USS Hué City (CG-66)
_passes_under_the_Verrazano_Narrows_Bridge.jpg) The Hue City will receive the New York Fleet Week 2007 |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | April 16, 1987 |
| Keel laying | February 20, 1989 |
| Launch | June 1, 1990 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | September 14, 1991 |
| 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 together 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 Hue City (CG 66) is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy and belongs Ticonderoga-class cruiser to. Its name is intended to honor the efforts of the US Marines during the Battle of Huế (1968) in the Vietnam War . The ship's “ battle cry ” was chosen accordingly : Fidelity, Courage, Honor (loyalty, courage, honor).
history
CG-66 was commissioned in 1987 and laid down in 1989. The building yard was Ingalls Shipbuilding . There the cruiser was launched in 1990 and was christened Hué City by Mrs. Jo Ann Cheatham . The commissioning took place in September 1991.
In 1993 the Hué City ran out for the first time, it protected the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on her mission in the Mediterranean. There the group took part in Operation Deny Flight . 1995 monitored the Hué City on the side of the Roosevelt no-fly zones over Iraq ( Operation Southern Watch ). After a trip to the Baltic Sea in 1996, another transfer to the Mediterranean followed in 1997, but this time alongside the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) . In 1999 the cruiser drove an exercise in the Baltic Sea.
In 2000 the Hué City was the flagship during the UNITAS exercise in the Caribbean. Immediately after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, she was protecting the USS George Washington (CVN-73) off the New York coast. In March 2002 a mission began with the Kennedy as part of Operation Enduring Freedom .
In 2004 the cruiser took part in exercise Northern Eagle 2004 with the Russian Navy . In 2006, Hué City secured the sea routes in the Horn of Africa in a small task force led by the USS Trenton (LPD-14) . She also secured the evacuation of American civilians from Lebanon . After participating in Fleet Week New York, the cruiser moved again off Africa's east coast and into the Persian Gulf, this time with the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) . In early 2010, the Hué City ran alongside the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) . The destination of the trip is the Middle East, where the combat group supports the US forces in Iraq and the fight against pirates off Somalia . In June 2012, the cruiser moved again alongside the Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Mediterranean and Arabian waters.
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- Official Homepage (Engl.)
Footnotes
- ↑ CG-66, Crest (ship's crest)
- ↑ The crew wants to actively support the commemoration of this battle. See: CG-66, Memorial ("Commemoration")