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US Navy - Attack SubmarineSSN 750 - USS Newport News |
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Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Los Angeles class (Flight II / VLS) Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Newport News, Virginia, USA
STATUS: Awarded: April 19, 1982 Laid down: March 3, 1984 Launched: March 15, 1986 Commissioned: June 3, 1989 IN SERVICE (2015)
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia Namesake: City of Newport News, Virginia Ships Motto: MAGNI NOMINIS UMBRA (under the shadow of a great name) Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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USS Newport News (SSN 750): The third Newport News (SSN-750) was laid down on 3 March 1984 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; launched on 15 March 1986; sponsored by Mrs. Rosemary D. Trible, wife of Senator Paul S. Trible Jr., Virginia; and was commissioned on 3 June 1989 at Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Va., Cmdr. Mark B. Keef in command. Newport News, Cmdr. Frederick J. Capria in command, deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom I and on 21 and 22 March 2003, she joined 29 other U.S. and British ships and submarines that fired Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) against Iraqi military targets. On 3 December 2003, Capria received the Bronze Star for his command of the attack boat during these battles. “The Submarine Force brings stealth, endurance, agility, and firepower to the battlefield, and these three units are shining examples of those characteristics,” Vice Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, Commander Naval Submarine Forces explained. “The success of these submarines is the direct result of the superior leadership skills of the three commanding officers before you today," he continued. "These skills, coupled with the ability to make tough decisions that only commanding officers must make, are the reasons we are here today.” “It’s actually very rewarding, not so much the recognition for me, but the recognition for the ship,” Capria added. “After an extensive shipyard period in 2002, the crew quickly transformed Newport News from an industrial environment to a front-line warrior.” Newport News, Cmdr. Matthew A. Weingart in command, collided with Japanese-flagged Mogamigawa, a 299,999-ton tanker operated by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., while Newport News passed submerged southbound through the Strait of Hormuz at about 2215 on 8 January 2008. Neither vessel reported any casualties, but the impact damaged the submarine’s forward ballast tanks and lightly damaged one of the merchantman’s four forward screws and a ballasting tank. Mogamigawa continued under her own power to a nearby port in the United Arab Emirates and subsequently accomplished repairs. Newport News came about and returned to her previous port of call, Mina Salman, Bahrain, where she conducted an initial damage assessment and completed temporary repairs to the ballast tanks. Shortly after the collision, Capt. Norman B. Moore relieved Cmdr. Weingart as commanding officer. Capt. Daniel P. Forney relieved Capt. Moore on 18 January, and on 12 February, Cmdr. David W. Alldridge relieved Capt. Forney. Newport News returned to Norfolk on 24 April. source: US Naval History & Heritage Command - - - Newport News returned to Norfolk, Virginia, following a six-month overseas deployment that included operations in the Middle East. In support of Operation Iraqi Freedom she launched 19 UGM-109C Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles in March 2003. She deployed in August 2004, first to take part in joint operations with allied navies in the North Atlantic, then to the U.S. Central Command area of operations "in support of national security interests and the global war on terrorism." Collision with Japanese ship On 8 January 2007, Newport News was operating submerged in the Arabian Sea south of the Straits of Hormuz when it hit the Japanese tanker Mogamigawa. She had been operating as part of Carrier Strike Group 8 (CSG-8), organized around the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). The Carrier Strike Group was redeploying to the Indian Ocean to support a maritime cordon during the war in Somalia when the incident happened. The Newport News suffered damage to her bow, but there was no damage to the sail, mast or reactor, and she made for port in Bahrain under her own power. Newport News was escorted from the mouth of the Straits of Hormuz to Bahrain by the Guided Missile Destroyer USS Benfold. This was due to the fact that the submarine was unable to transit submerged and has no surface defense capabilities. During the transit, Iranian aircraft and warships shadowed the ships. An official of the Kawasaki Kisen Company (or K Line), which owns the tanker, announced that Mogamigawa 's hull and propellers were damaged. According to a Navy spokesman, the collision occurred as a result of the venturi effect. The tanker drove over the area where the submarine was submerged and this created a sucking effect that forced the submarine upward to the surface. The incident was the third collision between a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine and a Japanese civilian ship. On 29 January, after the boat returned to Bahrain for repairs, administrative personnel actions (Admiral's Mast) were taken against several members of her crew, which included relieving the boat's commanding officer, Commander Matthew A. Weingart, of command due to a lack of confidence in his ability to command. On 10 April the Iranian Fars News Agency reported that the Newport News has been leaking radioactive and chemical pollution in the Persian Gulf and claimed that following this formal complaint, the ship departed the gulf for a complete overhaul.[9] The US Navy Fifth Fleet denied this claim restating that damage was limited to the bow and that the sail, mast and reactors were not damaged. On 2 October 2007 the U.S. Navy agreed to pay Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, the company that owns Mogamigawa an undisclosed amount in compensation for the collision. source: wikipedia (2015) |
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