File: Navy Ships (United
States)
Report: Compiled by Calvin W.
Lew
Designator Name Manufacturer
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS:
CV-1 Langley
(ex collier Jupiter), commissioned 20 March 1922
CV-2 Lexington
(ex battle cruiser CC-1)
CV-3 Saratoga
(ex CC-3)
CV-4 Ranger First carrier built from keel up,
commissioned 25 February 1933.
Delivered 1934. First ship
designed as an aircraft carrier.
CV-5 Yorktown
CV-6 Enterprise
CV-7 Wasp
CV-8 Hornet
CV-9 Essex
CV-10 Yorktown
(ex Bon Homme Richard)
CV-11 Intrepid
CV-12 Hornet
(ex Kearsarge), recovered
Apollo 11 capsule after Neil Armstrong’s first moon walk
CV-13 Franklin
CV-14 Ticonderoga
(ex Hancock)
CV-15 Randolph
CV-16 Lexington
(ex Cabot) Built by Bethlehem Steel Corp.,
Quincy, MA. Keel laid 15 Jul 1941,
launched 26 Sep 1942, commissioned 17 Feb 1943.
CV-17 Bunker
Hill
CV-18 Wasp
(ex Oriskany)
CV-19 Hancock
(Ticonderoga)
CV-20 Bennington
CV-21 Boxer
CV-22 Independence
(ex Amsterdam, light cruiser CL-59)
CV-23 Princeton
(ex Tallahassee, CL-61)
CV-24 Belleau
Wood (ex New Haven, CL-76)
CV-25 Cowpens
(ex Huntington, CL-77)
CV-26 Monterey
(ex Dayton, CL-78)
CVL-27 Langley
(ex Fargo, CL-85; ex Crown Point)
CVL-28 Cabot
(ex Wilmington, CL-79)
CVL-29 Bataan
(ex Buffalo, CL-99)
CVL-30 San
Jacinto (ex Newark, CL-100; ex Reprisal)
CV-31 Bon
Homme Richard
CV-32 Leyte
(ex Crown Point)
CV-33 Kearsarge
CV-34 Oriskany
CV-35 Reprisal
CV-36 Antietam
CV-37 Princeton
CV-38 Shangri-La
CV-39 Lake
Champlain
CV-40 Tarawa
Midway Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 62,000 tons full
load. LENGTH: 979 feet. BEAM: 121 feet. FLIGHT DECK WIDTH: 238 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: 12 boilers, four geared
steam turbines, four shafts, 212,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: Approximately 75. ARMAMENT: Sea Sparrow missiles, three
Phalanx CIWSs. COMPLEMENT: 2,890+
ship’s company; 2,239 in air wing.
BUILDER: Newport News Shipbuilding.
CV-41 Midway Stationed in Yokosuka, Japan.
CV-42 Franklin
Delano Rooselvelt (ex Coral Sea)
CV-43 Coral
Sea Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia.
CV-44 Construction
cancelled 11 January 1943.
CV-45 Valley
Forge
CV-46 Iwo
Jima
CV-47 Philippine
Sea (ex Wright)
CV-48 Saipan
CV-49 Wright
CV-50-55 construction
cancelled 27 March 1945
CVB-56-57 construction
cancelled 28 March 1945
CVA-58 United
States; construction cancelled 23 April 1949 In the late 1940s, the Convair B-36
Peacemaker bomber was the United States’ primary strategic weapon; its
development was a prime factor in the cancellation of the Navy’s new
attack aircraft carrier UNITED STATES (CVA-58).
Forrestal Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 75,900 to 79,300 tons
full load. LENGTH: 1,063 to 1,086
feet. BEAM: 129 feet. FLIGHT DECK WIDTH: 252 feet. SPEED: 33 knots. POWER PLANT: Eight boilers, with Forrestal’s plant approximately 50 percent lower in psi (pounds per
square inch) than those of other ships in class; four geared steam turbines;
four shafts; 260,000 shaft horsepower for Forrestal, 280,000 for others.
AIRCRAFT: Approximately 90.
ARMAMENT: Sea Sparrow missiles.
Three Phalanx CIWSs being installed in each during SLEP overhauls. COMPLEMENT: 3,019 ship’s company;
2,480 in air wing. BUILDERS: CVs
59, 61, Newport News Shipbuilding; 60, 62, New York Naval Shipyard.
CVA-59 Forrestal Largest aircraft carrier in the world at the time of its construction. First carrier designed to operate jet
aircraft. Stationed in Mayport,
Florida.
CVA-60 Saratoga Stationed in Portsmouth, Virginia.
CVA-61 Ranger Stationed in San Diego,
California.
CV-62 Independence Formerly stationed in San Diego, CA for many years; now stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Calvin’s friend Mark Browning
serves as an engineer. Carries crew of 5,000 and more than 60 attack and other
planes including F-14 and F/A-18 fighters, EA-6B electronic warfare jets and
E-2C radar warning and control planes.
Kitty Hawk Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 80,800 tons full
load. LENGTH: 1,046 feet. BEAM: 130 feet. FLIGHT DECK WIDTH: 252 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: Eight boilers, four geared
steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: Approximately 85. ARMAMENT: Terrier missiles in Constellation to be replaced by Sea Sparrow missiles; Sea Sparrow
missiles in Kitty Hawk and America. Three Phalanx CIWSs.
CVA-63 Kitty
Hawk Stationed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CVA-64 Constellation Stationed in North Island NAS, San Diego, California. Commissioned October 1961.
Enterprise Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 89,600 tons full
load. LENGTH: 1,040 feet. BEAM: 133 feet. FLIGHT DECK WIDTH: 252 feet. SPEED: Approximately 35 knots. POWER PLANT: Eight nuclear reactors,
four geared steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: Approximately 90. ARMAMENT: Sea Sparrow missiles, three
Phalanx CIWSs (Close-In Weapon System).
COMPLEMENT: 3,319 ship’s company; 2,480 in air wing. BUILDER: Newport News Shipbuilding.
CVN-65 Enterprise Formerly CVAN-65. At the time of its construction, the largest mobile man-made structure ever
built. Only ship in its class. The first carrier with nuclear
propulsion. Although Enterprise clearly demonstrated the inestimable value of nuclear
propulsion in ships of this size and kind, two carriers laid down later were
built with turbines driven by fossil fuel because the cost of nuclear reactors
was deemed too high for the unquestioned operational advantages to
compensate. Stationed in Alameda,
California.
1,123 feet long and
4.5 acre flight deck, it is the fastest major combatant in the world. In 1962, it was on the front-line of
defense for the blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The USS ENTERPRISE, the Navy's
oldest active, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, returned to sea for her first
scheduled deployment since the 1980s following a four-and-a-half year complex
overhaul. Emerged in 1995 from a
four-year major overhaul and reactor re-recoring, and is expected to serve well
into the 21st Century.
CVA-66 America
(Decommissioned) Kitty Hawk Class. Norfolk, Virginia.
John F. Kennedy Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 82,000 tons full
load. LENGTH: 1,052 feet. BEAM: 130 feet. FLIGHT DECK WIDTH: 252 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: Eight boilers, four geared
steam turbines, four shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: Approximately 85. ARMAMENT: Sea Sparrow missiles, three
Phalanx CIWSs. COMPLEMENT: 3,045
ship’s company; 2,480 in air wing.
BUILDER: Newport News Shipbuilding.
CVA-67 John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia.
Nimitz class:
DISPLACEMENT: 91,487 tons full load
(CVN-71, 96,358). LENGTH: 1,040
feet. BEAM: 134 feet. FLIGHT DECK WIDTH: 252 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: Two nuclear reactors, four
geared steam turbines, four shafts, 260,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: 90-plus. ARMAMENT: Sea Sparrow missiles, Phalanx
CIWSs -- three on Nimitz and Eisenhower, four on Vinson,
four to be
installed on later ships of class.
COMPLEMENT: 3,150+ ship’s company; 2,480 in air wing. BUILDER: Newport News Shipbuilding.
CVN-68 Chester
W. Nimitz (first of the Nimitz-class).
All carriers
constructed since 1964 have been nuclear powered. Stationed in Bremerton, Washington.
CVN-69 Dwight
David Eisenhower Commissioned 18 October 1977. Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. Carries crew of of over 6,000 and approximately 75 attack and other
planes including F-14 and F/A-18 fighters, EA-6B electronic warfare jets and
E-2C radar warning and control planes.
CVN-70 Carl
Vinson Stationed in Alameda, California.
CVN-71 Theodore
Roosevelt Commissioned late 1987. Displacement: 96,358 tons full
load. Norfolk, Virginia.
CVN-72 Abraham
Lincoln Commissioned 1988.
CVN-73 George
Washington Commissioned 1991.
CVN-74 John
C. Stennis Stationed in San Diego, California. A U. S. Navy F-14B TOMCAT made the
first arrested landing on the USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on 18 January 1996.
The Navy's newest nuclear-powered
aircraft carrier was conducting carrier suitability testing, involving
precision approach, landing and takeoff evaluations and certifications off the
Virginia coast.
CVN-75 Harry
S. Truman (Keel laid
down on 29 November 1993, Christened 7 September 1996, Scheduled for delivery
to the Navy in 1998) 96,000 tons
(fully loaded); length: 1,096 ft.; crew of 6,000 officers and enlisted
personnel (including the embarked air group); powered by twin nuclear reactors
of an advanced design that can operate for 20 years without refueling; speed in
excess of 20 knots; service life expected to be 50 yrs; able to carry varying
mix of 80 aircraft including Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighters, McDonnell Douglas
F/A-18E-F Super Hornets, & Viking ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) aircraft;
ship’s own principle armament includes Sea Sparrow Surface-to-Air
Missiles and Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems (for terminal air defense).
CVN-76 Ronald
Wilson Reagan Commissioned
2001. Newport News
Shipbuilding. http://www.nns.com
CVN-77 Last scheduled Nimitz class
carrier. Future carriers expected
to be of different design. The
transition ship to America's next generation of nuclear aircraft carriers. Newport News Shipbuilding. http://www.nns.com
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AIRCRAFT CARRIER TYPE & CLASSIFICATION:
CV - Aircraft Carrier CVB - Large Aircraft Carrier
CVA - Attack Aircraft Carrier CVN - Nuclear-Powered
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AMPHIBIOUS ASSUALT SHIPS (LPH, LHA, LHD):
IWO JIMA CLASS (LPH) HELICOPTER ASSAULT SHIPS:
AIRCRAFT: Hanger deck can
accomodate 20 Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight or 11 Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
helicopters, or combination of both.
Seven Sea Knights or four Sea Stallions can take off simultaneously.
Each ship of the class can carry a
Marine battalion landing team, its weapons and equipment, a reinforced squadron
of transport helicopters, and support personnel. In addition to serving as platforms for V/STOL aircraft,
ships of the class also has served as sea-control ships and have demonstrated
further versatility in providing platforms for minesweeping helicopters.
LPH-2 Iwo Jima The first ship designed and constructed specifically to
operate helicopters. Stationed in
Norfolk, VA
LPH-3 Okinawa San Diego, CA
LPH-7 Guadacanal
LPH-9 Guam
LPH-10 Tripoli San Diego, CA
LPH-11 New
Orleans
LPH-12 Inchon
TARAWA CLASS (LHAs):
AIRCRAFT: Flight deck can operate a
maximum of nine Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion or 12 Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea
Knight helicopters. Mix of these
and AV-8A V/STOL Harriers can be accommodated in LHA-2-5 but not in LHA-1.
There originally were to be nine
LHAs of the Tarawa class, but the number was reduced to five after extensive cost
overruns during an unusually long construction period. Those ships provide the Marine Corps
with a superb means of ship-to-shore movement by helicopter in augmentation of
movement of other troops and equipment by landing craft. They have extensive storage capacities
for vehicles, palletized stores, and aviation and vehicle fuel. They also can accommodate four landing
craft utilities (LCUs).
LHA-1 Tarawa Stationed in San Diego, CA
LHA-2 Saipan
LHA-3 Belleau
Wood San Diego, CA
LHA-4 Nassau
LHA-5 Peleliu
WASP CLASS (LHDs):
AIRCRAFT: Mix of 30 helicopters and
6-8 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier IIs.
BUILDER: Ingalls Shipbuilding.
The new Wasp-class LHDs are
scheduled to replace the Iwo Jima-class ships in the 1990s. With modifications to the basic LHD hull
to permit accommodation of three LCACs (Air Cushion Landing Craft) and the
latest model McDonnell Douglas AV-8 Harrier II V/STOL aircraft, as well as
helicopters, the LHD can serve in the dual role of amphibious assault ship and
small aircraft carrier.
LHD-1 Wasp Delivered to the Navy in March 1989. Commissioned 29 July 1989. Homeported at Norfolk, VA. 40,532 tons displacement at full load. Her first deployment was to the Sixth
Fleet in June 1991.
LHD-2 Essex Construction commenced July 1988.
LHD-3 Kearsarge Construction commenced July 1989.
LHD-4
LHD-5
LHD-6
LHD-7
LHD-8
LHD-9
AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK / LANDING PLATFORM DOCK (LPD):
Raleigh Class:
LPD-1 Raleigh Stationed in Norfolk, VA
LPD-2 Vancouver
Austin Class:
LPD-4 Austin Stationed in Norfolk, VA
LPD-5 Ogden
LPD-6 Duluth San Diego, CA
LPD-7 Cleveland San Diego, CA
LPD-8 Dubuque
LPD-9 Denver San Diego, CA
LPD-10 Juneau San Diego, CA
LPD-12 Shreveport
LPD-13 Nashville
LPD-14 Trenton
LPD-15 Ponce
LPD-17 Class / San Antonio Class:
LPD-17 San
Antonio First of the
LPD-17 class
LPD-18
LPD-19
LPD-20 The fourth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. Built by Litton-Avondale Industries (2002)
AMMUNITION SHIPS (AE):
Suribachi and Nitro Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 17,000 tons full load. LENGTH: 512 feet. BEAM: 72 feet. SPEED: Approximately 20 knots. POWER PLANT: Two boilers, geared
turbines, one shaft, 16,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: None.
ARMAMENT: Four three-inch/50-caliber guns. COMPLEMENT: 349.
BUILDER: Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, MD.
Suribachi Class:
AE-21 Suribachi Stationed in Earle, NJ
AE-22 Mauna
Kea
Nitro Class:
AE-23 Nitro Stationed in Earle, NJ
AE-24 Pyro
AE-25 Haleakala
Kilauea Class:
DISPLACEMENT: Approximately 20,000
tons full load. LENGTH: 564
feet. BEAM: 81 feet. SPEED: 20 knots. POWER PLANT: Three boilers, geared
turbines, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: Two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. ARMAMENT: Four three-inch/50-caliber
guns; two Phalanx CIWSs being fitted.
COMPLEMENT: 380. BUILDERS:
AE-26, 27, General Dynamics’ Quincy Shipbuilding Division; 28, 29,
Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, MD; 32-35, Ingalls Shipbuilding.
T-AE-26 Kilauea Operated by Military Sealift Command and is unarmed.
AE-27 Butte Stationed in Earle, NJ
AE-28 Santa
Barbara
AE-29 Mount
Hood
AE-32 Flint
AE-33 Shasta
AE-34 Mount
Baker
AE-35 Kiska
AMPHIBIOUS COMMAND SHIPS (LCC):
Blue Ridge Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 19,290 tons full
load. LENGTH: 596 feet. BEAM: 82 feet. SPEED: 23 knots. POWER PLANT: Steam turbine, two
boilers, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: Sea Sparrow missiles, four three-inch/50-caliber
anti-aircraft weapons, two Phalanx CIWSs.
AIRCRAFT: None, although each ship has a helicopter landing area. COMPLEMENT: Crew, LCC-19, 799; LCC-20, 821;
Flag, LCC-19, 241; LCC-20, 188.
BUILDER: LCC-19, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; LCC-20, Newport News.
These are the only ships to be
designed initially for an amphibious command ship role. Earlier amphibious command ships lacked
sufficient speed to operate with a 20-knot amphibious force. Subsequently, both ships became fleet
flagships. BLUE RIDGE became the Seventh Fleet flagship in 1979 and is
homeported in Yokosuka, Japan; MOUNT WHITNEY became
the Second Fleet flagship in 1981.
LCC-19 Blue
Ridge Stationed in Yokosuka, Japan.
LCC-20 Mount
Whitney
ARSENAL SHIPS:
There is currently (May 1996) no officially-released
illustration of a U.S. Navy Arsenal Ship.
The Lockheed-Martin concept is one of several being proposed; others
have come from at least Bath Iron Works, and possibly Ingalls and Newport News
Shipbuilding & Drydock Company.
Lockheed-Martin concept model for the proposed
“Arsenal Ship,”
exhibited in April 1996 at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in
Washington, D.C. The
“72” on the bow reflects an unofficial supposition that the ship
would continue the battleship-series hull numbers.
Current Navy thinking projects a ship with up to 500
Vertical Launch System missile cells; the cost of each ship is not to exceed
$520 million each. Crew size is
projected at around 50.
Excerpts from an Interview with Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda, August 24, 1995
(via the U.S. Navy Public Affairs Library):
What we thought about with this ship is that it would be a
magazine to carry a lot of weapons -- carry them in a relatively safe way . . .
We have a lot of ordnance that could be delivered from this platform in
response to the fire control solution from something or somebody else.
This is certainly a modern equivalent to the
battleship. It's not the modern
equivalent of an aircraft carrier or a Air Force composite wing. It is an ordinance platform. It delivers ordinance. . . . . People want to call it an arsenal
ship and I think the reason is because it carries a lot. It reflects our strategy.
BATTLESHIPS (BB):
BB- Arizona Only US battleship still in commission (sunk at Pearl
Harbor, 7 December 1941, now a memorial)
Iowa Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 58,000 tons full
load. LENGTH: 887 feet. BEAM: 108 feet. SPEED: 35 knots. POWER PLANTS: Eight boilers, four
geared turbines, four shafts, 212,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: One LAMPS MkIII helicopter. ARMAMENT: Nine 16-inch guns; 12
five-inch/.38-caliber guns; four Phalanx CIWSs, 20 40mm (in BB-63 only);
Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles.
COMPLEMENT: 1,518.
BUILDERS: BBs 61, 63, New York Navy Yard; 62, 64 Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The four Iowa-class battleships,
the second largest battleships ever built (two Japanese BBs were larger) all
saw action in World War II and Korea, then were “mothballed.” After recommissioned in the 1980s, all
four ships had been completely modernized and provided with Tomahawk (TLAM),
Harpoon, and Phalanx weaopons systems, the latest electronics and
communications equipment, and accomodations for three helicopters. These behemoths can serve as integrated
parts of carrier battle groups, spearhead support forces, or lead their own
surface-action groups. The Navy
had taken steps to improve upon the quality of projectiles, powder, primer, and
powder bags for these ships’ 16” guns with the goal of improving
upon accuracy and reliability of ammunition. It also has utilized RPVs (Remotely Piloted Vehicles) from
their decks; these operations after early failures during recovery operations,
had proven quite successful.
The Iowa-class BBs also served in
Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and the Perisian Gulf War.
BB-61 Iowa Iowa’s modernization was expedited so she
could be deployed to the Mediterranean as the relief for New Jersey; she was recommissioned 8 April 1984. Stationed at Norfolk, Virginia. Ultimately, she was homeported in
Corpus Christi in New York when new facilities in those ports were
completed. IOWA SAGs had deployed to the Persian Gulf area since the
United States commenced escorting U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Gulf
in 1987.
BB-62 New
Jersey New Jersey
was
activated for service in Vietnam, but again was decommissioned after less than
18 months in the fleet. New
Jersey, commissioned 28 December 1982, first
was deployed to the Pacific, thence to the Mediterranean, where on 14 December
1983 she fired her 16” guns at other than practice targets for the first
time since rejoining the fleet.
Targets were gun emplacements in Beirut, Lebanon. Last stationed at Long Beach,
California.
BB-63 Missouri MISSOURI was modernized in Long Beach Naval
Shipyard and was recommissioned 10 May 1986 in San Francisco, where the Navy
hoped ultimately to homeport her.
However, there was considerable opposition to that plan, and funding for
dredging and pier construction had been blocked. MISSOURI SAGs had deployed to the Persian
Gulf area since the United States commenced escorting U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti
tankers through the Gulf in 1987.
Last stationed at Long Beach, California.
The world’s last battleship
in active service, MISSOURI was
decommissioned for the final time on 31 March 1992. The Secretary of the Navy announced in August 1996 that MISSOURI would become a museum/memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Plans are to tow her to Hawaii sometime
in 1998.
BB-64 Wisconsin WISCONSIN’s activation was completed by Ingalls
Shipbuilding in Fall 1988.
Stationed at Norfolk, Virginia.
Ultimately, she was homeported in Corpus Christi in New York when new
facilities in those ports were completed.
Arsenal Ships?:
Unofficially supposed that the ship
would continue the battleship-series hull numbers.
CORVETTES:
CRUISERS (CG, CGN) / GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS / NUCLEAR GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS / AEGIS GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS:
Long Beach Class:
CGN-9 Long Beach Stationed in Bremerton, WA
Leahy Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 7,800 tons full
load. LENGTH: 533 feet. BEAM: 55 feet. SPEED: 32.7 knots. POWER PLANT: Four boilers, two geared
turbines, two shafts, 85,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: None.
ARMAMENT: Harpoon and Standard missiles (Tomahawk missiles not
installed), anti-submarine rockets, two Phalanx CIWS, two triple torpedo
tubes. COMPLEMENT: 423. BUILDERS: CGs 16-18, Bath Iron Works;
19, 20, New York Shipbuilding; 21, 24, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; 22, Todd
Shipyards; 23, San Francisco Naval Shipyard.
CG-16 Leahy Stationed in Long Beach, CA
CG-17 Harry E.
Yarnell Norfolk, VA
CG-18 Worden Pearl Harbor, HI
CG-19 Dale Philadelphia, PA
CG-20 Richmond
K. Turner Charleston, SC
CG-21 Gridley San Diego, California.
CG-22 England San Diego, California.
CG-23 Halsey San Diego, California.
CG-24 Reeves Yokosuka, Japan
No CG-25. CGN-25, U.S.S. Bainbridge. First nuclear-powered cruiser? Or Long Beach?
Belknap Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 7,930 tons full
load. LENGTH: 547 feet. BEAM: 55 feet. SPEED: 32.5 knots. POWER PLANT: Two geared turbines, two
shafts, 85,000 shaft horsepower.
AIRCRAFT: One LAMPS MkI helicopter. ARMAMENT: Harpoon and Standard missiles (Tomahawk missiles
not installed because of weight restraints), anti-submarine rockets, two
Phalanx CIWSs, one five-inch/54-caliber gun, two triple torpedo tubes. COMPLEMENT: 479. BUILDERS: CGs 26-28, 32, 34, Bath Iron
Works; 29, 31, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; 33 Todd Shipyards.
CG-26 Belknap Stationed in Gaeta, Italy.
CG-27 Josephus
Daniels Norfolk, VA
CG-28 Wainwright Charleston, SC
CG-29 Jouett San Diego, California.
CG-30 Horne San Diego, California.
CG-31 Sterett Formerly Subic Bay, RP (Republic of the Philippines)
CG-32 William
H. Stanley San Diego, California.
CG-33 Fox San Diego, CA Calvin’s friend Andrew Dalton
“Andy” Mills [San Diego State University (SDSU) Young Americans for
Freedom (YAF) Chairman] was a former crew member.
CG-34 Biddle Norfolk, VA
NUCLEAR GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS:
Long Beach Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 17,525 tons full
load. LENGTH: 721 feet. BEAM: 73 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: Two nuclear reactors, two
geared turbines, two shafts, 80,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: Deck for utility helicopter. ARMAMENT: Harpoon and Standard missiles
(Tomahawk missiles not installed), anti-submarine rockets, two
five-inch/38-caliber guns, two triple torpedo tubes, two CIWSs. COMPLEMENT: 958. BUILDER: Bethlehem Steel.
CGN-9 Long
Beach Last stationed in Bremerton,
WA. Deactivated and decommissioned
in 1994-95.
Bainbridge Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 8,592 tons full
load. LENGTH: 565 feet. BEAM: 58 feet. SPEED: 30 knots. POWER PLANT: Two nuclear reactors, two
geared turbines, two shafts, 60,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: None.
ARMAMENT: Harpoon and Standard missiles (Tomahawk missiles not
installed), anti-submarine rockets, two 20mm guns, two triple torpedo tubes,
two Phalanx CIWSs. COMPLEMENT:
558. BUILDER: Bethlehem Steel.
CGN-25 Bainbridge Formerly nuclear frigate DLGN-25. The only ship of its class. Last stationed in Norfolk, VA. Deactivated and decommissioned in 1994-95. Roger Blanchard (Calvin’s best
friend Steven Patrick Blanchard’s father) was a former crew member.
Truxtun Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 9,127 tons full load. LENGTH: 564 feet. BEAM: 58 feet. SPEED: 30 knots. POWER PLANT: Two nuclear reactors, two
geared turbines, two shafts, 60,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: One helicopter. ARMAMENT: Harpoon and Standard missiles (Tomahawk missiles
not installed), anti-submarine rockets, one five-inch/54-caliber gun, four
fixed torpedo tubes, two Phalanx CIWSs.
COMPLEMENT: 591. BUILDER:
New York Shipbuilding.
CGN-35 Truxtun Formerly nuclear frigate DLGN-35. Last stationed in San Diego, California. Deactivated and decommissioned in 1994-95.
California Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 10,450 tons full
load. LENGTH: 596 feet. BEAM: 61 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: Two nuclear reactors, two
geared turbines, two shafts, 60,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: None.
ARMAMENT: Harpoon and Standard missiles (Tomahawk missiles not installed
because of weight restraints), anti-submarine rockets, two five-inch/54-caliber
guns, six triple torpedo tubes, two Phalanx CIWSs. COMPLEMENT: 595.
BUILDER: Newport News Shipbuilding.
CGN-36 California Stationed in Alameda, CA
CGN-37 South
Carolina Norfolk, VA
Virginia Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 11,000 tons full
load. LENGTH: 585 feet. BEAM: 63 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: Two nuclear reactors, two
geared turbines, two shafts, 100,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: One helicopter. ARMAMENT: Tomahawk (installed in the
late 1980s), Harpoon, and Standard missiles, anti-submarine rockets, two
five-inch/54-caliber guns, two triple torpedo tubes, two Phalanx CIWSs. COMPLEMENT: 562. BUILDER: Newport News Shipbuilding.
CGN-38 Virginia Stationed in Norfolk, VA
CGN-39 Texas Alameda, CA
CGN-40 Mississippi Norfolk, VA
CGN-41 Arkansas Bremerton, WA
AEGIS GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS:
Ticonderoga Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 9,600 tons full load. LENGTH: 563 feet. BEAM: 55 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots. POWER PLANT: Four gas turbines, two
shafts, 80,000 shaft horsepower.
AIRCRAFT: Two LAMPS MkI helicopters (47, 48), LAMPS MkIII in 49 and
later ships. ARMAMENT: Tomahawk,
Harpoon, and Standard missiles, anti-submarine rockets, two
five-inch/54-caliber guns, two Phalanx CIWSs. COMPLEMENT: 358.
BUILDERS: CG 47-50, 52-57, Ingalls Shipbuilding; 51, Bath Iron Works.
The Aegis defense system gives
ships of the class and other ships with which they might be operating an
unprecedented defensive capability against high performance aircraft and
surafce-, air-, and submarine-launched missiles. It’s radar enables it to controll all friendly
aircraft in its operating area and still have the capability for surveillance,
detection, and tracking of enemy aircraft and missiles.
CG-47 Ticonderoga Stationed in Norfolk, VA
CG-48 (Smart Ship) Yorktown Norfolk, VA
CG-49 Vincennes San Diego, CA The VINCENNES accidentally shot down an Iranian commercial aircraft in
the Persian Gulf on 3 July 1988.
VINCENNES was commissioned on 6 July 1985; on 3 July 1988 she gained
notoriety by shooting down an Iranian Air Airbus over the Persian Gulf.
CG-50 Valley
Forge San Diego, CA
CG-51 Thomas
S. Gates Norfolk, VA
CG-52 Bunker
Hill Yokosuka, Japan
CG-53 Mobile
Bay Mayport, FL
CG-54 Antietam Norfolk, VA
CG-55 Leyte
Gulf Mayport, FL
CG-56 San
Jacinto Norfolk, VA
CG-57 Lake
Champlain San Diego, CA
CG-58
CG-59 Princeton First cruiser with new SPY-1
radar. Commissioned 11 February 1989,
PRINCETON was the first Baseline 3 unit of the TICONDEROGA-class cruisers,
substituting an Aegis SPY-1B radar for the earlier SPY-1A. PRINCETON was mined in the Persian Gulf
during Operation Desert Storm on 18 February 1991. Repaired at Dubai, she conducted post-repair trials in late
April 1991. The cruiser is homeported at San Diego,
California.
CG-60 Normandy NORMANDY launched 13 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles
against Bosnian Serb positions near Banja Luka in northern Bosnia on 10
September 1995, in support of NATOs OPERATION DELIBERATE FORCE. The cruiser was operating in the
Adriatic Sea, having recently deployed to the Sixth Fleet from Norfolk,
Virginia, with the AMERICA Battle Group.
The NORMANDY is capable of carrying up to 122 missiles of various types.
CG-61
CG-62
CG-63
CG-64
CG-65 Chosin Pearl Harbor, HI. Commissioned 12 January 1991.
CG-66
CG-67 Shiloh Commissioned 18 July 1992, SHILOH
is homeported at San
Diego, California.
CG-68
CG-69
CG-70
CG-71
CG-72
CG-73 Port
Royal The last unit of the 27-ship
Ticonderoga class. Commissioned 30
April 1994. Based at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
DESTROYERS (DD, DDG) / GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS / AEGIS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS:
DD-571 Claxton
Spruance Class:
The first destroyers to employ gas
turbines as their main propulsion systems.
DD-963 Spruance Stationed in Mayport, FL
DD-964 Paul
F. Foster
DD-965 Kinkaid San Diego, CA
DD-966 Hewitt San Diego, CA
DD-967 Elliot San Diego, CA
DD-968 Arthur
W. Radford
DD-969 Peterson Commissioned 9 July 1977, PETERSON has been re-armed with
the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System in place of the former ASROC position
forward.
DD-970 Caron
DD-971 David
R. Ray
DD-972 Oldendorf
DD-973 John
Young San Diego, CA
DD-974 Comte
de Grasse
DD-975 O’Brien San Diego, CA
DD-976 Merrill San Diego, CA
DD-977 Briscoe
DD-978 Stump Commissioned 19 August 1978, STUMP is homeported at Norfolk, Virginia.
DD-979 Conolly
DD-980 Moosbrugger
DD-981 John
Hancock
DD-982 Nicholson
DD-983 John
Rodgers
DD-984 Leftwich Commissioned 25 August 1979, LEFTWICH is homeported at
Pearl Harbor, HI.
DD-985 Cushing Commissioned on 21 September 1979. CUSHING has
been modified by replacement of the ASROC launcher forward with a Mark 41
Vertical Launch System. Formerly
stationed in San Diego, CA, she is currently homeported at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
DD-986 Harry
W. Hill San Diego, CA
DD-987 O’Bannon
DD-988 Thorn
DD-989 Deyo
DD-990 Ingersoll
DD-991 Fife San Diego, CA
DD-992 Fletcher San Diego, CA
DD-997 Hayler
Charles F. Adams Class:
DDG-2 Charles
F. Adams Stationed in Mayport, FL
DDG-3 John
King
DDG-4 Lawrence
DDG-5 Claude
V. Ricketts
DDG-6 Barney
DDG-7 Henry B.
Wilson San Diego, CA
DDG-8 Lynde
McCormick San Diego, CA
DDG-9 Towers
DDG-10 Sampson
DDG-11 Sellers
DDG-12 Robison San Diego, CA
DDG-13 Hoel San Diego, CA
DDG-14 Buchanan San Diego, CA
DDG-15 Berkeley San Diego, CA
DDG-16 Joseph
Strauss
DDG-17 Conyngham
DDG-18 Semmes
DDG-19 Tattnall
DDG-20 Goldsborough
DDG-21 Cockrane
DDG-22 Benjamin
Stoddert
DDG-23 Richard
E. Byrd
DDG-24 Waddell San Diego, CA
Faragut Class:
DDG-37 Farragut Stationed in Norfolk, VA
DDG-38 Luce
DDG-39 MacDonough
DDG-40 Coontz
DDG-41 King
DDG-42 Mahan
DDG-43 Dahlgren
DDG-44 William
V. Pratt
DDG-45 Dewey
DDG-46 Preble
Kidd Class:
DDG-993 Kidd Stationed in Norfolk, VA
DDG-994 Callaghan San Diego, CA
DDG-995 Scott
DDG-996 Chandler San Diego, CA
AEGIS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS:
Arleigh Burke Class:
DDG-51 Arleigh
Burke The first of a new and long-awaited class of guided
missile destroyers; built by Bath Iron Works, which in 1985 was awarded the
contract for her construction after unusually keen competition for that
contract among three shipyards.
She was completed February 1991.
Stationed in
DDG-52 Barry Ingalls
Shipbuilding. Norfolk, VA. Commissioned 12 December 1992.
DDG-53 John
Paul Jones Bath Iron Works
DDG-54 Curtis
Wilbur Commissioned 19 March 1994, CURTIS
WILBUR was originally homeported at San Diego, California; in November 1996 she
shifted to Yokosuka, Japan.
DDG-55 Stout Commissioned 13 August 1994 in Houston, Texas. She was named after Rear Admiral Herald
F. Stout, who was awarded two Navy Crosses for heroism while in command of the
destroyer USS CLAXTON (DD 571) during World War Two. Homeported at Norfolk, VA.
DDG-56
DDG-57 Mitscher Commissioned 10 October 1994. Homeported at Norfolk, VA.
DDG-58 Laboon
DDG-59 Russell
DDG-60
DDG-61
DDG-62
DDG-63
DDG-64
DDG-65
DDG-66
DDG-67
DDG-68
DDG-69 Milius San Diego, CA. Commissioned 23 November 1996.
DDG-?? Mahan
(1996)
DDG-?? Donald
Cook (2002)
DOCK LANDING SHIPS (LSD):
Thomaston Class:
LSD-32 Spiegel
Grove Stationed at Little Creek, Norfolk, VA
LSD-33 Alamo San Diego, CA
LSD-34 Hermitage
Anchorage Class:
LSD-36 Anchorage Stationed in Long Beach, CA
LSD-37 Portland
LSD-38 Pensacola
LSD-39 Mount
Vernon
LSD-40 Fort
Fisher San Diego, CA
Whidbey Island Class:
LSD-41 Whibdey
Island Commissioned in 1985. Stationed in Little Creek, Norfolk, VA
LSD-42 Germantown San Diego, CA
LSD-43 Fort
McHenry San Diego, CA
LSD-44
LSD-44
LSD-45
LSD-46 Tortuga Commissioned 17 November 1990. Homeported at Little Creek, VA.
FAST COMBAT SUPPORT SHIPS (AOE):
Each crewed by 708 officers and enlisted personnel. Mission: To receive ammunition,
provisions, and petroleum products from shuttle ships and deliver them to
carrier battle groups while underway.
Manufacturer: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
(NASSCO).
Sacramento Class:
AOE-1 Sacramento
AOE-2 Camden
AOE-3 Seattle
AOE-4 Norfolk
AOE-6 Detroit/Supply
AOE-? Bridge 754 ft. long, 107 ft. at beam, will displace 48,000 tons
when fully loaded, speed is 25 knots.
FRIGATES / GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATES (FF, FFG):
Bronstein Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 2,650 tons full
load. LENGTH: 371 feet. BEAM: 40 feet. SPEED: 26 knots. POWER PLANT: Two boilers, two geared
turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower. AIRCRAFT: None.
ARMAMENT: Anti-submarine rockets, two 3-inch/50-caliber guns, two triple
torpedo tubes. COMPLEMENT:
286. BUILDER: Avondale Shipyards.
FF-1037 Bronstein Stationed in San Diego, California.
FF-1038 McCloy
Garcia Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 3,403 tons full
load. LENGTH: 414 feet. BEAM: 44 feet. SPEED: 27.5 knots. POWER PLANT: Two boilers, two geared
turbines, one
FF-1040 Garcia Stationed in Philadelphia, PA
FF-1044 Brumby
FF-1047 Voge
FF-1049 Koelsch
FF-1050 Albert
David San Diego, CA
Knox Class:
FF-1052 Knox Stationed in Long Beach, CA
FF-1055 Hepburn San Diego, CA
FF-1056 Connole
FF-1057 Rathburne
FF-1058 Meyerkord San Diego, CA
FF-1059 W.S.
Sims
FF-1062 Whipple
FF-1063 Reasoner San Diego, CA
FF-1064 Lockwood
FF-1065 Stein San Diego, CA
FF-1066 Marvin
Shields San Diego, CA
FF-1067 Francis
Hammond
FF-1068 Vreeland
FF-1069 Bagley San Diego, CA
FF-1070 Downes San Diego, CA
FF-1071 Badger
FF-1073 Robert
E. Peary
FF-1074 Harold
E. Holt
FF-1075 Trippe
FF-1076 Fanning San Diego, CA
FF-1077 Oullet
FF-1078 Joseph
Hewes
FF-1079 Bowen
FF-1080 Paul
FF-1081 Aylwin
FF-1082 Elmer
Montgomery
FF-1083 Cook San Diego, CA
FF-1084 McCandless
FF-1085 Donald
B. Beary
FF-1086 Brewton
FF-1087 Kirk
FF-1088 Barbey San Diego, CA
FF-1089 Jesse
L. Brown
FF-1090 Ainsworth
FF-1092 Thomas
C. Hart
FF-1093 Capodanno
FF-1094 Pharris
FF-1095 Truett
FF-1097 Moinester
Glover Class:
FF-1098 Glover Stationed in Norfolk, VA
Brooke Class:
FFG-6 Julius
A. Furer Stationed in Philadelphia, PA
Oliver Hazard Perry Class:
FFG-8 McInerney Stationed in Mayport, FL
FFG-24 Jack
Williams
FFG-25 Copeland San Diego, CA
FFG-26 Gallery
FFG-28 Boone
FFG-29 Stephen
W. Groves
FFG-30 Reid San
Diego, CA
FFG-31 Stark Stationed in Mayport, Florida.
FFG-32 John
L. Hall
FFG-33 Jarrett
FFG-34 Aubrey
Fitch
FFG-36 Underwood
FFG-37 Crommelin
FFG-38 Curts
FFG-39 Doyle
FFG-40 Halyburton
FFG-41 McClusky San Diego
FFG-42 Klakring
FFG-43 Thach San Diego
FFG-45 Dewert
FFG-46 Rentz San Diego, CA
FFG-47 Nicholas
FFG-48 Vandergrift
FFG-49 Robert
G. Bradley
FFG-50 Taylor
FFG-51 Gary
FFG-52 Carr
FFG-53 Hawes
FFG-54 Ford
FFG-55 Elrod
FFG-56 Simpson
FFG-57 Reuben
James
FFG-58 Samuel
B. Roberts
FFG-59 Kauffman
FFG-60 Rodney
M. Davis
FFG-?? Gallery
LSTs (Tank Landing Ships):
Newport class
MINEHUNTERS
Osprey class
REPLENISHMENT SHIPS:
AOR-4 Savannah
SUBMARINES
ATTACK SUBMARINES / NUCLEAR ATTACK SUBMARINES (SS, SSN):
Submarine
warfare was revolutionizedby the marriage of nuclear power and the submarine;
it created what was viewed by most naval experts as the true submersible. That spectacular step forward in ship
contruction and propulsion was embodied first in Nautilus (SSN-571), the world’s first nuclear powered
vessel. Her message on 17 January
1955, “Underway on nuclear power,” was a milestone in naval
history. The Navy initially
experimented with two types of nuclear reactors, one cooled by liquid sodium,
the other by pressurized water, before scuttling that cooled by liquid sodium. It also experimented with different
sizes and shapes of hulls and with varying kinds of weapons and electronics
systems. Many submarines will be
decommissioned in the near future.
All of the Navy’s diesel submarines were decommissioned long ago,
as have several older and smaller classes of SSNs. More decommissions will follow as the Navy reduces its
submarine force close to a level of 55.
SSN-559? Albacore?
SSN-571 Nautilus The world’s first nuclear-powered vessel. Her message on 17 January 1955,
“Underway on nuclear power,” was a milestone in naval history.
Darter Class:
SS-576 Darter Sasebo, Japan Decommissioned
Barbel Class:
SS-580 Barbel Sasebo, Japan Decommissioned
SS-581 Blueback San Diego, CA Decommissioned
SS-582 Bonefish Charleston, SC Decommissioned
1988
Skate Class:
DISPLACEMENT: approximately 2,500
tons full load. LENGTH: 268
feet. BEAM: 25 feet. SPEED: 25-plus knots dived. POWER PLANT: one nuclear reactor, two
steam turbines, two shafts, 6,600 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: torpedos, eight torpedo tubes. COMPLIMENT: 122. BUILDERS: SSN-578, General
Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division; 579, 584, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard;
583, Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
SSN-578 Skate Decommissioned
SSN-579 Swordfish Pearl Harbor, HI Decommissioned
1988
SSN-583 Sargo Pearl Harbor, HI Decommissioned
1988
SSN-584 Decommissioned
Skipjack Class: Decommissioned
DISPLACEMENT: 3,513 tons
dived. LENGTH: 252 feet. BEAM: 31 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots dived. POWER PLANT: one nuclear reactor, two
steam turbines, one shaft, 15,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: torpedoes, six torpedo tubes. COMPLEMENT: 118. BUILDERS: SSN-585, General
Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division; 588 Mare Island Naval Shipyard; 590,
592, Ingalls Shipbuilding; 591, Newport News Shipbuilding.
SSN-585 Skipjack Groton, CT
SSN-588 Scamp Bremerton, WA Decommissioned 1988
SSN-590 Sculpin Groton, CT
SSN-591 Shark Groton, CT
SSN-592 Decommissioned
SSN-593
Permit Class: All of the Permit-Class have been decommissioned.
DISPLACEMENT: approximately 4,200
tons dived. LENGTH: SSN-605, 297
feet; 613-615, 292 feet; others,
278 feet.
BEAM: 32 feet. SPEED:
30-plus knots dived. POWER PLANT:
one nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one shaft, 15,000 shaft
horsepower. ARMAMENT: SUBROC,
torpedoes, four torpedo tubes; Harpoon missiles. COMPLIMENT: 127.
BUILDERS: SSNs 594, 595, Mare Island Naval Shipyard; 596, 607, 621,
Ingalls Shipbuilding; 603, 604, 612, New York Shipbuilding; 605, 606,
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; 613-615, General Dynamics’ Electric Boat
Division.
Permit-class submarines, laid down
in the early 1960s, were the first to be built in sizeable numbers. However, all of this class have been
decommissioned.
SSN-594 Permit San
Diego, CA
SSN-595 Plunger San Diego, CA
SSN-596 Barb San Diego, CA
SSN-603 Pollack Pollack, CA (Previously
San Diego, CA)
SSN-604 Haddo San Diego, CA
SSN-605 Jack New London, CT
SSN-606 Tinosa New London, CT
SSN-607 Dace Bremerton, WA (Previously New
London, CT)
SSN-612 Guardfish San Diego, CA
SSN-613 Flasher San Diego, CA
SSN-614 Greenling New London, CT
SSN-615 Gato Portsmouth, NH
SSN-621 Haddock San Diego, CA
Tullibee Class:
SSN-597 Tullibee Portsmouth, NH Decommissioned
Ethan Allen Class: Decommissioned
DISPLACEMENT: 7,880 tons
dived. LENGTH: 410 feet. BEAM: 33 feet. SPEED: 30 knots dived. POWER PLANT: one nuclear reactor, two geared
turbines, one shaft, 15,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: torpedoes, four torpedo tubes (16 missile tubes
used in earlier SSBN role now plugged).
COMPLIMENT: 132. BUILDER:
Newport News Shipbuilding.
SSN-609 Sam
Houston Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-611 John
Marshall Norfolk, VA
SSN-616
Sturgeon Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 4,640 tons
dived. LENGTH: 292 feet. BEAM: 32 feet. SPEED: 30-plus
knots dived.
POWER PLANT: one nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one shaft, 15,000
shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT:
Harpoon missiles, SUBROC, Mk48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes; Tomahawk (TLAM)
cruise missiles. COMPLIMENT:
129. BUILDERS: SSNs 637, 650, 667,
669, 673-676, 678, 679, 681, 684, General Dynamics’ Electric Boat
Division; 638, 649, General Dynamics’ Quincy Shipbuilding Division; 639,
647, 648, 652, 680, 682, 683, Ingalls Shipbuilding; 646, 660, Portsmouth Naval
Shipyard; 662, 665, 666, 672, 677, San Francisco Naval Shipyard; 651, 653, 661,
663, 664, 668, 670, 686, 687, Newport News Shipbuilding.
More than half of the 37-ship
Sturgeon-class, the first of which was commissioned in 1967, have been
decommissioned. Many more will be
decommissioned in the near future.
SSN-637 Sturgeon Charleston, SC Commissioned in 1967. Decommissioned
SSN-638 Whale Groton, CT (Previously Bremerton, WA) Decommissioned
SSN-639 Tautog Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously
Bremerton, WA)
SSN-646 Grayling Groton, CT (Previously Vallejo, CA)
SSN-647 Pogy San Diego, CA
SSN-648 Aspro Vallejo, CA Decommissioned
SSN-649 Sunfish Norfolk, VA (Previously Charleston, SC) Decommissioned
SSN-650 Pargo New London, CT Decommissioned
SSN-651 Queenfish Pearl Harbor, HI Decommissioned
SSN-652 Puffer Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously
Bremerton, WA) Decommissioned
SSN-653 Ray Charleston, SC Decommissioned
SSN-660 Sand
Lance Groton, CT (Previously Charleston, SC)
SSN-661 Lapon Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
SSN-662 Gurnard San Diego, CA Decommissioned
SSN-663 Hammerhead Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
SSN-664 Sea
Devil Charleston, SC Decommissioned
SSN-665 Guitarro San Diego, CA Decommissioned
SSN-666 Hawkbill Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-667 Bergall Norfolk, VA (Previously Vallejo, CA) Decommissioned
SSN-668 Spadefish Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
SSN-669 Seahorse Bremerton, WA Decommissioned
SSN-670 Finback Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
SSN-672 Pintado Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously San Diego, CA)
SSN-673 Flying
Fish Bremerton, WA Decommissioned
SSN-674 Trepang Groton, CT (Previously New London, CT)
SSN-675 Bluefish Portsmouth, NH (Previously Norfolk, VA) Decommissioned
SSN-676 Billfish Groton, CT (Previously New London, CT)
SSN-677 Drum San Diego, CA Decommissioned
SSN-678 Archerfish Groton, CT
SSN-679 Silversides Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
SSN-680 William
H. Bates Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously San Diego, CA)
SSN-681 Batfish Groton, CT (Previously Charleston, SC)
SSN-682 Tunny Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously Pearl Harbor, HI and Bremerton, WA)
SSN-683 Parche Bangor, WA (Previously Vallejo, CA)
SSN-684 Cavalla Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously Vallejo, CA)
SSN-686 L.
Mendel Rivers Norfolk, VA (Previously Charleston,
SC)
SSN-687 Richard
B. Russell Vallejo, CA Decommissioned
Benjiman Franklin Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 8,250 tons
dived. LENGTH: 425 feet. BEAM: 33 feet. SPEED: 20 knots surfaced; approximately
30 dived. POWER PLANT: one nuclear
reactor, two geared turbines, one shaft, 15,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: 16 tubes for Poseidon or
Trident missiles, four torpedo tubes.
COMPLIMENT: 144. BUILDERS:
SSBN 645, General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division; 642, Mare Island
Naval Shipyard.
SSN-642 Kamenameha Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-645 James
K. Polk Norfolk, VA (Converted into drydock-shelter-capable platforms for
special operations)
Narwhal Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 5,350 tons
dived. LENGTH: 314 feet. BEAM: 38 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots dived. POWER PLANT: one nuclear reactor, two
steam turbines, one shaft, 17,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: Mk48 Torpedoes, four torpedo tubes; Harpoon
missiles; Tomahawk (TLAM) cruise missiles. COMPLIMENT: 129.
BUILDER: General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division.
SSN-671 Narwhal Norfolk, VA (Previously Charleston, SC)
Glenard P. Lipscomb Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 6,480 tons
dived. LENGTH: 365 feet. BEAM: 32 feet. SPEED: 25-plus knots dived. POWER PLANT: one nuclear reactor,
turbine-electric drive, one shaft.
ARMAMENT: SUBROC, torpedoes, four torpedo tubes; Harpoon missiles;
Tomahawk (TLAM) cruise missiles.
COMPLIMENT: 129. BUILDER:
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division.
SSN-685 Glenard
P. Lipscomb Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
Los Angeles Class:
DISPLACEMENT: 6,900 tons
dived. LENGTH: 360 feet. BEAM: 33 feet. SPEED: 30-plus knots dived. POWER PLANT: one nuclear reactor, two
geared turbines, one shaft, approximately 35,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: Harpoon and Tomahawk (TLAM)
missiles, SUBROC (688-699), Mk48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes, VLS (Vertical
Launch System). COMPLIMENT:
143. BUILDERS: SSNs 688, 689, 691,
693, 695, 711-718, 721-723, 750, 753, 756, 758-759, 764-767, 769-770, 772-773, Newport
News Shipbuilding; 690, 692, 694, 696-710, 719-720, 724, 725, 751-752, 754-755,
757, 760-763, 768, 771, General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division.
Four of this class has been
decommissioned and more will follow as the Navy reduces its submarine force
close to a level of 55.
SSN-688 Los
Angeles Pearl Harbor, HI Commissioned in 1976
SSN-689 Baton
Rouge Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
SSN-690 Philadelphia Groton, CT
SSN-691 Memphis Norfolk, VA
SSN-692 Omaha Pearl Harbor, HI Decommissioned
SSN-693 Cincinnati Norfolk, VA Decommissioned
SSN-694 Groton Groton, CT Decommissioned
SSN-695 Birmingham Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-696 New
York City Pearl Harbor, HI Decommissioned
SSN-697 Indianapolis Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-698 Bremerton Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-699 Jacksonville Norfolk, VA
SSN-700 Dallas Groton, CT
SSN-701 La
Jolla San Diego, CA
SSN-702 Phoenix Norfolk, VA
SSN-703 Boston Groton, CT
SSN-704 Baltimore Norfolk, VA
SSN-705 City
of Corpus Christi Groton, CT
SSN-706 Albuquerque Groton, CT
SSN-707 Portsmouth San Diego, CA (Previously Norfolk, VA)
SSN-708 Minneapolis-Saint
Paul Norfolk, VA
SSN-709 Hyman
G. Rickover Norfolk, VA
SSN-710 Augusta Groton, CT
SSN-711 San
Francisco Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-712 Atlanta Norfolk, VA
SSN-713 Houston San Diego, CA
SSN-714 Norfolk Norfolk, VA
SSN-715 Buffalo Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-716 Salt
Lake City San Diego, CA
SSN-717 Olympia Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-718 Honolulu Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-719 Providence Groton, CT
SSN-720 Pittsburgh Groton, CT
SSN-721 Chicago San Diego, CA (Previously Norfolk, VA)
SSN-722 Key
West Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously Norfolk, VA)
SSN-723 Oklahoma
City Norfolk, VA
SSN-724 Louisville Pearl Harbor, HI
(Previously Groton, CT and San Diego, CA)
SSN-725 Helena Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously
Groton, CT)
SSN-750 Newport
News Norfolk, VA
688i-class:
Ships of the improved SSN-688
class, commencing with San Juan
(SSN-751),
are twice as effective as early ships of the class. These submarines have vertical launch systems (VLS),
improved weapons and increased firepower, and major improvements in quieting
and combat systems. Nine ships of
the class participated in Desert Storm and fired Tomahawk (TLAM) missiles at
Iraqi targets from operating areas in the Eastern Mediterranean. That weapon greatly enhances the strike
capability of these ships, just as it has that of surface combatants. However, the 688s simply have no room
in their hulls for further major improvements.
SSN-751 San
Juan Groton, CT
SSN-752 Pasadena Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-753 Albany Norfolk, VA
SSN-754 Topeka Pearl Harbor, HI (Previously San Diego, CA until
February 1996). Calvin’s friend San Diegan
Greg Seitz (former Palomar College Republicans Chairman) serves as
radioman/electronic warfare tech. and ROK (Republic of Korea)/DPRK (Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea) Intelligence Analyst.
SSN-755 Miami Groton, CT
SSN-756 Scranton Norfolk, VA
SSN-757 Alexandria Groton, CT
SSN-758 Asheville San Diego, CA
SSN-760 Annapolis Groton, CT
SSN-761 Springfield Groton, CT
SSN-762 Columbus Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-763 Santa
Fe Groton, CT
SSN-764 Boise Norfolk, VA
SSN-765 Montpelier Norfolk, VA
SSN-766 Charlotte Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-767 Hampton Norfolk, VA
SSN-768 Hartford Groton, CT
SSN-769 Toledo Norfolk, VA
SSN-770 Tucson Norfolk, VA
SSN-771 Columbia Pearl Harbor, HI Commissioned 9 October 1995 at
Submarine Base New London, Connecticut.
SSN-772 Greenville Pearl Harbor, HI
SSN-773 Cheyenne Norfolk, VA The last submarine in the Los Angeles-class
(SSN-688), Cheyennne (SSN-773), was completed in September
1996.
Seawolf Class:
Seawolf (SSN-21), which will be the
world’s foremost submarine, was scheduled for completion in 1995 until defective
welds in the hull sections that had been completed were discovered in July
1991. They were attributed to
unduly high carbon content in the wire being used to weld HY-100 steel which
resulted in brittleness and cracked welds throughout the 16 percent of the
submarine hull that had been completed.
Concerns over the safety of Titanium torpedo hatches also caused the
Navy to have eight breech doors manufactured of HY-100 steel; they were
ultimately installed as replacements.
However, eight muzzle doors are titanium. During sea trials in late 1996, Seawolf exceeded
expectations for speed, stealth, and and sensor performance. However, contour panels that cover a
portion of the wide-aperture sonar array pulled away from the hull. Correcting that problem required a
design change and further testing, and in turn a delay in Seawolf’s
commission until early 1997.
Congress had funded the contruction of SSN-22 in the FY
1991 defense budget and of SSN-23 in FY 1992. However, in early 1992 President George Herbert Walker Bush
sought to kill the SSN-21 program after the construction of Seawolf because it was so costly, and asked Congress to rescind
the funds already appropriated for SSN-22 and SSN-23. But Congress balked at rescinding them all, and instead rescinded
only those appropriated to construct SSN-23. Later it was recognized by by both Congress and the
Administration that cancellation of construction of SSN-22 would be almost as
costly as permitting it to be built, and that if it were canceled the Navy
would have nothing to show for the expenditure of millions of dollars for
materials, parts, etc.
Accordingly, its construction was permitted to commence, and it actually
began in September 1992. Delivery
of SSN-22, subsequently named Connecticut, is
scheduled for December 1998.
Because of concern over the declining defense industrial base, and the
loss of submarine-building experience resulting from the widening time gap
between the construction of Ohio-class SSBNs, Los Angeles-class SSNs, and Connecticut, and the finalization of plans for a new, smaller, and less
sophisticated SSN, both former SECDEF (Secretary of Defense) Les Aspin and his
successor, William Perry, supported construction of SSN-23, and Perry further
declared in December 1994 that it would be included in the FY 1996 defense
budget. He also proposed building
three New Attack Submarines (NSSN), one in each of 1998, 2000, and 2002. Under his plan, Electric Boat would
build SSN-23 and the first three NSSNs, and Newport
News Shipbuilding would not be able to compete for NSSN construction until it
reached a rate of one a year sometime after 2002. That plan touched off heated debates in both houses of
Congress over how many submarines would be built and who would build them. Eventually, Congress partially funded
construction of SSN-23, provided additional dollars for advanced procurement of
materials for the first NSSN in the FY 1996 budget, and supported a four-ship
NSSN construction program which called for contracts to be awarded to Electric
Boat for one NSSN in each of FY 1998 and 2000, and to Newport News Shipbuilding
for one ship in 1999 and 2001. It
also stipulated that new technologies were to be in each ship each year as they
became available and their worth proven.
Construction of SSN-23 commenced in December 1995.
In the FY 1997 budget, Congress completed funding for
SSN-23, provided dollars for the reactor and other materials for the first
NSSN, and added $504 million for advanced procurement of materials for the
second NSSN.
SSN-21 Seawolf
SSN-22 Connecticut Construction began in September
1992. Delivery is scheduled for
December 1998.
SSN-23 Construction finally commenced in
December 1995.
NEW ATTACK SUBMARINES (NSSN):
New, smaller, and less sophisticated SSN.
NSSN #1 Contract to be awarded to Electric
Boat in FY 1998
NSSN #2 Contract to be awarded to Newport
News Shipbuilding in FY 1999
NSSN #3 Contract to be awarded to Electric
Boat in FY 2000
NSSN #4 Contract to be awarded to Newport
News Shipbuilding in FY 2001
BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES (SSB):
STRATEGIC FORCES
BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES, NUCLEAR (SSBN):
SSBN-598 George
Washington The head of the original 41-ship
fleet and the first ship in the SSBN program.
SSBN-599
Lafayette, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin
Classes:
DISPLACEMENT: 8,250 tons
dived. LENGTH: 425 feet. BEAM: 33 feet. SPEED: 20 knots surfaced; approximately
30 dived. POWER PLANT: One nuclear
reactor, two geared turbines, one shaft, 15,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: 16 tubes for Poseiden or
Trident missiles, four torpedo tubes.
Complement: 143. BUILDERS:
SSBNs 616, 617, 623, 626, 628, 631, 633, 640, 643, 645, 655, 657, 659, General
Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division; 624, 629, 634, 642, 658, Mare Island
Naval Shipyard; 620, 636, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; 622, 625, 627, 630, 632,
635, 641, 644, 654, 656, Newport News Shipbuilding.
Lafayette Class:
SSBN-616 Lafayette Stationed in Groton, CT
SSBN-617 Alexander
Hamilton Bremerton, WA
SSBN-620 John
Adams Charleston, SC
SSBN-622 James
Monroe Charleston, SC
SSBN-624 Woodrow
Wilson Charleston, SC
SSBN-625 Henry
Clay Charleston, SC
SSBN-626 Daniel
Webster Groton, CT
James Madison Class:
SSBN-627 James
Madison Stationed in Charleston, SC
SSBN-628 Tecumseh Charleston, SC
SSBN-629 Daniel
Boone Charleston, SC
SSBN-630 John
C. Calhoun Charleston, SC
SSBN-631 Ulysses
S. Grant Groton, CT
SSBN-632 Von
Steuben Charleston, SC
SSBN-633 Casimir
Pulaski Charleston, SC
SSBN-634 Stonewall
Jackson Charleston, SC
SSBN-635 Sam
Rayburn Charleston, SC
Benjamin Franklin Class:
SSBN-640 Benjamin
Franklin Stationed in Charleston, SC
SSBN-641 Simon
Bolivar Charleston, SC
SSBN-642 Kamehameha Groton, CT
SSBN-643 George
Bancroft Charleston, SC
SSBN-644 Lewis
and Clark Charleston, SC
SSBN-645 James
K. Polk Portsmouth, NH
SSBN-654 George
C. Marshall Groton, CT
SSBN-655 Henry
L. Stimson Charleston, SC
SSBN-656 George
Washington Carver Groton, CT
SSBN-657 Francis
Scott Key Charleston, SC
SSBN-658 Mariano
G. Vallejo Charleston, SC
SSBN-659 Will
Rogers The last ship in
the SSBN program. Groton, CT
Ohio Class Trident SSBN:
DISPLACEMENT: 18,700 tons
dived. LENGTH: 560 feet. BEAM: 42 feet. SPEED: 20-plus knots. POWER PLANT: One nuclear reactor, two
geared turbines, one shaft, 60,000 shaft horsepower. ARMAMENT: 24 tubes for Trident missiles, four torpedo
tubes. COMPLEMENT: 155. BUILDER: General Dynamics’
Electric Boat Division.
SSBN-726 Ohio Stationed in Bangor, WA
SSBN-727 Michigan Bangor, WA
SSBN-728 Florida Bangor, WA
SSBN-729 Georgia Bangor, WA
SSBN-730 Henry
M. Jackson Bangor, WA
SSBN-731 Alabama Stationed in Bangor, Washington
SSBN-732 Alaska Bangor, WA
SSBN-733 Nevada Bangor, WA
SSBN-734 Tennessee Commissioned in January 1989, it’s the ninth ship of the class
and the first to receive the advanced D-5 Trident missile. Stationed in Bangor, Washington?
SSBN-735 10 Bangor, WA?
SSBN-736 11
SSBN-737 12
SSBN-734 13
SSBN-735 14
SSBN-736 15
SSBN-737 16
SSBN-738 17
SSBN-739 18
SSBN-740 19
SSBN-741 20
SSBN-742 21
Trident
Class General
Dynamics
Maine General
Dynamics
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD CUTTERS:
USCGC Escanaba (Medium-endurance cutter)
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ACRONYMS:
CBG Carrier
Battle Group
CIWS Close-In
Weapon System
SAG Surface
Action Group
TLAM Tomahawk Land-Attack, long-range cruise Missle
VLS Vertical
Launch System
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