USS Newport News (SSN-750)
 USS Newport News (SSN-750) | |
| Career | 
|
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 19 April 1982 |
| Laid down: | 3 March 1984 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 3 June 1989 |
| Status: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5785 tons light, 6187 tons full, 402 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.4 meters (31 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS Newport News (SSN-750), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Newport News, Virginia.
History
Construction
The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 3 March 1984. She was launched on 15 March 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Rosemary D. Trible, and commissioned on 3 June 1989 with Commander Mark B. Keef in command. Mayor Jessie M. Rattley presented the ship with a commemorative plaque containing the poem "Newport News," written by Newport News native Ronald W. Bell, whose poem "Admiral Rickover" also appears upon a plaque aboard the Los Angeles-class sub USS Hyman G. Rickover. The poem appears on this page with permission from the author:
- "Newport News"
- Harbor of a thousand ships
- Forger of a nation's fleet
- Gateway to the New World
- Where ocean and river meet
- Strength wrought from steel
- And a people's fortitude
- Such is the timeless legacy
- Of a place called Newport News.
- nearly 16 years of history go here
Initial operations
Newport News returned to Norfolk, Virginia, following a six-month overseas deployment that included operations in the Middle East. She deployed in August 2004, first to take part in joint operations with allied navies in the North Atlantic, then to the U.S. Central Command area of operations "in support of national security interests and the global war on terrorism."
Collision with Japanese ship
On January 8, 2007, Newport News was surfacing in the Arabian Sea south of the Straits of Hormuz when it hit the Japanese tanker Mogamigawa.[1] She had been operating as part of Carrier Strike Group 8 (CSG-8)[2], organized around the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and dispatched to the Indian Ocean to help support operations in Somalia.[3]
Gallery
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Departing Souda Bay, Crete, Greece -
Newport News seen in October 2004 off Crete -
Insignia of Newport News SSN-750
See also
See USS Newport News for other ships of the same name.
References
- ^ U.S. sub collides with Japan ship, CNN, January 8, 2007.
- ^ Eisenhower Strike Group Completes JTFEX 06-2
- ^ "U.S. Strike in Somalia Targets Al-Qaeda Figure". Washington Post. 2007-01-08.
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
