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SECNAV Names Three New Virginia Class Attack Submarines
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| 1/31/2008 8:14:00 AM
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Posted on 02/02/2008 7:12:33 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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061010-O-0000X-004 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 10, 2006) Shipyard personnel work to build Virginia-class submarine North Carolina (SSN 777) while the boat is under contruction in Newport News. North Carolina is the fourth Virginia-class submarine built and the first major U.S. Navy combatant vessel class designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind. North Carolina is scheduled to be commissioned in December 2007. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman (RELEASED)
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USS Mississippi ping!
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:19:13 AM PST
by
mwyounce
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Will she run on catfish and hushpuppies? (Don’t forget the Tony’s!)
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:23:28 AM PST
by
stboz
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I guess the SECNAV doesnt care about the “Cold War Naming Convention” for Subs.... SSBN’s for States and SSN’s for cities.
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:24:01 AM PST
by
Little_shoe
("For Sailor MEN in Battle fair since fighting days of old have earned the right.to the blue and gold)
To: mwyounce
Cool! I actually worked for a fast attack sub while in the Navy. The USS Archerfish (SSN 678), a Sturgeon class. She’s razorblades now, I think. USS Mississippi in the sub fleet. Awesome.
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:26:28 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Can you imagine CV Hillary Clinton??
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:41:01 AM PST
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: ARE SOLE
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:42:40 AM PST
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: Little_shoe
I agree, it doesn’t jive with the naming system that’s been in use for over a century.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:46:16 AM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Little_shoe
Right. Then instead of “California” they could have named in the “Berkeley”.
Not that the city deserves to have a great ship named after it but there would be two good things about it. First, a lot of our nuclear technology owes its genesis to Etchevery Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Second, the reds who run the place would totally freak.
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:50:41 AM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
("Gun Control" is not about the guns. "Illegal Immigration" is not about the immigration)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
![Photobucket](http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee182/sailor5116/USSMississippi.jpg)
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USS MISSISSIPPI, third ship of the four ship VIRGINIA Class nuclear-powered, guided missile cruisers, was commissioned on 5 August 1978 at Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia. Former President Jimmy Carter presided over the ceremonies.
Over the next three years, MISSISSIPPI performed tests and trials, which every new ship goes through. During this time, the ship also went through its first extended training period at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In August of 1981, MISSISSIPPI made her first deployment. MISSISSIPPI was escorting USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) when F-14 fighters from that carrier shot down two Libyan fighter jets. MISSISSIPPI was also called upon during that deployment to patrol off the shore of Egypt after President Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
In 1982, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, awarded MISSISSIPPI the prestigious Battenberg Cup Award for being the best all-round ship in the Atlantic Fleet. The same year, MISSISSIPPI earned the "Battle Efficiency" Award.
In 1983, MISSISSIPPI received COMSIXTHFLT Battle Force "Top Hand" Award, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, her fourth consecutive excellent in the annual Operation Reactors Safeguards Examination, the Top Hammer Award for top performance in Atlantic Fleet exercise operations, the Old Crow Award for excellence and contributions in electronic warfare, and her second consecutive "Battle Efficiency" Award.
In November, the USS MISSISSIPPI departed Norfolk for her second Med Cruise. Thanksgiving that year was celebrated while underway to the Med. Once on station, the ship supported Libyan Freedom of Navigation operations several times, spent Christmas of 1983 on patrol off Beirut in support of the USMC element deployed to the Beirut Airport. The MISSISSIPPI was on the Gun Line off Beirut when the US Embassy to Lebanon was attacked with a terrorist's car bomb. The cruiser subsequently provided NGFS target identification and location support to the Marines stationed at the Beirut Airport, and became the only CGN ever to win the "Hook-Em" award for ASW excellence for tacking a Juliette Class soviet Submarine literally halfway across the Med. The crew of MISSISSIPPI maintained contact on the submarine for over 48 hours straight. The cruiser returned to Norfolk in late May of 1984.
In 1985, MISSISSIPPI earned her third consecutive "Battle Efficiency" Award. This same year, she also received a second Meritorious Unit Commendation for Operation SNAP LOCK.
In 1986, MISSISSIPPI was awarded the Golden Anchor Award for Navy Personnel Retention.
In 1987, MISSISSIPPI received the Silver Star as the runner-up for the Golden Anchor Award.
In September 1987, MISSISSIPPI completed her first overhaul, which included the latest improvements in her Combat Systems Suite, which greatly improved the ship's ability to fight and win "war-at-sea."
The ship is currently berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, WA, awaiting final disposal by recycling.
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posted on
02/02/2008 7:58:26 AM PST
by
Islander7
("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
To: ARE SOLE
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:17:08 AM PST
by
gate2wire
(Even when you know, you never know.)
To: gate2wire
Yeah, I doh’d on that. I know about the Ronnie Reagan. But can you imagine a carrier named after the cackler? It might happen.
Regards
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:19:40 AM PST
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: ARE SOLE
Can you imagine CV Hillary Clinton?? Wide beam, heavy keel and lists to port.
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:22:34 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The selection of Mississippi, designated SSN 782, is dedicated to the state's long standing tradition of shipbuilding in support of our nation's defense.WooHoo! Ingalls Shipyard! You can see the tall support structures from our Fishing Camp!
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:23:22 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Go! Go! Go! Win! Win! Win! Kill! Kill! Kill! Death to all of America's enemies!
Excuse me, did I say that out loud? :)
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:24:15 AM PST
by
Sudetenland
(Mike Huckabee=Bill Clinton. Can we afford another Clinton in the White House...from either party?)
To: ARE SOLE
No. Can’t imagine piaps getting ANYTHING named for her. (bill either.)
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:24:28 AM PST
by
gate2wire
(Even when you know, you never know.)
To: KarlInOhio
Can you imagine CV Hillary Clinton?? Wide beam, heavy keel and lists to port.Well done !
Regards
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:24:59 AM PST
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: KarlInOhio
Wide beam, heavy keel and lists to port.*snort*
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:26:16 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: L98Fiero
The fast attack sub has evolved over the years into submersible cruiser or capital ship. The Virginia-class embodies the best features of the sucessful Los Angeles and Sea Wolf classes. They are very fast and powerfully armed. It is vessels like this that will make the Chinese or Russian surface fleets into scrap metal.
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posted on
02/02/2008 8:27:54 AM PST
by
DarthVader
(Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgement has come.)
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