USS Chancellorsville
USS "Chancellorsville" (CG-62) is a guided-missile cruiser in service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Chancellorsville of the Civil War, which was a victory for the Confederate States Army. Until 30 December 2011, the ship was operationally part of Carrier Strike Group Seven. In 2010 she was administratively under the command of Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific. Currently she is assigned to Carrier Strike Group Five and is deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. "Chancellorsville" carries guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, with anti-air, anti-surface and anti-subsurface capabilities. She also  carries two Seahawk Light airborne multi-purpose system (LAMPS) helicopters, focused on anti-submarine warfare. With the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 in January 2021, The Naming Commission has been tasked by Congress to develop plans to "remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense," which may result in the ship's eventual renaming. History. "Chancellorsville" was commissioned at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss, on  4 November 1989. She first deployed in March 1991, to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm. "Chancellorsville" was next deployed from February to August 1993, to the Persian Gulf as part of the Nimitz Battle Group. On 26 June 1993, "Chancellorsville" launched strikes on the Iraqi Intelligence Center in Baghdad with nine Tomahawk missiles in retaliation for the aborted assassination attempt on former President Bush. She deployed again to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf from April to October 1995. Following a Fifth Fleet deployment to the North Persian Gulf in 1995, "Chancellorsville" was awarded the Spokane  Trophy in 1996. The Spokane Trophy is awarded by Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet to the surface combatant ship considered to be the most proficient in overall combat systems readiness and warfare operations. "Chancellorsville" deployed to the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific in support of joint counter-narcotics operations in November 1997. During this deployment, she rescued the crew of an Ecuadorian fishing vessel which had been adrift for 10 days. Upon her return home, "Chancellorsville" underwent her first major nine-month overhaul in San Diego, California. On 7 July 1998, "Chancellorsville" changed homeport from San Diego, to Yokosuka , Japan, joining Task Force 70/Battle Force Seventh Fleet, and probably, Carrier Group Five. After arriving in Yokosuka, "Chancellorsville" participated in multinational operations in the Sea of Japan, including the International Fleet Review. "Chancellorsville" took part in exercises with the "Kitty Hawk" Battle Group in the spring of 1999. On 6 April 1999, "Chancellorsville" deployed to the Persian Gulf in company with and in support of Operation Southern Watch, and returned to Yokosuka on 5 January 2000. In May 2000, "Chancellorsville" participated in exercises with the Thai and Singaporean navies. 2000s. Following a visit to Qingdao, China, in August 2000 , "Chancellorsville" took part in ANNUALEX 12G, a joint U.S.-Japanese naval exercise. In November, "Chancellorsville" fired guns and SM-2 missiles as part of MISSILEX 01-1. In March through June 2001, she visited Singapore, Thailand, Saipan and Sydney, Australia, as part of an extended Spring Cruise. "Chancellorsville" then entered dry dock for an upkeep period in the fall. In September 2001, "Chancellorsville" deployed with the "Kitty Hawk" Battle Group in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, operating in the theater for several months. "Chancellorsville" paid her first visit to Vladivostok, Russia, in July 2002, celebrating Independence Day in Russia along with  . In March 2003, the ship was assigned to Carrier Group Five. On 22 October 2003, "Chancellorsville" played host in Guam to two warships of the People's Republic of China, which made the first-ever visit of the Chinese navy to Guam. By May 2004, she was back in the Southwest Asian region, where she lent aid to a disabled Indonesian fishing boat. On 19 July 2004, "Chancellorsville" departed Yokosuka to participate in the Summer Pulse 2004 and training Exercise Joint Air and Sea Exercises (JASEX) '04, with the "Kitty Hawk" Battle Group. Summer Pulse '04 was the Navy's  first implementation of the new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). She returned to homeport 7 September. "Chancellorsville" entered a nine-week dry dock availability in February 2005. Following the maintenance period, she immediately returned to sea to participate in the exercises Talisman Saber 2005, the third annual Orange Crush and the Joint Air and Sea Exercise (JASEX) 2005. She returned to Yokosuka in August. ANNUALEX 2005 commenced in November with "Chancellorsville" participating, along with other U.S. and Japanese assets. The exercise saw a total of 61 naval vessels, including two U.S. submarines, 10 U.S. Navy ships and 49 Japanese ships. "Chancellorsville  visited Hong Kong at the end of November and returned to Yokosuka 12 December. In August 2006, Chancellorsville" swapped with based in San Diego. "Chancellorsville"s homeport was changed to San Diego, with "Shiloh" moving to Yokosuka. The crews remain in their respective locations. In winter of 2006, "Chancellorsville" deployed again into the Western Pacific, visiting Singapore and Pattaya, Thailand, in February. In April, she joined forces of the Republic of Korea for Reception, Staging, Onward-movement, & Integration and Foal Eagle 2006 (RSOI/Foal Eagle 06), exercises utilizing more than 70 U.S. and Korean ships. "Chancellorsville" returned to Yokosuka in August  in preparation for a hull swap with "Shiloh". "Chancellorsville" is scheduled to return to San Diego, in October 2006, making it her homeport once again. 2010s. In March 2011, in company with the carrier , "Chancellorsville" was deployed off northeastern Honshu, Japan, to assist with relief efforts after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. During that time, helicopter crews from "Ronald Reagan" were exposed to leaking radiation from the nuclear accidents and ships from the carrier strike group were moved to avoid being downwind from the facility. During the latter half of 2012, "Chancellorsville" underwent equipment upgrades as part of the  Aegis Modernization effort ACB-12. In January 2013, the ship spent five days under way off the coast of California to perform a series of tests of the updated ACB-12 equipment and software. In November 2013, while testing combat weapons systems off the coast of Point Mugu, California, a BQM-74E unmanned drone being used in the exercise failed to respond to commands to turn away from the ship and collided with "Chancellorsville". Since it was a tracking exercise and not a live fire exercise, the crew did not engage the drone with the Phalanx CIWS. Two sailors received treatment for minor  burns and the ship suffered some damage and returned to San Diego for assessment. The damage later proved to be more severe than initially assessed. Citing Navy sources, the U.S. Naval Institute reported that repairs to the ship would cost $30 million and take six months to complete. On 7 June 2019 "Chancellorsville" came close to a collision with the Russian destroyer . Each side blamed the other for the near collision. Russian sources stated that the incident occurred in the southeast of the East China Sea while US sources named the location as in the Philippine Sea. According to  retired US Navy captain Carl Schuster, the Russian ship's wake shows that it "didn't adhere to either the rules of the road or the incidents at sea agreement." United States Seventh Fleet spokesman Commander Clayton Doss said the Russian destroyer came within of USS "Chancellorsville", "putting the safety of her crew and ship at risk." The Russian Navy released a statement claiming that "Chancellorsville" had "suddenly changed its course and crossed the Admiral Vinogradov destroyer's course some 50 meters away from the ship." According to the same statement, this caused "Admiral Vinogradov" to take an "emergency maneuver