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USS Chosin, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, patrols the Gulf of Aden in support of counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations under a mission-based mandate to actively deter, disrupt, and suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Edgington)
Navy Visual News Service
Date: 01.01.2010
Location: USS Chosin, At Sea
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USS Siboney ID-2999 arriving at US Naval training station in Hampton Roads, VA on 8 Aug, 1919, during this trip she was carrying Admiral Henry T. Mayo and Congressman Thomas S. Butler and US Marines home from France. Siboney was built as SS Oriente by Wm Cramp and sons and launched on 15 Aug, 1917, she was acquired by the Navy on 8 April, 1918 and renamed for the marine landing at Siboney Cuba. Siboney was decommissioned on 10 Sept, 1919 and returned to her owners. later she was reacquired by the US Army for transport duty and later converted into the hospital ship Charles A Stafford during WWII and scrapped in 1957. I have never seen this photo before until I bought the original.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Siboney_(ID-2999)
Another photo from the same day:
www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/alphabet...
and the photo taken by the photographer standing at far left:
www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections...
USS New Jersey (BB-62) ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and is the only U.S. battleship to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War.
During World War II, New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall Islands. During the Korean War, she was involved in raids up and down the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet". She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support U.S. troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969. Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the 600-ship Navy program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. In 1983, she participated in U.S. operations during the Lebanese Civil War.
New Jersey was decommissioned for the last time in 1991 (after serving a total of 21 years in the active fleet), having earned a Navy Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam and 19 battle and campaign stars for combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War, and service in the Persian Gulf. After a brief retention in the mothball fleet, she was donated to the Home Port Alliance in Camden, New Jersey, and began her career as a museum ship 15 October 2001.
USS GLENNON DD840
Class……………………………Gearing class destroyer
Builder……………………….. Bath Iron Works, Bath ME
Yard number………………. 260
Laid down..………………….12 March 1945
Launched….…………………14 July 1945
Completed.………………….4 October 1945
Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts : 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox oil fired boilers
Speed..…………………………36.5 knots
Range…………………………..4500nm at 20 knots
Fate
1 October 1976: Decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Register .
26 February 1981: Sunk as target off Puerto Rico
The USS Ranger!, Hull Number DD-19.
A reverse-engineered copy of the incredible SHIP made by Red Spacecat: the USS Saratoga. All credits to him!! Check his Photostream!
It was built on 2012 Christmas, and when I saw Wezra's LDD version, I also wanted to share it.
Construction is slightly different from Wezra's, specially the rear engine ports construction.
Clin d'oeil à Charly Zamour
L’USS Intrepid (CV-11) est un porte-avions de classe Essex de l’United States Navy. Il fut mis en service le 16 août 1943 et il est le quatrième navire de l’US Navy à porter ce nom. Il participa à la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans le théâtre du Pacifique, ainsi qu'à la guerre du Viêt Nam. En outre, il fut navire récupérateur pour les missions spatiales des programmes Mercury et Gemini de la NASA.
Désarmé, il est actuellement navire musée dans le port de New York à l'Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum.
Between 2009-2010, close photography friends and I found ourselves monomaniacally obsessed with documenting the last days of the Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet (which is now largely scrapped). These trips were not officially sanctioned. In fact, we received a lot of grief because of it. Despite that, it was one of the proudest moments of my life. Countless volunteers, museums, and small organizations had made efforts to save these maritime time capsules to no avail - despite their monumental efforts. The ships' contribution to bay water pollution didn't help in their preservation cause.
Thousands upon thousands of seamen and women remember these ships, but only a small fraction of the ships remain to be remembered. Pictured here is the mess hall floor of the U.S.S. Glacier. The Glacier was an improved icebreaker, but only larger and more powerful. Its bow had the characteristic sloping nose, enabling the ship ride up heavy ice and break it with the weight of the vessel. When built, Glacier had the largest capacity single armature DC motors ever installed on a ship and could break ice up to 20 feet thick.
We were almost apprehended on this ship, but she protected us at a critical moment. I will always miss this majestic ship's hidden nooks and crannies, its crows' nest and the numerous hand-painted murals designed by the Coast Guard crew.
We lose things constantly. At the very least, society should allow us to document them, but that - too - rarely happens quickly enough...
USS Oregon BB-3 after a long deployment, photo by Brown Brothers of New York NY. Cabinet card photo from my collection.
USS Sims was withdrawn from Iceland in late 1941 to escort USS Yorktown to the Pacific. Sims was sunk at the battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May 1942.
There are four rows of marble columns at the memorial. Each is inscribed with the name and rank of each of the 429 men who were killed aboard USS Oklahoma in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Please visit the album with the rest of the photos of this memorial.
USS Iowa docked in San Pedro, California.
Photographed with a Leica IIf camera with an Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 3.5cm f/3.5 lens. The film is Kodak Panatomic-X expired 3/1963, developed in Rodinal 1:50.
When I was on vacation I got to visit the USS Hornet. I got to see cool stuff and take a few shots ;)
The USS Iowa on Memorial Day weekend in the Port of Richmond before the long tow to southern California. Iowa has a displacement of about 45,000 tons; for comparison, the Nimitz class of aircraft carriers are around 100,000 tons and the largest oil tanker ever built (the Seawise Giant) 649,000 when full.
Nikon 18-55 @ 50mm, f/8 (?). Several exposures aligned with Hugin and averaged to simulate a longer shutter time (except for the flag which I took only from a single exposure); the usual boosting and sky effects in GIMP.
Explore 5/26/12 (225)
A roughly trophyfigure (or 1:130) scale model of the snow-brig USS Niagara. The wooden hulled ship served in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. She is now a certified sail training ship for the US Coastguard and is normally docked at the Erie Maritime Museum in Pennsylvania.
This model may be found on Mecabricks here: mecabricks.com/en/models/QVzvMJn7aJp
Note: The dolphin striker was intended to be made from a dementor's leg piece but that part is not available on Mecabricks or I have not found it yet. The ratchet is a rough substitute.
Sorry it's taken so long, but I've finally got the individual pics of each ship up. I'm far too proud of the LCARS background I chopped up in photoshop, it was very fun.
But anyway, here's my favourite of the bunch, the USS Manchester. As with all the others, it's named for somewhere I've been. (USS Pointyship, while my first name choice (a #lego injoke at that) didn't quite have the decorum for this flagship.)
The saucer section is quite heavily inspired by Voyager, but the rear section is entirely original. Zoom!
A model of the USS Enterprise Refit/A I made to commemorate The Motion Picture's anniversary. This one is 32cm/12.5in long & 487 pcs.
Instructions: liliumbrickyards.com/product/uss-enterprise-a/
USS Marblehead (CL-12) was an Omaha class light cruiser that survived the disastrous campaign in the Dutch East Indies then served in the South Atlantic for most of the war, as well as supporting Operation Dragoon, the invasion of the south of France. She won two battle stars for her action in the war.
Various views of the super carrier USS Nimitz at anchor off Royal Roads during a recent visit to Victoria, B.C.
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USS Jupiter at Mare Island Navy Yard between 18 and 31 July 1913. USS Prometheus is aft of Jupiter: undergoing conversion to a repair ship. When completed in December 1914 Ontario would be renamed USS Prometheus. Note the bow of YW-16 visible forward of Jupiter.
USS Wampanoag, a 4215-ton steam frigate, was laid down at the New York Navy Yard in 1863 as part of a Civil War program of large, very fast, steam cruisers. Launched in December 1864, her completion was slowed by the coming of peace and she was not commissioned until September 1867. Wampanoag ran trials in February 1868, reaching speeds in excess of 17 knots, a very high figure for that time. Following brief service as flagship of the North Atlantic Fleet, she decommissioned in May 1868. A year later, while laid up, her name was changed to Florida. In 1874, the ship was refitted for use as store ship at the New London Naval Station, Connecticut, where she remained until sold in February 1885.
The USS ESSEX (CV9) the lead ship of the Essex Class was laid down in April 1941. This was followed by several additional carriers of the class which included USS KEARSARGE (CV-12) which was laid down on 3 August 1942 as World War II raged. Taking shape at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, the ship's name honoured the steam sloop USS which defeated CSS Alabama during the Civil War. With the loss of USS Hornet (CV-8) at the Battle of Santa Cruz in October 1942, the name of the new carrier was changed to USS Hornet (CV-12) to honour its predecessor. On 30 August 1943, Hornet slid down the ways with Annie Knox, wife of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, serving as sponsor. Eager to have the new carrier available for combat operations, the US Navy pushed its completion and the ship was commissioned on 29 November 1944 with Captain Miles R. Browning in command.
For my video; youtu.be/x5q4no5hl0Q,
The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor led to the United States' involvement in World War II.
The memorial, built in 1962, is visited by more than two million people annually. Accessible only by boat, it straddles the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it. Historical information about the attack, shuttle boats to and from the memorial, and general visitor services are available at the associated USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, which opened in 1980 and is operated by the National Park Service. The battleship's sunken remains were declared a National Historic Landmark on May 5, 1989.
The USS Arizona Memorial is one of several sites in Hawaii that are part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.
Pu‘uloa, Hawaii, United States
USS Galveston (CL-93/ CLG-3) was laid down as a Cleveland class light cruiser but was eventually completed as a guided missile cruiser and served throughout the 1960s, fighting in Vietnam.
The Galveston was laid down on 20 February 1944 and was launched on 22 April 1945. Work continued even after the end of the Second World War and she was almost complete when construction was suspended on 24 June 1946. The partially completed cruiser was allocated to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where she remained for the next decade.
In the mid 1950s it was decided to convert a number of Cleveland class cruisers into guided missile cruisers, and the Galveston was one of the ships that were chosen. She was reclassified as CLG-93 on 4 February 1956, retaining her original 'cruiser' number, but was reclassified as CLG-3 on 23 May 1957 when the guided missile cruisers were given their own numerical sequence. She was finally commissioned on 28 May 1958 and began a prolonged period of tests and trials of her new Talos missile system.
AQlways lovely to look at as this picture, courtesy of the US Navy shows
CHARLESTOWN, Mass (Aug. 19, 2012) The world’s oldest commissioned warship, USS Constitution, sails under her own power. This is only the second time in 131 years traveling without help. The last time Constitution sailed was 1997. This exercise commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Constitution’s victory over the British frigate Guerriere during the War of 1812. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andrew Meyers/ Released)
USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) is the third San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock and the first ship of the US Navy to be named for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The ship is designed to deliver a fully equipped battalion of up to 800 Marines.
The contract to build her was awarded on 29 February 2000 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of Pascagoula, MS., and her keel was laid down on 25 February 2003. She was launched on 19 November 2004, and christened on 15 January 2005 with Linda Price Campbell, wife of former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, serving as the ship’s sponsor. The ship was commissioned on 15 December 2007 in Panama City, FL.
Almost 25,000 tons full load, she can carry two landing craft air cushion (LCACs) and her flight deck is large enough to operate four CH-46 Sea Knights or two MV-22 Ospreys at the same time.
Seen here alongside in Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, plunging the United States into World War II.
USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) was the second of two Florida class dreadnought battleships. The first ship of the United States Navy named after the state of Utah, she had one sister ship, Florida. Utah was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, laid down in March 1909 and launched in December of that year.
Utah was converted into a radio-controlled target ship, to replace the older North Dakota. On 1 July 1931, Utah was accordingly redesignated "AG-16". All of her primary and secondary weapons were removed, though her turrets were still mounted.
In early December 1941, Utah was moored off Ford Island in berth F-11, after having completed another round of anti-aircraft gunnery training. Shortly before 08:00 on the morning of 7 December, some crewmen aboard Utah observed the first Japanese planes approaching to attack Pearl Harbor, but they assumed they were American aircraft. The Japanese began their attack shortly thereafter, the first bombs falling near a seaplane ramp on the southern tip of Ford Island. At the same time sixteen Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers from the Japanese aircraft carriers Sōryū and Hiryū flew over Pearl City approaching the west side of Ford Island. The torpedo bombers were looking for American aircraft carriers, which usually anchored where Utah was moored that morning. The flight leaders identified Utah and rejected her as a target, deciding instead to attack 1010 Dock. However six of the B5Ns from Soryu led by Lieutenant Nakajima Tatsumi broke off to attack Utah, not recognizing that the shapes over the barbettes were not turrets, but boxes covering empty holes. Six torpedoes were launched against Utah, two of them struck the battleship while another missed and hit the cruiser Raleigh.
Serious flooding started to quickly overwhelm Utah and she began to list to port and settle by the stern. As the crew began to abandon ship, one man—Chief Watertender Peter Tomich—remained below decks to ensure as many men as possible could escape, and to keep vital machinery running as long as possible; he received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions.At 08:12, Utah rolled over onto her side, while those crew members who had managed to escape swam to shore. Almost immediately after reaching shore, the ship's senior officer on board, Commander Solomon Isquith, heard knocking from men trapped in the capsized ship. He called for volunteers to secure a cutting torch from the badly damaged cruiser Raleigh and attempt to free trapped men; they succeeded in rescuing four men. In total, 58 officers and men were killed, though 461 survived
USS CROWNINSHIELD DD134
Class……………………………Wickes-class Destroyer
Builder………………………..Bath Iron Works
Yard number……………….81
Laid down..………………….5 November 1918
Launched….…………………24 July 1919
Completed.………………….6 August 1919
Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts driven by Parsons Geared Steam Turbines with steam supplied by 4 Normand oil fired boilers
Speed..…………………………35 knots
Range………………………….. 3800 nm at 15 knots (see below)
Fate
1940: Transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS CHELSEA with the pennant number I35
1942: Transferred to Canada with the same name (HMCS CHELSEA)
1943: Returned to the Royal Navy and placed in reserve.
1944: Transferred to Russia and renamed DERZKIY
1949: Returned to the UK and broken up without being recommissioned into the Royal Navy.
DESIGN GENESIS
Ships differed radically in performance, particularly in fuel economy, so that although the Wickes was credited with about 3178nm at 20krs, Fore River boats were credited with no more than about 3400nm at 15kts, and other Bethlehem ships were credited with only about 2300nm-2400nm at 15kts. The best 107 Bath ships were described as 'Long Radius Boats'.(NavyPedia)