USS Chancellorsville (CG-62)
_takes_a_wave.jpg) Chancellorsville 2005 in rough seas |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | November 26, 1984 |
| Keel laying | June 24, 1987 |
| Launch | July 15, 1988 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | November 4th 1989 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
9750 tons |
| length |
173 meters |
| width |
16.80 meters |
| Draft |
10.2 meters |
| crew |
approx. 390 |
| drive |
Four gas turbines, two shafts with a total of 80,000 hp |
| speed |
30+ knots |
| Armament |
2 launchers for anti-ship missiles, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 2 guns 127 mm, 122 VLS cells |
The USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) is a guided missile cruiser of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser . The ship was named after the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert Edward Lee defeated the Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker , which was twice as large .
history
CG-62 was commissioned in 1984 and laid down at Ingalls Shipbuilding in 1987 . After a construction period of just over a year, the cruiser was launched and christened. At the end of 1989 the Chancellorsville was put into service.
In 1991 the Chancellorsville moved for the first time as part of the Second Gulf War . In 1993 the next transfer to the region followed, alongside USS Nimitz (CVN 68) . On June 26, the cruiser shot down nine BGM-109 Tomahawk targets in Iraq in response to plans to assassinate former US President George HW Bush . Another relocation to the Gulf followed in 1995.
In 1997, the Chancellorsville was used to fight drugs in the Caribbean, followed by a nine-month overhaul. After this was over, the ship was permanently moved to Japan. In 1999 she escorted from there with the USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) again into the Gulf as part of Operation Southern Watch . Chancellorsville was deployed back to the side of Kitty Hawk in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 . For Independence Day in Russia in 2002, the Chancellorsville was moored in Vladivostok with the USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) , a dock landing ship of the Whidbey Island class . In 2003 the cruiser accompanied a visit to two Chinese ships in Apra Harbor , Guam .
She participated in several exercises from 2004 to 2006 and returned to San Diego in October 2006. In 2007, the Chancellorsville sailed alongside the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and in 2008 moved with this to the Persian Gulf. Another voyage to the Pacific on the Reagan followed in 2009 . In the summer of 2010, the cruiser took part in the multinational maneuver RIMPAC . In March 2011, the ship was sent to the side of the Reagan off the coast of Japan to be ready for emergency aid after the Tōhoku earthquake .
In 2019, the ship was involved in an incident with the Russian submarine hunter Admiral Vinogradov , who attracted worldwide attention because of its military confrontation between two great powers. The U.S. guided missile carrier and Admiral Vinogradov were en route in the Philippine Sea on June 7, 2019 , crossing their respective courses. The ships came together except for the risky proximity of 15 to 30 meters. While the US Navy said the Russian ships had taken their right of way, the Russian Navy said the USS Chancellorsville had suddenly changed course. The aerial photographs clearly show the Russian ship changing direction while the American one maintains its course.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark D. Faram: Both Russia and US point fingers after warships almost collide. June 8, 2019, Retrieved June 8, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ East China Sea: Near collision between Russian and US warship in the Pacific . In: Spiegel Online . June 7, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 8, 2019]).
- ↑ Video shows Russian destroyer nearly colliding with US warship. Retrieved June 8, 2019 (American English).