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Tomahawk cruise missile. USS Newport News (SSN-750), a Los Angeles -class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 3 March 1984.
Aviation facilities. 2 × aircraft catapults. Helipad (later conversion) USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines -class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship and the last active all-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy.
USS Newport News collision with Japanese tanker Mogamigawa On 8 January 2007, USS Newport News was transiting submerged in the Strait of Hormuz when she hit the Japanese tanker Mogamigawa . [12] She had been operating as part of Carrier Strike Group 8 (CSG-8), organised around the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower [13] and dispatched to ...
USS Tautog (SSN-639) USS Thomas A. Edison. USS Thresher (SSN-593) USS Tucson (SSN-770) USS Tullibee (SS-284) Categories: Submarine accidents. Submarines of the United States Navy. Maritime incidents in the United States.
Columbus. (SSN-762) Naval Station Pearl Harbor (Currently Newport News Shipbuilding for overhaul [1] .) USS Columbus (SSN-762) is a Los Angeles -class nuclear powered fast attack submarine and the second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Columbus, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of ...
USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for General of the Army George C. Marshall (1880-1959), who served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949 and as U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1950 to 1951.
The collision occurred about 1:00 am local time (5:00 pm EST, 19 March 2009) as Hartford and New Orleans transited the Strait of Hormuz. The collision inflicted minor injuries on 15 sailors on Hartford and ruptured a fuel tank on New Orleans, spilling 25,000 US gal (95,000 L) of diesel fuel. Both vessels continued on under their own power. [1]
HMAS Perth (D 38) was the lead ship of the Perth -class guided missile destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in the United States to a modified version of the Charles F. Adams design, Perth entered service with the RAN in 1965. The destroyer made three deployments to the Vietnam War, earning a RAN battle honour and two ...