USS George Washington (CVN 73)
_transits_the_Atlantic_Ocean.jpg) The Washington in the Atlantic, 2002 |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | December 27, 1982 |
| Keel laying | August 25, 1986 |
| Launch | July 21, 1990 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | 4th July 1992 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
approx. 97,000 standard tons (fully loaded) |
| length |
317 meters (waterline), 332.85 meters (flight deck) |
| width |
40.84 meters (fuselage), 76.80 meters (flight deck) |
| Draft |
12.50 meters |
| crew |
3200 crew |
| drive |
2 nuclear reactors, 4 propellers |
| speed |
30+ knots |
| Armament |
2 Evolved Sea Sparrow Starters, 2 Rolling Airframe Starters, 3 Phalanx 1B |
| Planes |
up to 85 |
The USS George Washington ( CVN-73 ) is the sixth aircraft carrier of the Nimitz-class of the US Navy . It bears the name of the first President of the United States , George Washington . It was in the shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding on 25 August 1986 at the Kiel established and put into service on July 4 1,992th Her home port was the port of the city of Yokosuka in Japan from September 2008 to December 2015 . She was replaced by the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and has since been stationed in Norfolk, Virginia . Since August 4, 2017, the ship has been comprehensively refurbished at Newport News Shipbuilding as part of the RCOH .
Calls
- 1994: Accompaniment for the 50th anniversary of D-Day .
- 1996: Decisive Endeavor (Bosnia / Herzegovina).
- 1996: Operation Southern Watch (surveillance of no-fly zones in Iraq ).
- 2000: Southern Watch (monitoring of no-fly zones in Iraq).
- On September 11, 2001 , the USS George Washington was ordered into port in New York City to protect the city.
- 2003–2004: Operation Iraqi Freedom (support for the Iraq war).
- 2008: From September 2008, GW replaced the Kitty Hawk as the forward aircraft carrier in Yokosuka , Japan .
- 2010: After the bombing of Yeonpyeong , the aircraft carrier was relocated to the Yellow Sea.
- 2013: After Typhoon Haiyan , the USS George Washington was relocated to the Gulf of Leyte to provide humanitarian aid.
fire
On May 24, 2008, a fire broke out in one of the porter's ventilation shafts and quickly spread through cable ducts over several decks and a total of 80 chambers; 37 seafarers were injured in the process. The carrier, who was fueling the frigate USS Crommelin (FFG-37) at the time , was en route to Japan in the Pacific Ocean, near the Galápagos Islands . After the fire had been extinguished, the carrier drove to the naval base in San Diego (California) under its own power for repair work . According to media reports, Commanding Officer Captain David C. Dykhoff and his Executive Officer Captain David Dober were released from command of the porter in July 2008 because of the accident. The cause of the fire was the violation of safety rules, as a cigarette was smoked in a technical room. The damage amounted to 70 million US dollars.
Others
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service ( Middle East Field Office - Subordinate Office Middle East Field Office - Naval Criminal Investigative Service Resident Unit ) maintains a permanently manned agent office ( Special Agent Afloat ) on the ship ; this is the only NCIS service on a floating unit.
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- ↑ USS George Washington begins midlife maintenance overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding. August 4, 2017, accessed August 12, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/us/31brfs-2OFFICERSREL_BRF.html?ref=us
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (English)
- USS George Washington ( Memento of May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- NavSource Online: USS George Washington web page (English)