the hull of the Oklahoma after it was uprighted. It was tied up next to the new USS Iowa, which dwarfed the older battleship.
As proud as the boy was, he had not done a perfect job putting it together.
I was just four at the time so would have been unable to build a battleship model, but model ships were my favorite things to build by far. Other friends of mine liked to build model planes or cars, but my forte was ships.
I built models of the Arizona, North Carolina and several of the Missouri, including a huge one.
Give Me a Battleship Model Anytime. --Cooter
Columbus, Georgia, circa 1955. A boy and girl are posing in front of the home's fireplace. She is holding a car, but the boy is proudly holding a battleship model.
I couldn't tell what model battleship it was, but a comment said it was definitely an Iowa-class battleship and that these were very popular with American boys at the time. He described these warships as the "last and best true battleships built by the U.S. Navy. Everything about them is superlative."
I always remember seeing a picture of the hull of the Oklahoma after it was uprighted. It was tied up next to the new USS Iowa, which dwarfed the older battleship.
As proud as the boy was, he had not done a perfect job putting it together.
I was just four at the time so would have been unable to build a battleship model, but model ships were my favorite things to build by far. Other friends of mine liked to build model planes or cars, but my forte was ships.
I built models of the Arizona, North Carolina and several of the Missouri, including a huge one.
Give Me a Battleship Model Anytime. --Cooter
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Bits O' Real Old History: HMAS Sydney-- Cape Fear Light-- USS South Dakota
Some Old News About Old Stuff.
1. HMAS SYDNEY-- Alaistair Templeton was on the HMAS Sydney for three months and shipped off Oct. 17, 1941, a few weeks before it sank. He said that one of the four turrets was damaged and jammed and probably not in service in the battle.
2. CAPE FEAR LIGHT-- Stood on Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Built 1903 and demolished in 1958 to prevent confusion with the new one at Oak Island.
3. USS SOUTH DAKOTA-- I met a woman who said her grandfather served aboard the USS South Dakota. The former crew members recently had a reunion in St. Louis, but only eight showed up.
The Japanese surrender was originally supposed to be aboard the South Dakota, but Truman moved it to the Missouri because he was from that state. The South Dakota was there, though, one of eight US battleships at the ceremony. The British battleships Duke of York and King George V were also in the bay.
Just Some History. --Cooter
1. HMAS SYDNEY-- Alaistair Templeton was on the HMAS Sydney for three months and shipped off Oct. 17, 1941, a few weeks before it sank. He said that one of the four turrets was damaged and jammed and probably not in service in the battle.
2. CAPE FEAR LIGHT-- Stood on Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Built 1903 and demolished in 1958 to prevent confusion with the new one at Oak Island.
3. USS SOUTH DAKOTA-- I met a woman who said her grandfather served aboard the USS South Dakota. The former crew members recently had a reunion in St. Louis, but only eight showed up.
The Japanese surrender was originally supposed to be aboard the South Dakota, but Truman moved it to the Missouri because he was from that state. The South Dakota was there, though, one of eight US battleships at the ceremony. The British battleships Duke of York and King George V were also in the bay.
Just Some History. --Cooter
Monday, August 2, 2010
USS Missouri SSN-780-- Part 2
The new Missouri is the fifth naval ship to bear the name.
The first USS Missouri was an steam-powered warship.
The second was actually the CSS Missouri, a Confederate ironclad. After capture, it was taken into the US Navy, but never commissioned because it was in such bad shape.
The third was a Maine-Class battleship commissioned in 1903.
The fourth was the famous Mighty Mo on which the Japanese surrendered ending World War II and today a memorial in Pearl Harbor tied up near the USS Arizona (where the war began for the US).
VIRGINIA-CLASS NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
Now that the age of battleships have passed, our nuclear submarines are named after states. There will be a total of twenty submarines in this new class. Six are already commissioned in service, now seven with the Missouri.
The others are the Virginia, Texas, Hawaii, North Carolina, New Hampshire and New Mexico.
A Glorious Name. --DaCoot
The first USS Missouri was an steam-powered warship.
The second was actually the CSS Missouri, a Confederate ironclad. After capture, it was taken into the US Navy, but never commissioned because it was in such bad shape.
The third was a Maine-Class battleship commissioned in 1903.
The fourth was the famous Mighty Mo on which the Japanese surrendered ending World War II and today a memorial in Pearl Harbor tied up near the USS Arizona (where the war began for the US).
VIRGINIA-CLASS NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
Now that the age of battleships have passed, our nuclear submarines are named after states. There will be a total of twenty submarines in this new class. Six are already commissioned in service, now seven with the Missouri.
The others are the Virginia, Texas, Hawaii, North Carolina, New Hampshire and New Mexico.
A Glorious Name. --DaCoot
USS Missouri SSN-780-- Part 1
The newest commissioned US Naval ship is the USS Missouri, a Virginia -Class nuclear submarine.
From the July 30th Marshall (Mo) Democrat-News "New USS Missouri to sail with a bit of Saline County aboard" by Eric Crump.
Two retired Navy men, Charlie Guthrie and Stanton Thompson will present a World War II shell casing filled with dirt from Thompson's farm in Saline County, Missouri, saying "We wanted the ship's roots to grow well."
The shell case has the date 1942 on it and is from the estate of James Gary Neff, a Marine who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. This is the first war the previous and famous battleship USS Missouri fought in.
The new Missouri was laid down September 2008, christened December 2009 and began sea trials in June 2010.
Great Luck and Fortune to This Newest Naval Ship. --Cooter
From the July 30th Marshall (Mo) Democrat-News "New USS Missouri to sail with a bit of Saline County aboard" by Eric Crump.
Two retired Navy men, Charlie Guthrie and Stanton Thompson will present a World War II shell casing filled with dirt from Thompson's farm in Saline County, Missouri, saying "We wanted the ship's roots to grow well."
The shell case has the date 1942 on it and is from the estate of James Gary Neff, a Marine who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. This is the first war the previous and famous battleship USS Missouri fought in.
The new Missouri was laid down September 2008, christened December 2009 and began sea trials in June 2010.
Great Luck and Fortune to This Newest Naval Ship. --Cooter
Saturday, September 12, 2009
It's a Road History Thing
Since Wednesday, we've been cruising the old Route 66 from Dwight, Illinois, out to Afton, Oklahoma.
Lots of old places still in business and some falling into disrepair and ruin. It is like a trip back into the 40s to 60s and something we really enjoy.
Route 66 dates back to the 1920s. Two weeks ago, we toured the original transcontinental road, the 1913 Lincoln Highway through Illinois and Iowa.
Yesterday, we ran into small groups of road enthusiasts from Germany and France at the old Gay Parita gas station in Missouri, a couple from Ireland at 4 Women on the Road in Galena, Kansas. While driving the old Ribbon Road stretch of 66 between Miami and Afton, Oklahoma, we came across two bicyclists pedaling away. They were from Spain and said they are doing the whole route from Chicago to LA. They'd left Chicago on Tuesday.
A Real Piece of History. --Cooter
Lots of old places still in business and some falling into disrepair and ruin. It is like a trip back into the 40s to 60s and something we really enjoy.
Route 66 dates back to the 1920s. Two weeks ago, we toured the original transcontinental road, the 1913 Lincoln Highway through Illinois and Iowa.
Yesterday, we ran into small groups of road enthusiasts from Germany and France at the old Gay Parita gas station in Missouri, a couple from Ireland at 4 Women on the Road in Galena, Kansas. While driving the old Ribbon Road stretch of 66 between Miami and Afton, Oklahoma, we came across two bicyclists pedaling away. They were from Spain and said they are doing the whole route from Chicago to LA. They'd left Chicago on Tuesday.
A Real Piece of History. --Cooter
Monday, May 4, 2009
Earlier USS Missouris
Last month, April 27th, I wrote about the upcoming launch of the fifth USS Missouri, a nuclear-powered attack submarine. At one time, battleships were named after states. Today, they have been replaced by submarines.
The first USS Missouri was a side wheel 10 gun frigate launched in 1841 and was lost in a fire in 1843.
The second USS Missouri was the former Confederate ironclad CSS Missouri, turned over to the US Navy at the end of the war. It proved entirely unsatisfactory and was scrapped. It was built in Shreveport, Louisianan in 1863 and was a casemate ironclad mounting three cannons. It never saw action.
The third USS Missouri was a Maine class battleship, BB 11, launched in 1901. Three crew members won Medals of Honor after a gun flashback in practice that suffocated 36. It was part of the Great White Fleet from 1907-1909 and served in the Atlantic during World War I. It was scrapped in 1922 according to the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.
The fourth USS Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States. Japan surrendered on its deck and it is today a museum in Pearl Harbor, a short distance from the wreck of the USS Arizona,the beginning and end of WW II for the US.
A Proud Tradition. --Cooter
The first USS Missouri was a side wheel 10 gun frigate launched in 1841 and was lost in a fire in 1843.
The second USS Missouri was the former Confederate ironclad CSS Missouri, turned over to the US Navy at the end of the war. It proved entirely unsatisfactory and was scrapped. It was built in Shreveport, Louisianan in 1863 and was a casemate ironclad mounting three cannons. It never saw action.
The third USS Missouri was a Maine class battleship, BB 11, launched in 1901. Three crew members won Medals of Honor after a gun flashback in practice that suffocated 36. It was part of the Great White Fleet from 1907-1909 and served in the Atlantic during World War I. It was scrapped in 1922 according to the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.
The fourth USS Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States. Japan surrendered on its deck and it is today a museum in Pearl Harbor, a short distance from the wreck of the USS Arizona,the beginning and end of WW II for the US.
A Proud Tradition. --Cooter
Monday, April 27, 2009
The Fifth USS Missouri to Be Launched
The $2 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN-780) is being put together in Groton, Ct, and will be christened later this year. It is the fifth ship to bear the name, including the last battleship built in the US, where the Japanese surrender was signed ending World War II. Presently, it is a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, tied up several hundred yards from the USS Arizona. In a short space, you have where World War II began for the US and where it ended.
It is a Virginia-class submarine and plans eventually call for 30 of them. Armament includes torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.
Right now, it is in nine sections and will be slightly longer than a football field. It will be 377 feet long, 34 feet wide and can dive to depths of up to 800 feet. The crew will consist of 134 enlisted and 14 officers. To the top of the tower, it is six stories.
Of interest, the Hermann, Missouri-based Stone Hill Winery which made the wine used to christen the 1901 USS Missouri, has offered to do the same. Now, that's a bit of history.
Getting Stronger Every Day. --Cooter
It is a Virginia-class submarine and plans eventually call for 30 of them. Armament includes torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.
Right now, it is in nine sections and will be slightly longer than a football field. It will be 377 feet long, 34 feet wide and can dive to depths of up to 800 feet. The crew will consist of 134 enlisted and 14 officers. To the top of the tower, it is six stories.
Of interest, the Hermann, Missouri-based Stone Hill Winery which made the wine used to christen the 1901 USS Missouri, has offered to do the same. Now, that's a bit of history.
Getting Stronger Every Day. --Cooter
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