They went to relieve the New Jersey in Tokyo Bay as part of the "occupation force." After about a week and a half at sea, they ran into a tidal wave. Covering the ship, it bent the bow two feet to the port side. It destroyed the small guns, ammunition storage, and radar ...
starting in September of 2024 it will be moving into drydock for a serious overhaul. During the overhaul I wanted visitors to still have access to key sections of the site, so direct links to those sections are provided below. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to send ...
During my father's lifetime, I never knew one of the Randolph's anchors was a mere 60 miles away in New Jersey. He would have been consumed with emotion. I encourage surviving Randolph sailors to make the pilgrimage to Toms River or Kingsport. ...
OCT 1980 - MAR 1981 Dry Dock NOV 1980 - Shellback Initiation - 10 NOV 1980 - Atlantic Ocean JAN 1983 - JAN 1984 Mediterranean FEB 1983 - JAN 1984 Mediterranean MAR 1983 - NOV 1983 Mediterranean-Lebanon JAN 1985 - JUL 1985 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf AUG 1987 - Shellback Initiati...
While in the midst of final outfitting, the ship was holed and partially flooded at the shipyard docks during Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, requiring a return to dry dock for repairs, which included cutting out a turbine, delaying her commissioning and deployment with the Nav...
The second USS Worcester (CL-144) was laid down on 29 January 1945 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp.; launched on 4 February 1947; sponsored by Gloria Ann Sullivan, the daughter of Mayor F. G. Sullivan of Worcester, Massachusetts; and commissioned at...
The carrier was built using a modular construction of 161 super-lift sections. The super-lift sections are sequentially hoisted and lowered into the dry dock using a 900t crane. CVN 77 USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier design The George HW Bush has the same new bulbous bow design that wa...
01 Aug 83Underway for Pearl Harbor escorting New Jersey Battle Group 18 Aug 83Arrive Pearl Harbor, leave/stand-down Sep 83Local Operations, Underway Material Inspection(Excellent) Oct-Nov 83Local ASW exercises and upkeep 26 Nov 83Completed Defense Nuclear Security Inspection ...
DD-397 USS Benham USS Benham was built at Kearny, New Jersey as a lead ship of 10 destroyers. In February 1939, she was commissioned and served in the Atlantic and throughout the Gulf of Mexico until early 1940. At that point, she was sent to the Pacific like many other ships during...
Fletcher was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, on 2 October 1941. She was launched on 3 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. F. F. Fletcher, widow of Admiral Fletcher; and commissioned on 30 June 1942, with Lieutenant Commander William M. Cole in ...