Posted on 04/13/2005 4:16:12 PM PDT by Textide
Thought you might like this.
I was on the 599 and the 703 boats. They still keep spitting them out, don't they?
The 599 was an archaic piece of work compared to this 775 boat.
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From http://www.fact-index.com/u/us/uss_texas.html
USS Texas
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne (and a fourth will soon bear) the name USS Texas, in honor of Texas, a region that, after being taken from its natives by first Spain and then Mexico, and later becoming an independent republic, was admitted to the United States as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
The first Texas was the United States Navy's first battleship, which served from 1895 until 1911.
The second Texas (BB-35) was a dreadnought battleship that served in both World Wars.
The third Texas (DLGN/CGN-39) was the second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser.
The fourth Texas (SSN-775) will be the second Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine when she joins the fleet in 2005.
See also CSS Texas.
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She's state of the art. But I've been hearing things about reducing the run of the VA class. There's a lot of missed messages. One line runs that it is too small for unmanned subs to be added (a growing trend in the sub service), and then the other line is there are major improvements in the VA class where the engine/reactor would be reduced in volume by like 50%. The two themes actually have some commonality, so it'll be interesting how it plays out.
Thanks for posting that. I didn't know that there was a guided missile cruiser name Texas.
Another site: http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/texas/
sorry missed==mixed my Brooklyn accent took over my fingers ;)
The name Texas has a long history with ships. The Newport News shipyard built two of the previous U.S. Navy ships named Texas — the battleship USS Texas (BB 35) and the cruiser USS Texas (CGN 39).
Texas (Second Class Battleship)
The Norfolk Navy Yard launched the first Texas battleship on June 28, 1892 and it went on to take part in the war between the United States and Spain that erupted in 1898. Its name changed to San Marcos in 1911 to allow the name Texas to be assigned to the Newport News-built Battleship 35.
Texas (Battleship No. 35)
Newport News launched the battleship Texas May 18, 1912. This Newport News battleship was the second Texas. It went directly to operational duty without the usual shakedown cruise and post-shakedown repair period when it headed toward Mexican waters in 1914 to support American forces ashore. This ship went on to earn five battle stars during World War II. It embarked on its first major combat operation on October 23, 1942 as a part of an invasion of Northern Africa and in 1944 began training for the invasion of Normandy. The ship also later conducted invasion rehearsals and set a course for Iwo Jima. For three days, Texas pounded enemy defenses on Iwo Jima in preparation for the landings. The battleship was decommissioned April 21, 1948 and turned over to the state of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial.
Texas (CGN-39)
Texas (CGN-39) was the second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser. It was built by Newport News and launched on August 9, 1975. It was laid down as a guided missile frigate on August 18, 1973 at Newport News and reclassified as a guided missile cruiser and redesignated CGN 39 when the shipyard launched it. Texas saw combat for the first time when it responded to Libyan aggression in the Gulf of Sidra. The ship’s history also includes service during Desert Storm. In 1993, the ship was decommissioned.
Semper Fi...
BTW they pulled your http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1366853/ thread
I am aware of the pulled thread. My utilization of it in my tagline is a form of protest. The overseers' attitudes towards discussion of the MMP have improved markedly as of late so I can probably get rid of it now.
Thanks for the history!
Re: "Thanks for the history!"
Alas, it only seems like yesterday to me...
BTW - Getting old sucks!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174718/posts
Some good post here about it as well :o)
Thanks for the the link of the video and website! :o)
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SSRN586 was an unusual boat and the longest ever when commissioned in 1959. Twin reactors and first submerged circumnavigation of the world.
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Check out this: Tango Bravo
It is actually smaller than the Virginia class but at least as powerful.
This vision has a lot of pretty cool concepts.
They really need several classes of boats. They should keep building Virgina and have this newer class boat. Perhaps they should have more deep water boats along the lines of the Seawolf specs but with more modern technology. I still am not convinced that the modular hulling of the Virginia was worth the depth trade off. I think that this will become clear as our enemies develop better detection technoloy.
With all of the "fashionable" talk about "littoral missions," one should not forget that our sub force still has its traditional blue water role, and that role requires a mixture of strategic and conventional capabilities.
We need more subs, not less. We real need at least a 400 ship navy.
Man if you only new what these babies could do under water. Seeing, hearing, and hidding! I was on one back in 84. Just going around the hawaian Islands. Totally incredible!
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