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USS Nicholson

Not to be confused with USS Nicholson (TB-29), USS Nicholson (DD-52), USS Nicholson (DD-442)

## Information

### Fate

Sunk as a target, 2004

USS Nicholson (DD-982) was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

### Career

USS Nicholson deployed in the Persian Gulf in 1983. She returned to South Carolina after a refuel in Djibouti.

IN February 1990, she went on deployment with USS Dahlgren in the Persian Gulf. During this deployment, she was overflown by a pair of Iranian aircraft repeatedly.

In January 1992, she formed a task force with many other ships, including HNoMS Oslo, HMCS Skeena, HMS Brave, HMS Exeter (D89), HNLMS Jacob Van Heemskerck, HNLMS Bloys Van Treslong, KDM Olsfert Fisher, FGS Niedersachsen, and FGS Rheinland-Pfalz.

USS Nicholson was deployed with USS Saratoga as a part of Task Force 60 in early 1994.

She went on two more uneventful deployments before a deployment with USS Halyburton to replace USS Stump and USS Stephen W. Groves on December 10th, 1996.

She then took part in a SINKEX in 1998, with USS Philippine Sea, USS Thorn, and USS Enterprise. This resulted in the sinking of USS Richmond K. Turner, a decommissioned ship.

She performed strikes on Iraq throughout 1998.

USS Nicholson was involved in a minor collision with USS Detroit (AOE-4).

USS Nicholson deployed with various CSGs and ARGs through the rest of her career, until her decommissioning in 2002.
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee

## USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)

USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee

**USS *Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee* (DDG-123)** is a United States Navy *Arleigh Burke*-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 73rd overall for the class. She is named for Chief Nurse Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (1874–1941), a pioneering Navy nurse who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I, and the first woman to be awarded the Navy Cross.

Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded the contract for *Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee* in June 2013 and began fabrication of the vessel in January 2017. The ship's keel was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 14 November 2017. She was christened on 24 April 2021 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. On 30 November 2022, *Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee* was delivered to the Navy, and commissioned in Key West, Florida on 13 May 2023.
BNS Abu Bakr

Not to be confused with BNS Abu Bakr (2014)

## BNS Abu Bakr (F 15)

BNS Abu Bakr (F 15), formerly HMS Lynx (F27), was a Leopard-class or Type 41 frigate of the Royal Navy and later Bangladesh Navy.

### Career

HMS Lynx was sold to Bangladesh in 1982.

In November 2008, along with BNS Nirbhoy and BNS Madhumati, she intercepted a Myanmar Navy flotilla intruding in disputed waters.

She was decommissioned in 2014.
USS Jeremiah Denton

## USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129)

USS Jeremiah Denton

**USS *Jeremiah Denton* (DDG-129)** is a planned *Arleigh Burke*-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 79th overall for the class. She will be named in honor of former U.S. Senator for Alabama, Admiral Jeremiah Denton (USN), a Vietnam War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross. *Jeremiah Denton* will be the fourth ship of the Flight III series.
USS Sam Nunn

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## USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133)

USS Sam Nunn, artist's depiction

**USS *Sam Nunn* (DDG-133)** is a planned *Arleigh Burke*-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 83rd overall for the class. She was named on 6 May 2019 by Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer in honor of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. Nunn was a U.S. Senator representing Georgia, who served in Congress from 1972 to 1997, and was chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
SPS Canaria

## SPS Canaria/Canarias (F86)

SPS Canaria

***Canarias* (F86)**, is the last of the six Spanish-built *Santa Maria*-class frigates of the Spanish Navy, which are based on the American *Oliver Hazard Perry*-class design. The *Santa Maria* class offer both anti-air and anti-submarine defence for the Spanish Navy. The frigate was laid down by Bazan on 15 April 1992 and launched on 21 June 1993. Upon entering service on 14 December 1994, *Canarias* was homeported at Rota and assigned to the 41st Escort Squadron. *Canarias* has been assigned to Operation Atalanta of the Somali coast, combatting piracy and Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea, intercepting illegal trafficking of migrants.

### Career

The sixth and last hull of the *Santa Maria* class was ordered on 26 December 1989. The ship was laid down on 15 April 1992 by Bazan at their shipyard in Ferrol, Spain. *Canarias* was launched on 21 June 1993 and commissioned in service on 14 December 1994. Upon entering service, *Canarias* was homeported at Rota and assigned to the 41st Escort Squadron.

In 2008, *Canarias* was one of three ships of the class that suffered damage after a crane fell on the frigates while tied up at Rota. In 2009, *Canarias* was assigned to Operation Atalanta, the international effort to fight piracy off Somalia. On 5 October, *Canarias* arrested two of the hijackers of the tuna boat *Alakrana* that had been captured by Somali pirates. *Canarias* was reinforced by the frigate *Méndez Núñez* on 26 October. The two Spanish vessels recovered *Alakrana* on 18 November 2009. Spanish helicopters operating from the ships fired upon a pirate zodiac and skiff during the operation. In early 2011, *Canarias* was deployed again off the coast of Somalia. On 11 March 2011, *Canarias* aided the disabled cargo ship *RAK Afrikana* off the coast of Somalia. The Italian frigate *Zeffiro*, with the aid of *Canarias*, assisted the crew of *RAK Afrikana* in disembarking the vessel before it sank. On 31 March 2011, *Canarias* captured 11 Somali pirates that attempted to hijack a fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean.

In September 2015, the frigate was assigned to Operation Sophia, the interception of illegal trafficking of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. *Canarias* rescued 517 migrants from traffickers in November 2015, destroying their vessel after recovering the passengers. *Canarias* rescued over 1,100 migrants from traffickers before returning to Rota in January 2016. *Canarias* returned to Operation Sophia in January 2017.

In 2019, *Canarias*, once again operating off the Somali coast, responded to a distress call from a Somali Navy vessel that had become disabled. *Canarias* aided the Somali personnel in getting their craft operating again.
USNS Amelia Earhart

## USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6)

USNS Amelia Earhart

USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) is a Lewis and Clark-class Dry Cargo Ship of the United States Navy.

### Career

Throughout her construction, USNS Amelia Earhart had many issues, including a engine falling from a mount and crushing several parked cars.

She participated in CARAT 2010.

On November 20, 2014, she suffered a collision with USNS Walter S. Diehl off the coast of Yemen.
United States Marine Corps

USMC Flag

The **United States Marine Corps** (**USMC**), also referred to as the **United States Marines**, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

The Marine Corps has been part of the U.S. Department of the Navy since 30 June 1834 with its sister service, the United States Navy. The USMC operates installations on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world. Additionally, several of the Marines' tactical aviation squadrons, primarily Marine Fighter Attack squadrons, are also embedded in Navy carrier air wings and operate from the aircraft carriers.

The history of the Marine Corps began when two battalions of Continental Marines were formed on 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia as a service branch of infantry troops capable of fighting both at sea and on shore. In the Pacific theater of World War II, the Corps took the lead in a massive campaign of amphibious warfare, advancing from island to island. As of 2022, the USMC has around 177,200 active duty members and some 32,400 personnel in reserve.
Republic of Singapore Navy

Singapore's naval ensign

The **Republic of Singapore Navy** (**RSN**) is the maritime service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for defending the country against any seaborne threats and as a guarantor of its sea lines of communications. The RSN traces its origins to the Royal Navy when Singapore was still a crown colony of the British Empire. The service was formally established in 1967, two years after its independence from Malaysia in 1965, and had undergone a substantial modernisation ever since – which has led them into becoming the most powerful navy in Southeast Asia.

The RSN also regularly conducts operations with the navies of its neighbouring countries to combat piracy and terrorist threats in the congested littoral waters of the Strait of Malacca and Singapore. It also jointly operates the Fokker 50 maritime patrol aircraft with its counterparts from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) to provide air surveillance of the seaward approaches to Singapore, which is one of the busiest sealanes in the world. The RSN has engaged in international anti-piracy operations further abroad, partaking in the multinational Combined Task Force 151 off the Gulf of Aden.

Though numerically small in comparison to its much larger neighbours in terms of tonnage and manpower reserves, the RSN counteracts by continuously seeking to maintain a qualitative superiority over any adversary through the implementation of new technologies, fostering of alliances with extra-regional navies, and increased reliance on automation and unmanned assets. This has made the RSN one of the most sophisticated and well trained navies in the region. In addition, bilateral exercises with foreign navies are also held regularly.

All commissioned ships of the RSN have the ship prefix *RSS* standing for *Republic of Singapore Ship*.
RSS Endurance

Not to be confused with RSS Endurance (LS201)

## RSS Endurance (207)

RSS Endurance

RSS Endurance (207) is an Endurance-class landing platform dock of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Career

In 2004, RSS Endurance took part in Exercise Sea Sabre 2004 as part of the Proliferation Security Initiative.

She delivered aid to Aceh in 2005 after a tsunami, joined by RSS Persistence and later RSS Endeavour.

RSS Endurance took part in the NYC International Naval Review, being the first Singaporean vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
USS Decatur (DD-341)

Not to be confused with USS Decatur (DD-5), USS Decatur (Gunboat), USS Decatur (DD-936), or USS Decatur (DDG-73)

## Information

### Fate

Scrapped 1945

USS Decatur (DD-341) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

### Career

USS Decatur served in convoy escort from September 1941 to May 1942, from Canada to Iceland. Throughout 1943 she escorted ships off the East Coast. In November, she joined the USS Card task group. In 1944 she visited the Mediterranean and was flagship of Task Force 64. She was overhauled but then decommissioned in 1945 and scrapped later that year.
USS Chung-Hoon

## USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)

USS Chung-Hoon, 2013

**USS *Chung-Hoon* (DDG-93)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class Aegis destroyer serving in the United States Navy (USN). *Chung-Hoon* was named in honor of Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979), recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star.

The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems on 6 March 1998, and her keel was laid down on 14 January 2002, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Incorporated. She was launched on 11 January 2003, sponsored by Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon of Honolulu, Hawaii, Chung-Hoon's niece, and commissioned on 18 September 2004.

She is part of the Pacific Fleet and homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

### Service History

In October 2005 while operating 360 nautical miles (670 km) northeast of Kahului, *Chung-Hoon* responded to a distress call from the bulk freighter *C-Laurel*. *Chung-Hoon* provided emergency medical care until the ship was within range of Coast Guard aircraft.

In September 2006 *Chung-Hoon* served as host ship to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Luhu-class destroyer *Qingdao* during *Qingdao*'s visit to Pearl Harbor. The two ships conducted communications and mobility exercises on 10 September 2006. According to Xinhua News Agency, it was the first such exercise by USN and PLAN ships and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years.

On 20 January 2009 *Chung-Hoon* departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the *Boxer* Expeditionary Strike Group.

On 8 March 2009 *Chung-Hoon* was escorting the surveillance vessel USNS *Impeccable* after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters 75 miles (121 km) south of Hainan.

In 2010 the ship assisted the Philippine Navy in the Sulu Sea in operations against Islamic militants. After returning to Pearl Harbor, the ship redeployed to the western Pacific beginning on 1 June 2011.

The Republic of Singapore Navy ships RSS *Vigour*, RSS *Stalwart* and RSS *Supreme* conducted joint exercise CARAT 2011 with *Chung-Hoon* on 23 August 2011.

On 27 January 2016 the ship deployed on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the USS *John C. Stennis* Strike Group, the so-called Great Green Fleet.

On 5 January 2023 *Chung-Hoon*, while deployed to the U.S. Seventh Fleet sailed through the Taiwan Strait. She then conducted underway training with BRP *Conrado Yap* of the Philippine Navy on 17 April 2023.

On 3 June 2023, People's Liberation Army Navy warship *Suzhou* cut across the bow of *Chung-Hoon* while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait together with HMCS *Montréal*; the closest point of approach was 150 yards (140 m).

On 6 August 2023, *Chung-Hoon* and three other destroyers responded to a joint Chinese-Russian patrol in international waters near Alaska. The Chinese-Russian flotilla left without incident.

### In Popular Culture

In the novel *2034*, written by Eliiot Ackerman and Admiral James G. Stavridis, *Chung-Hoon* is one of two US ships sunk in a naval battle that sparks World War III.
CH-53 Sea Stallion

## Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion

CH-53 Sea Stallion

The **CH-53 Sea Stallion** (**Sikorsky S-65**) is an American family of heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. The Sea Stallion was originally developed in response to a request from the United States Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons made in March 1962 for a replacement for the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave helicopters flown by the United States Marine Corps (USMC).

In July 1962, Sikorsky's proposal, which was basically a scaled-up S-61R fitted with twin General Electric T64 turboshaft engines and the dynamic system of the S-64/CH-54, was selected. On 14 October 1964, the YCH-53A performed its maiden flight; the first deliveries of production CH-53s to operational units commenced on 12 September 1966. The first combat use of the type occurred during the following year when it was deployed to the Vietnam theatre; the CH-53 quickly proved its value for moving heavy payloads, particularly in the recovery of damaged aircraft.

Several variants of the type were promptly introduced. The United States Air Force introduced the HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant", configured for special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) missions, during the latter part of the Vietnam War; the majority of these were subsequently rebuilt into the MH-53 Pave Low. The dimensionally-similar CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavier-lifting improved version of the rotorcraft, designated *S-80E* by Sikorsky; its third engine makes it more powerful than the Sea Stallion and thus displaced it for the heavy-lift mission. Furthermore, many early-build CH-53s were refitted with more powerful engines, while others were reconfigured for different mission roles, such as US presidential flights, training, and airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) operations.

Several export deals for the CH-53 were made, leading to several international operators of the type. Amongst the most prolific of these are Germany, Iran, and Israel. Several unusual or high-profile operations have been undertaken, such as the capture and transportation of a Soviet advanced radar system to Israel under Operation Rooster 53 in 1969, Iran's capture of five American CH-53s as a result of Operation Eagle Claw in 1980. Various operators deployed their CH-53s during international missions, often under the auspices of NATO or the United Nations, such as for UNSCOM in Iraq, in Kosovo with KFOR and IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the ISAF in Afghanistan. While several operated have opted to retain the type into the twenty-first century, numerous operators others have opted to supplement or withdraw their Sea Stallions in favour of other platforms, sometimes with the more powerful CH-53E.
USSRS Novorossiysk

Not to be confused with USSRS Novorossiysk (Battleship) or RFS Novorossiysk

USSRS Novorossiysk

USSRS Novorossiysk was a Kiev-class aircraft carrier of the Soviet and Russian Navy.

### Career

In 1983 she was shadowed by USS Fife.

USSRS Novorossiysk took part in a show of force in 1985. Bear bombers directed Backfires to targets while USSRS Novorossiysk and her battle group did anti-sub exercises.

In 1991 she did her final voyage, just before the breakup of the Soviet Union.

She was decommissioned in 1993 and scrapped in 1997.
ROKS Cheongju

## ROKS Cheongju (FF-961)

Cheongju at sea

**ROKS *Cheongju* (FF-961)** is the ninth ship of the *Ulsan*-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Cheongju.

### Development

In the early 1990s, the Korean government plan for the construction of next generation coastal ships named *Frigate 2000* was scrapped due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. But the decommissioning of the *Gearing*-class destroyers and the aging fleet of *Ulsan*-class frigates, the plan was revived as the Future Frigate eXperimental, also known as FFX in the early 2000s.

10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III.

### Career

ROKS *Cheongju* was launched on 20 March 1992 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 June 1993.
River-class Destroyer Escort

HMAS Torrens and HMAS Yarra

The **River class** was a class of six destroyer escorts (originally designated anti-submarine frigates) operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Plans to acquire four vessels, based on the British Type 12M (or *Rothesay*-class) frigate, began in the 1950s. The first two vessels had some slight modifications to the design, while the next two underwent further changes. Two more ships were ordered in 1964, following the *Melbourne*-*Voyager* collision; these were based on the Type 12I (or *Leander*-class) frigate.

By the 1990s, all six ships had left service. Two were sunk as part of tests, and a third was scuttled as an artificial reef, while the other three ships were scrapped.

### Design

In August 1950, the Australian government announced plans to acquire a new class of anti-submarine warfare frigates, based on the British Type 12M (or *Rothesay*-class) frigate design. Originally six were planned, with construction to be split between Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney and Williamstown Naval Dockyard in Melbourne, but only four were approved. The first two ships, *Parramatta* and *Yarra*, were based directly on the *Rothesay* class, with changes to fire control system, air warning radar, and habitability to meet RAN operating conditions. The second pair, *Stuart* and *Derwent*, were modified to carry the Type 199 variable depth sonar over the stern; the Type 199 was unsuccessful and later removed.

In 1964, the aircraft carrier *Melbourne* collided with the destroyer *Voyager*, resulting in the destroyer's sinking. In order to replace the lost capability, the Australian government ordered another two River-class ships, *Swan* and *Torrens*. Unlike the previous four, the new ships were based on the more advanced Type 12I (or *Leander*-class) design.

The ships had a displacement of 2,150 tons at standard load and 2,700 tons at full load. They were 370 ft. (113m) long, had a beam of 41 ft. (12.5m), and a draught of 13 ft. (3.9 m). Propulsion was provided by two double-reduction geared turbines, which supplied 30,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW) to two propeller shafts, allowing the vessels to reach 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). Maximum range was 3,400 nautical miles (6,300 km; 3,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). The ship's company consisted of 250 personnel.

Weapons fit for the first four ships at commissioning consisted of two 4.5 inch Mark 6 guns in a single twin turret, two 40 mm Bofors in a twin mount, and two Limbo anti-submarine mortars. During the 1960s, a quadruple Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile launcher was fitted in place of the Bofors, and one of the Limbo mortars was removed in favor of an Ikara missile launcher. *Stuart* was the first RAN ship fitted with Ikara, and *Derwent* the first to carry Sea Cat. In the early 1990s, the missile systems were removed from all active Rivers, with an Army RBS 70 unit available for use if required.

### Ships in Class

* HMAS Yarra
* HMAS Parramatta
* HMAS Stuart
* HMAS Derwent
* HMAS Swan
* HMAS Torrens

### Armament

#### Missiles

* Seacat x1
* Ikara x1
U-856

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## U-boat U-856

*U-856* was a Type IXC/40 U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

### Career

*U-856* was ordered on 5 June 1941 from DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen under the yard number 1062. Her keel was laid down on 31 October 1942 and the U-boat was launched the following year on 11 May 1943. She was commissioned into service under the command of *Oberleutnant zur See* Friedrich Wittenberg (Crew X/37) in 4th U-Boat Flotilla.

The U-boat was working up for deployment in the Baltic Sea until transferring to the 2nd U-Boat Flotilla for front-line service. She left Kiel on 24 February 1944 for operations off the US east coast. In March she had two brief encounters with submarine-hunting aircraft but escaped unscathed. In the morning of 7 April 1944 however, she was picked up by an aircraft of USS *Croatan* and attacked by USS *Boyle*. Surviving the initial attack, she was attacked with depth charges by a second group consisting of USS *Huse* and USS *Champlin*, the latter ramming *U-856* and severely damaging her. When the U-boat re-surfaced a little while later, she came under heavy shell fire from the US warships. Wittenberg ordered the crew to abandon ship and scuttled her. Of the 55 men on board only 28, Wittenberg among them, survived. They were picked up by the destroyers and brought to New York City where they disembarked on 10 April 1944.
RSS Valour

## RSS Valour (89)

Valour with RSS Independence

**RSS *Valour* (89)** is the second ship of the *Victory*-class corvette of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Career

*Victory* was launched on 10 December 1988 by ST Engineering and was commissioned on 18 August 1990.

In 1999, RSS *Valour* was sent to Guam in preparation for *Exercise Tandem Thrust '99*.

In December 2014, RSS *Persistence* was deployed in the search for Airasia Flight QZ8501 after it crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December 2014; along with the RSN ships *Supreme*, *Valour*, and *Kallang*, MV *Swift Rescue*, and two Lockheed C-130H Hercules.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)

Not to be confused with USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) or USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)

## Information

### Fate

Scrapped 2022

USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Samuel B. Roberts and was the 3rd ship to bear the name.

### Career

In January 1988, USS Samuel B. Roberts departed Rhode Island for the Persian Gulf for Operation Earnest Will. She was preparing to refuel with USS San Jose on April 14 when she struck a mine. The blast tore apart the keel and the gas tanks. The crew fought the fires and flooding for 5 hours. A group of CH-46 Sea Knights from USS San Jose MEDEVAC'd several sailors and provided firefighting aid. The IRIS Iran Ajr was the culprit of the mine-laying. After this, US Forces started Operation Praying Mantis, during which they sunk IRIS Sahand and damaged several other ships.

The Samuel B. Roberts was repaired by 1989 and fought in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. She was decommissioned in 2015 and scrapping began in 2022.
USS Conolly

Not to be confused with the similarly-named USS Connolly

## USS Conolly (DD-979)

USS Conolly

USS Conolly (DD-979) was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy.

### Career

USS Conolly deployed into the Middle East from August to December 1980, and again from late 1981 to February 1982. After this she was in the US Virgin Islands, where she cracked a sonar dome. By September 1982 she was fully repaired.

In June 1983 Conolly took part in UNITAS. She returned home in December. In November she and USS Jesse L. Brown cruised off West Africa after UNITAS.

In 1984 she headed to Maine for a 10-month overhaul. In October 1985, she deployed to the Middle East again, and was in the Middle East again for the Iran-Iraq War.

In January 1991 she was overhauled again. In 1993 she took part in Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti.

In 1993 and 1994 operated in the Arabian Sea for sanctions against Iraq. In July 1995 she deployed in the Atlantic.

In 1996 she deployed with the USS George Washington CSG. She later took part in SHAREM 114. She took part in Operation Destined Glory 1996. On April 11 she escorted USS Trenton, USS Portland, and USS Guam to Liberia. In June 1996 she exercised with SPS Principe Asturias, SPS Baleares, SPS Santa Maria, SPS Numancia, HS Formion, SPS Delfin, and USS Grayling.

In 1998, Conolly was decommissioned. In 2009, she was destroyed in UNITAS Gold.
USS Robert G. Bradley

## USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49)

USS Robert G. Bradley

USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, formerly of the United States Navy. She is being sold to the Royal Bahraini Naval Force as RBNS Khalid Bin Ali. She is named for Robert G. Bradley.

### Career

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s she deployed to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf repeatedly, as well as counter-narcotic and law enforcement deployments to the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. She took part in Operation Restore Democracy in Haiti.

In 2001 she intercepted a fishing boat carrying cocaine, which she turned over to Panamanian authorities. She also intercepted and destroyed a small boat, turning the survivors and drugs over to USS Hurricane. She and USS David R. Ray boarded a fishing boat and towed it after engine problems arose.

In 2003, Robert G. Bradley rescued the crew of a fishing boat. She received some captured drug smugglers from USS Rentz, which she turned over to Drug Enforcement.

She destroyed 2 smuggling vessels and intercepted over 3 tons of cocaine, and rescued the smugglers.

She is being transferred to Bahrain.
Kriegsmarine

The ***Kriegsmarine*** (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁiːksmaˌʁiːnə], lit. 'War Navy') was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war *Reichsmarine* (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The *Kriegsmarine* was one of three official branches, along with the *Heer* and the *Luftwaffe*, of the *Wehrmacht*, the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.

In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the *Kriegsmarine* grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy and prohibited the building of submarines.

*Kriegsmarine* ships were deployed to the waters around Spain during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) under the guise of enforcing non-intervention, but in reality supporting the Nationalists against the Spanish Republicans.

In January 1939, Plan Z, a massive shipbuilding program, was ordered, calling for surface naval parity with the British Royal Navy by 1944. When World War II broke out in September 1939, Plan Z was shelved in favour of a crash building program for submarines (U-boats) instead of capital surface warships, and land and air forces were given priority of strategic resources.

The Commander-in-Chief of the *Kriegsmarine* (as for all branches of the armed forces during the period of absolute Nazi power) was Adolf Hitler, who exercised his authority through the *Oberkommando der Marine* ('High Command of the Navy').

Among the *Kriegsmarine*'s most significant ships were its U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned by May 1943 when U-boat losses mounted. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers *Admiral Graf Spee* and *Admiral Scheer* and the battleship *Bismarck*. However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of surface commerce raiders against convoys.

Following the end of World War II in 1945, the *Kriegsmarine*'s remaining ships were divided up among the Allied powers and were used for various purposes including minesweeping. Some were loaded with superfluous chemical weapons and scuttled.
USS Tornado

## USS Tornado (PC-14)

USS Tornado

USS Tornado (PC-14) is a Cyclone-class patrol ship of the United States Navy.

In January 2018, she was confirmed to be the last ship of her class with the Mark 38 Gun.

In 2019, Tornado was at the Merchant Marine Training Academy.

In 2021, she was prepared for sale. She is to be sold to a foreign military partner.
USS Russel

## USS Russell (DDG-59)

USS Russell, 2008

**USS *Russell* (DDG-59)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the second ship of the USN to carry the name *Russell* and is named for Rear Admiral John Henry Russell and his son, Commandant of the Marine Corps John Henry Russell, Jr.

### Service History

In May 2004, *Russell* departed for a four-month deployment along with several ships including USCGC *Mellon*, USNS *Salvor*, USS*Fort McHenry*, and USS *McCampbell*. The deployment was centered on an annual exercise called Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2004.

On 15 April 2006, *Russell* provided aid to a fishing vessel in distress while operating in the South China Sea.

On 16 February 2007, *Russell* was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.

On 21 February 2008, *Russell* participated, along with USS *Lake Erie* and USS *Decatur*, in the interception and destruction of the dying US satellite US 193. Between 17 and 21 May 2008, *Russell* participated in Exercise KhunjarHaad, a multi-national exercise held in the Gulf of Oman. Other participating warships included the French frigate *Surcouf*, the British frigate HMS *Montrose*, the British fleet replenishment tanker RFA *Wave Knight*, and four other coalition ships conducted air defense; surface warfare operation; visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS); and joint gunnery exercises, which focused on joint interoperability training and proficiency.

In June 2008, *Russell* rescued about 70 people from a disabled boat in the Gulf of Aden.

In January 2013, *Russell*'s crew completed a hull swap with the crew of USS *Halsey* at Naval Base San Diego. *Russell* is now permanently stationed in San Diego. *Halsey* was moved to *Russell'*s former homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, with the former *Russell* crew.

On 4 June 2020, *Russell* conducted a transit of the Taiwan Strait.
USS Wayne E. Meyer

## USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)

USS Wayne E. Meyer

**USS *Wayne E. Meyer* (DDG-108)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer, known as the "Father of Aegis". She carries the 100th AEGIS Weapon System to be delivered to the United States Navy.

### Ship History

*Wayne E. Meyer* arrived at her homeport in San Diego, California, on 4 December 2009.

*Wayne E. Meyer* made her maiden deployment as part of the *John C. Stennis* Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from 29 July 2011 until 27 February 2012. She made port calls in Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Bahrain, Dubai, and the Philippines.

In January 2017, *Wayne E. Meyer*, and her sister ship *Michael Murphy*, were part of Destroyer Squadron 1, and along with *Lake Champlain* and *Carl Vinson* formed Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1), during a deployment to the western Pacific. In April of that year, CSG-1 cancelled a scheduled port call in Australia, in response to increasing tensions between the United States and North Korea over the latter's nuclear weapons program.

In September 2018 *Wayne E. Meyer* and *O'Kane* completed homeport swaps. *Wayne E. Meyer* arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam on 13 September, and *O'Kane* got underway for her new homeport of San Diego.
USS William P. Lawrence

## USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)

USS William P. Lawrence

**USS *William P. Lawrence* (DDG-110)** is an Aegis system *Arleigh Burke*-class guided missile destroyer built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. She is the 60th ship in her class. The ship is named for Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence (1930–2005), who was a naval aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, Mercury astronaut finalist, Vietnam War prisoner of war, a U.S. Third Fleet commander, a Chief of Naval Personnel, and a Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. USS William P. Lawrence is part of the Flight IIA series.

### Construction

USS William P. Lawrence was laid down on September 16, 2008, at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on December 15, 2009, and christened April 17, 2010. The ship was commissioned on June 4, 2010.

### Career

*William P. Lawrence* departed Naval Station San Diego, California, on 14 January 2013, for her first overseas deployment as part of a four-ship surface action group from Carrier Strike Group 11.

On 1 March 2013, *William P. Lawrence* entered the Persian Gulf for operations with Carrier Strike Group 3. On 11 March 2013, the ship rendered assistance to a burning vessel while operating in the Strait of Hormuz. In April 2013, on two separate occasions, *William P. Lawrence* joined the French ship FS *Montcalm* in providing assistance to civilian mariners in distress while operating in the Gulf of Oman, as part of Combined Task Force 150. Starting 2 September 2013, *William P. Lawrence* began operating in the Red Sea, as part of Carrier Strike Group 11.

On 22 September 2013, a large wave hit a helicopter parked on the deck and pushed it into the Red Sea shortly after landing on *William P. Lawrence*, resulting in the death of two pilots. The vessel was moving at flank speeds to relieve another escort ship in a defensive screen around Carrier Strike Group 3 in U.S. Central Command. The wave came over the starboard side of the flight deck and struck the helicopter less than ten minutes after landing and being chocked and chained (red deck), with rotors still spinning. The other three aircrew members were rescued.

On 10 May 2016, the US Navy reported that the ship sailed close to the Fiery Cross Reef, as part of a planned series of Freedom of navigation operations, (also referred to as FONOPs) in the area. The operation prompted the PRC to express "dissatisfaction and opposition"; a Pentagon spokesperson said that the operation was undertaken to challenge the "excessive maritime claims by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam which were seeking to restrict navigation rights in the South China Sea."

In 2016, the ship was part of Destroyer Squadron 21.

As of October 2020, the ship was assigned to the United States 4th Fleet supporting Joint Interagency Task Force South. In November 2020, she served as an off-shore base for MH-60R Seahawk helicopters of HSM-37 conducting disaster relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta.

*William P. Lawrence* participated in the RIMPAC 2022 exercise.
USS Howard

Not to be confused with the Wickes-class Destroyer

## USS Howard (DDG-83)

USS Howard at sea

**USS *Howard* (DDG-83)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient First Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard, USMC. This ship is the 33rd destroyer of her class. USS *Howard* was the 19th ship of this class to be built by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, and construction began on 8 December 1998. She was launched and christened on 20 November 1999. She was commissioned into the Navy on 20 October 2001.

### Namesake

The ship is named in honor of 1st Sgt. Jimmie E. Howard, USMC (1929–1993), recipient of the Medal of Honor for his leadership of a platoon against repeated attacks by a battalion-sized Viet Cong force. After receiving severe wounds from an enemy grenade, he distributed ammunition to his men and directed air strikes on the enemy. By dawn, his beleaguered platoon still held their position. Howard had also received the Silver Star Medal for his service in the Korean War. Every time *Howard* set to sea from her previous homeport of San Diego, she passed within view of 1st Sgt. Howard's grave at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery and saluted her namesake.

### Service History

On 16 February 2007, *Howard* was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.

On 28 September 2008, *Howard* was reported to be in pursuit of the Ukrainian ship *Faina*, which on 25 September 2008 was captured by Somali pirates en route to Kenya. *Faina* was reported to be carrying 33 Russian-built T-72 tanks along with ammunition and spare parts. *Faina* was eventually released by the pirates 5 February 2009.

In 2008, *Howard* received the 2008 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy Award and provided humanitarian assistance to the Philippines.

CDR Amy M. McInnis is the tenth Commanding Officer, assuming command on 19 November 2015. CDR John J Fay was the ninth Commanding Officer, relieving CDR Zook. CDR David Zook was the eighth commanding officer, relieving CDR Bergmann on 21 September 2012. CDR Andree (Ande) E. Bergmann replaced CDR Scott Switzer on 17 March 2011 as the seventh commanding officer. Scott Switzer was the sixth commanding officer of *Howard*, replacing CDR Curtis Goodnight on 8 May 2009 during a ceremony at San Diego.

Currently, *Howard* is a member of Destroyer Squadron 15 and Carrier Strike Group Five.

On 26 November 2021, *Howard* made a port call in Wellington, New Zealand. It is the first time a U.S. Navy warship has made a port call in New Zealand since 2016.
USS Truxtun

not to be confused with USS Truxtun (CGN-35), USS Truxtun (DD-229), USS Truxtun (DD-14), USS Truxtun (APD-98), USS Truxtun (1842)

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**USS *Truxtun* (DDG-103)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer currently in service with the United States Navy. She is named for American Naval hero, Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822), one of the first commanders appointed by George Washington, to the newly formed U.S. Navy. She is the sixth U.S. naval warship to bear his name.

### Construction

*Truxtun*'s keel was laid down on April 11, 2005. During construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, she suffered a major electrical fire on May 20, 2006, engulfing two levels and causing damage estimated to be worth millions of dollars. She was launched on April 17, 2007, then christened on June 2, 2007, in Pascagoula, with Truxtun's descendants, Susan Scott Martin and Carol Leigh Roelker, serving as sponsors, and commissioned on 25 April 2009, in Charleston, South Carolina. As of July 2020, the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 26 based out of Naval Station Norfolk.

### Service History

In 2012, the US Navy contracted with L3 Technologies to develop a fuel-efficient hybrid electric drive train for the Flight IIA Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers. The system proposed used a pre-existing quill drive on the reduction gearbox, allowing an electric motor to drive the ships up to 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph). *Truxtun* was fitted with the permanent magnet motor system in 2012, under a research and development contract with General Atomics. In March 2018, the US Navy announced that the trial program to install hybrid electric drives in 34 destroyers would be cancelled leaving *Truxtun* as the only ship so fitted.

In March 2014, *Truxtun* sailed to the Black Sea, to conduct training with the Romanian and Bulgarian navies. The deployment of *Truxtun*, along with sister ship USS *Donald Cook*, to the Black Sea, was intended as a "strategic reassurance" for former Soviet republics and satellite states concerned about the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

On August 10, 2020, *Truxtun* completed a deployment with the USS *Dwight D. Eisenhower* Carrier Group, without any port calls, that lasted for almost seven months.

At a Pentagon press briefing on April 24, 2023, a spokesperson stated that *Truxtun* was "... off the coast of Sudan, near the Port of Sudan. It will stay there awaiting further orders should it be needed to support. Also, en route is the USS *Lewis B. Puller* (ESB-3).
JS Asahi

## JS Asahi (DD-119)

JS Asahi underway

**JS *Asahi* (DD-119)** is the lead ship of the Asahi-class destroyers of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. Her namesake came from “Morning sun”.

### Development

The procurement of the destroyer began in 2013 in response to the reduction in the number of destroyers (namely the *Hatsuyuki* class) within the JMSDF. The two major characteristics of this destroyer is its bigger emphasis on anti-submarine warfare and the adoption of the COGLAG (combined gas turbine electric and gas turbine) propulsion system. A second destroyer was procured a year later.

### Career

She was laid down on 4 August 2015 and launched on 19 October 2016. Commissioned on 7 March 2018 with the hull number DD-119.

On 21 May 2022, the *Asahi*, the JS *Makinami* (DD-112), and the replenishment oiler, JS *Hamana* (AOE-424) sighted the PLAN *Liaoning* carrier strike group going towards Miyako-Jima.
USS Oscar Austin

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## USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)

USS Oscar Austin at sea

**USS *Oscar Austin* (DDG-79)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer in the United States Navy. *Oscar Austin* is named for Medal of Honor and Purple Heart recipient Private First Class Oscar P. Austin. This ship is the 29th destroyer of her class. USS *Oscar Austin* was the 17th ship of this class to be built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 9 October 1997. She was launched and christened on 7 November 1998. On 19 August 2000 she was commissioned at Bath, Maine. As of July 2021 the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 2 based out of Naval Station Norfolk.

### Service History

USS *Oscar Austin*'s maiden deployment in late 2002 resulted in her participation in the opening strikes of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She was deployed in September 2005, once again in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She returned from a successful deployment in March 2006.

As of 2007, USS *Oscar Austin* was operating in Destroyer Squadron 26.

As of 2008, USS *Oscar Austin* is the first combatant ship to deploy with a Scan Eagle UAV developed and flown by Insitu Inc.

As of 2015, USS *Oscar Austin* was operating in Destroyer Squadron 26.

On 10 November 2018, a fire broke out on *Oscar Austin*. The fire caused one sailor to be transported to a local hospital for smoke inhalation.
RSS Intrepid

## RSS Intrepid (69)

RSS Intrepid

**RSS *Intrepid* (69)** is the second ship of the *Formidable*-class stealth frigate of the Republic of Singapore Navy.

### Career

RSS *Intrepid* was built by ST Marine Engineering in Singapore around the late 2000s. *Intrepid* was commissioned on 5 February 2008.

On 15 June 2009, RSS *Intrepid*, RSS *Conqueror*, RSS *Vigour*, RSS *Victory*, RSS *Stalwart*, RSS *Endeavour*, USS *Harpers Ferry*, USS *Chafee* and USS *Chung-Hoon* participated in the joint exercise in the South China Sea.

Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and UK held *Exercise Bersama Lima* from 2 to 19 October 2018. One of the ships participating was RSS *Intrepid*.

RSS *Intrepid* and RSS *Sovereignty* conducted a joint naval exercise with the People's Liberation Army Navy ships *Guiyang* and *Zaozhuang* in the South China Sea on 24 February 2021.
USS Kidd

Not to be confused with USS Kidd (DDG-993), USS Kidd (DD-661)

## USS Kidd (DDG-100)

USS Kidd

**USS *Kidd* (DDG-100)** is an *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the third Navy ship named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was on board *Arizona* during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the first American flag officer to die in World War II. The ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 1 of Carrier Strike Group 1 which is currently headed by the *Nimitz*-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70).

### Career

*Kidd* was christened by Admiral Kidd's granddaughters, Regina Kidd Wolbarsht and Mary Kidd Plumer on 22 January 2005, at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Commander Richard E. Thomas of Westwood, New Jersey, served as her first commanding officer until February 2008. Commander Charles P. Good of Huntington Beach, California, took *Kidd* on her maiden deployment.

While in the midst of final outfitting, the ship was holed and partially flooded at the shipyard docks during Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, requiring a return to dry dock for repairs, which included cutting out a turbine, delaying her commissioning and deployment with the Navy. She was commissioned at Galveston, Texas on 9 June 2007. Kidd is currently homeported in Everett, Washington.

On 5 January 2012, *Kidd* rescued the 13-member crew of the Iranian-flagged fishing vessel *Al Molai* from Somali pirates who had been holding them hostage for over 40 days, capturing fifteen pirates in the process with no casualties.

On 10 March 2014 the ship joined the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 two days after it went missing over the South China Sea. *Kidd* was the second Navy ship to be deployed in the search. It joined USS *Pinckney*, and more than 40 other ships and 32 aircraft from Malaysia, Australia, China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, and the Philippines taking part in the search and rescue. On 14 March it was announced that *Kidd* would be relocated to the Indian Ocean in search of the plane, since new evidence points to the possibility of the plane being there.

On 24 April 2020, the United States Navy reported that a sailor assigned to *Kidd* had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus after being medically evacuated the previous day from operations at sea. After the sailor's test returned positive, the Navy sent a medical team to the ship to conduct contact tracing and test sailors for the virus on board. By the morning of 24 April, 17 additional sailors tested positive, with additional cases expected as testing continued.

The initial patient was stable and recovering at a medical facility in San Antonio, Texas. It was planned for *Kidd* to return to port so that it could be disinfected. This was the second instance of the coronavirus being found aboard an American naval ship that had been deployed.
ROCS Tzu I

## ROCS Tzu I (PFG2-1107)

ROCS Tzu I

**ROCS *Tzu I* (子儀, PFG2-1107)** is the fifth of eight Taiwanese-built *Cheng Kung*-class frigates of the Republic of China Navy, based on the *Oliver Hazard Perry* class.

### Construction and Career

Laid down on 7 August 1994 and launched on 13 July 1995, *Tzu I* was commissioned in service in January 1997. The *Cheng Kung*-class frigates have the same length as the later *Oliver Hazard Perry* frigates, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.

Like her sister ships, *Tzu I* was built under license by China SB Corp. at Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC.

As of 2005, *Tzu I* is homeported at Tso-Ying naval base.