FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: NS Pascagoula, Mississippi ~ 29 JUL 08

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: NAVSTA Pascagoula, Mississippi

Naval Station Pascagoula was a base of the United States Navy, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. This 437-acre island is man-made, having been created over the years as dredge materials from the Pascagoula federal channel and nearby Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard were deposited in the area. The base officially closed November 15, 2006. The base's property, on Singing River Island in the Mississippi Sound at the mouth of the Singing River, was formally transferred to the Mississippi Secretary of State's office July 9, 2007.

In the early 1980s Congress approved the strategic homeporting initiative to build additional bases and disperse the Fleet from the main concentration areas. Naval Station Pascagoula was created in 1985 when the Navy selected the Singing River Island location as one of the new Gulf Coast strategic homeport sites. Base construction began in 1988, and the station became an operational homeport of Perry-class guided-missile frigates in 1992 with the arrival of the first ship, USS Gallery (FFG-26).

NAVSTA Pascagoula’s support mission had increased dramatically in subsequent years due to a variety of actions: the BRAC-93 realignment of ships and other units from closing or downsized bases; the reorganization of the Naval Surface Force, Atlantic, which homeported Ticonderoga-class Aegis guided-missile cruisers in Pascagoula; and the relocation of both the Pascagoula Coast Guard Station and a Reliance-class (210’) Coast Guard cutter to the naval station.

NAVSTA Pascagoula provided support not only to personnel stationed onboard the station and its homeported ships, but also to pre-commissioning crews of surface combatant ships that were being constructed at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

After the USS Cole was damaged in the bombing at Aden, Cole was returned to the United States aboard the Norwegian semi-submersible heavy-lift MV Blue Marlin owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, Norway. The ship was off-loaded 13 December 2000 from Blue Marlin in a pre-dredged deep-water facility at the Pascagoula, Mississippi, shipyard of Northrop Grumman Ingalls Ship Systems.

After 14 months of repair at Ingalls, Cole departed on 19 April 2002, and returned to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia. Cole left Norfolk on 29 November 2003 on the destroyer's first overseas deployment since the bombing. She returned to homeport of Norfolk, Virginia on 27 May 2004 without incident.

Most recently at the Ingalls Ship Systems in Pascagoula, the construction of the USCGC BERTHOLF was completed in September of 2006.

USCGC Bertholf  is the first Legend-class maritime security cutter of the United States Coast Guard. It is named for Ellsworth P. Bertholf, former Commandant of both the Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard. The USCGC Bertholf is the first-in-class ship of the design termed the National Security Cutter.

The NSCs are designed to replace the aging 378′ Hamilton-class cutters currently in the fleet. The Bertholf is the first large ship to begin construction in the Coast Guard's multi-year "Deepwater" acquisitions project.

The USCGC Bertholf was the first to fire the Bofors 57 mm gun aboard a U.S. vessel on the 11th of February 2008.

Read More About The USCGC BERTHOLF HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Pusterfuss...((HUGS))...the sun’s not even up and it’s 73? Are you having an emergency meeting of the society? 53 and raining here., probably the rest of the night.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Ladies!! ((HUGS)) Have a fun day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, beachy...((HUGS))

And now I am off to bed.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[philly-d-kidder]

Thanks for the Coffee...

[philly-d-kidder]

Nice... OPSEC...

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service tro our country.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[MEG33]

Good Morning To The Canteen

-Meg

Thank you for the roadtrip, lauren
Wishing you all a great day. ~ (((HUGS)))

*Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country*

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone. Good morning to our AWESOME military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

Now for our local DC Metroland weather report

~ Today....A shower or two around the area early, then partly cloudy during the afternoon. High near 90F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 30%.

~ Tonight....Clear to partly cloudy. Low 71F. Winds light and variable.

I'm noticing that it is still dark later in the mornings. I'm not ready for winter AND - do you realize that on Friday we're only 4 months from the Christmas holiday? Better start saving money now.

I was kind of out of the loop yesterday so I have a lot of catching up to do. I'm thinking I need to post some trivia for your consumption as well. I know you just can't get enough. hehe

Fact of the Day

The breed of the Thoroughbred horse is only about 300 years old, although horse racing has been popular in England since Roman times, and can be traced back to Central Asia among prehistoric nomads.

Today In History July 29, 1981

Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, married Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

Entertainment Trivia

TV's Peyton Place in the 1960's and the big-screen blockbuster Love Story (1970) made the boyishly handsome Ryan O'Neal a household name. Prior to his fame, O'Neal's show business career began with work as a television stuntman.

Time for me to make my rounds. But, you stay right where you are. Don't touch that dial. Don't change that channel. Put down that remote. Don't leave the room. Keep your eyes on your monitor. Cause...............I'll be bock!

Now remember, the Canteen is ALWAYS

So, come on in and sit for a while. There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM

DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. How’s it going?

[Tanniker Smith]

Good morning, beachy. Just checkin' in for a hit & run.

I gotta run.

Have a nice day!

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen.
It should be over 100º again today.

[MEG33]

Birds are singing, A/C is working and all is well here.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beachy. (((HUGS)))

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning Meg. (((HUGS)))

[Arrowhead1952]

now?

[Arrowhead1952]

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[Arrowhead1952]

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[Arrowhead1952]

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