FLEET WEEK SHIPS 2014

FLEET WEEK SHIPS 2014

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Table of Contents

USS CHOSIN (CG 65)...... 3 HMCS (FFH 335) ...... 4 HMCS YELLOWKNIFE...... 5 HMCS BRANDON (MM 710) ...... 6 MV CAPE HORN ...... 7 USS AMERICA (CV‐66) ...... 8 & 9 USS KIDD (DDG‐100) ...... 10 USCG ACTIVE (WMEC‐618)...... 11

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USS CHOSIN

• In March 2003 Chosin was assigned to ‐ Group One.[3] [4] • In April 2008, Chosin failed her Board of Inspection and Survey (InSurv) examination and was judged "unfit for sustained combat operations."[5][6] • In Spring of 2008, Chosin had received replacement gun barrels for both of her 5” guns.[7] • On 6 November 2009 Chosin assumed the role as flagship for the counter- task force Combined Task Force 151.[8] • On 17 November 2009 Chosin rescued three stranded Yemeni fishermen in the Gulf of Aden. According to the fishermen, they were left stranded in the water after 12 suspected Somali pirates hijacked their vessel. The fishermen also said that the pirates gave them an ultimatum to either jump overboard with only a wooden plank as a flotation device or be killed. Chosin medical personnel treated the fishermen and gave them food and water. Once the fishermen were deemed to be medically stable, Chosin transferred the fishermen to a Yemen Navy vessel.[9] • In April of 2013, Chosin passed its first ever Board of Inspection and Survey (InSurv) since its commissioning in 1992. • On April 30, 2013 Chosin departed her home port of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment. While deployed, Chosin is scheduled to conduct theater security operations with partner nations while providing deterrence, promoting peace and security, preserving freedom of the seas and providing humanitarian assistance/disaster response.[10] [11] • In October 2013 participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney, . • In February 2014 "Chosin" dispatched supplies via helicopter to RCN ship HMCS Protecteur after a severe engine room fire left her dead in the water about 630km off the coast of . [12] • Name: USS Chosin Displacement: Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load Namesake: Battle of Chosin Reservoir Length: 567 feet (173 m) Ordered: 8 January 1986 Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters) Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Draft: 34 feet (10.2 meters) Laid down: 2 July 1988 Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas Launched: 1 September 1989 turbine engines, 80,000 shaft Commissioned: 12 January 1991 horsepower (60,000 kW) Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers Motto: Invictus 2 × rudders Status: in active service, as of 2014 Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h) Class & type: Ticonderoga-class guided missile Complement: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, cruiser and approx. 340 enlisted

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HMCS CALGARY

HMCS Calgary is a Halifax-class that has served in the Canadian Forces and since 1995. Calgary is the sixth vessel in her class and the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Calgary. She was built as part of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. Calgary was laid down on 15 June 1991 by MIL Davie Shipbuilding at Lauzon and launched on 28 August 1992. She was commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 12 May 1995 and carries the hull classification symbol 335.[3] On 6 June 2011 Calgary was turned over to Seaspan Marine Corporation's Victoria Shipyards, to start an 18 month mid-life upgrading and modernization. Calgary was returned to the Royal Canadian Navy from Victoria Shipyards on 1 June 2012 and as of fall 2013 conducted sea acceptance trials. She is assigned to (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.[4]

Calgary serves on MARPAC missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Pacific Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. On 10 July 1995, Calgary was sent to the Persian Gulf as part of the force used to enforce sanctions on Iraq, her mission lasting until December of that year. While en route home, she assisted the sinking Mount Olympus. She rescued all 30 members of her crew, taking them to the freighter Rodopi.[3] HMCS Calgary deployed on Exercise "Tandem Thrust" in 1999. In 1999, while participating in the exercise "Tandem Thrust", Calgary suffered the breakdown of one of her diesel generators. The following year she redeployed to the Persian Gulf, once again as part of the group enforcing sanctions against Iraq.[3] Calgary participated in RIMPAC 2014 in June 2014, the first time that will participate in the operation.[5]

Name: Calgary Displacement: 3,995 tonnes (light) 4,795 tonnes (operational) Namesake: Calgary, Alberta 5,032 tonnes (deep load) Operator: Royal Canadian Navy Length: 134.2 m (440 ft) Builder: MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon Beam: 16.5 m (54 ft) Laid down: 15 June 1991 Draught: 7.1 m (23 ft) Launched: 28 August 1992 Propulsion: 2 × LM2500 Gas turbines Commissioned: 12 May 1995 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine Refit: HCM/FELEX June 2011-June 2012 Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h) Homeport: CFB Esquimalt Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) Identification: pennant number: 335 Complement: 225 (including air detachment) Motto: "Onward" Armament: 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes Honours and Atlantic 1942-1945, Biscay 1943, Normandy 1944, 1944-1945,16 × Evolved Sea-Sparrow SAM awards: North Sea 1945,[1] Arabian Sea [2] 8 × RGM-84 SSM 1 × 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun Fate: Active in service 1 × 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS Badge: Or, a bend wavy azure charged with a like bendlet argent. In front across the 6 × .50 Caliber machine guns centre of a bow stringed fess-wise, and arrow point upwards inAircraft pale, both sable. 1 × CH-124 Sea King Class & type: Halifax-class frigate carried:

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HMCS YELLOWKNIFE HMCS Yellowknife is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998. Yellowknife is the seventh ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the first vessel to use the designation Yellowknife in the Royal Canadian Navy..[1] Yellowknife was laid down on 7 November 1996 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 5 June 1997. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 18 April 1998 and carries the pennant number 706. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt. The Kingston-class coastal defence vessel was conceived to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and construction techniques in a ship designed to military specifications. The construction of the design required the building of partially outfitted steel block units, which were assembled into larger blocks and those blocks were integrated into the ship. The decks were assembled upside down with pre-outfitting of the underside of the deck prior to installation on the ship. The ship is outfitted with a degaussing system from Power Magnetics and Electronic Systems.[2] Kingston class vessels are designed to carry up to three 6.1-metre (20 ft) ISO containers with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads.[3] Armament and Sensors Kingston-class vessels are outfitted with a Bofors 40 mm 60 mk5C rapid fire gun, and two 12.7mm machine guns. The ships are equipped with one of three modular mine countermeasures systems: the deep sea Thales MMS mechanical mine sweeping system, the route survey system or the Sutec remotely operated vehicle (ROV) mine inspection system.[2] The navigation equipment installed in Kingston-class vessels are a Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar and a global positioning system. The surface search radar is the E to F-band Kelvin Hughes 6000.[2] Propulsion The ship is equipped with four main Wärtsilä UD 23V12 diesel engines which are coupled to four alternators (600 V AC). Two Jeumont electric motors (±740 V DC) provide power to the two LIPS Z-drive azimuth thrusters which are fitted with fixed-pitch reversing propellers. The propulsion system provides 15 knots (28 km/h) maximum continuous speed. The range at the economical cruising speed of 9 knots (17 km/h) using two engines is 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) with a 20% margin in tank capacity. Mechanical minesweeping is carried out at 8 knots (15 km/h). The crash stop length is five ship lengths from a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).[2] Name: Yellowknife Propulsion: 2 × Jeumont DC electric motors 4 × 600VAC Wärtsilä SACM V12 diesel alternators Namesake: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Speed: 15 kn (27.78 km/h) Builder: Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax Range: 5,000 nmi (9,260.00 km) Laid down: 7 November 1996 Capacity: 47 Launched: 5 June 1997 Complement: 31 to 47 Commissioned: 18 April 1998 Sensors and Kelvin Hughes navigation radar (I-band) Homeport: CFB Esquimalt processing systems: Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar (E-F Identification: 706 band) Class & type: Kingston-class coastal defence vessel Global Positioning System A towed high-frequency sidescan Displacement: 970 tonnes Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS) Length: 55.3 m (181.43 ft) Armament: 1 × Bofors 40 mm 60 Mk 5C cannon Beam: 11.3 m (37.07 ft) 2 × M2 Machine Guns Draught: 3.4 m (11.15 ft)

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HMCS BRANDON (MM 710)

HMCS Brandon is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1999. Brandon is the eleventh ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project. She is the second vessel to use the name HMCS Brandon. Brandon was laid down on 6 December 1997 at Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax and was launched on 10 July 1998. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 5 June 1999 and carries the pennant number 710. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.

The Kingston-class coastal defence vessel was conceived to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and construction techniques in a ship designed to military specifications. The construction of the design required the building of partially outfitted steel block units, which were assembled into larger blocks and those blocks were integrated into the ship. The decks were assembled upside down with pre-outfitting of the underside of the deck prior to installation on the ship. The ship is outfitted with a degaussing system from Power Magnetics and Electronic Systems.[2] Kingston class vessels are designed to carry up to three 6.1-metre (20 ft) ISO containers with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads.[3] Armament and Sensors Kingston-class vessels are outfitted with a Bofors 40 mm 60 mk5C rapid fire gun, and two 12.7mm machine guns. The ships are equipped with one of three modular mine countermeasures systems: the deep sea Thales MMS mechanical mine sweeping system, the route survey system or the Sutec remotely operated vehicle (ROV) mine inspection system.[2] The navigation equipment installed in Kingston-class vessels are a Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar and a global positioning system. The surface search radar is the E to F-band Kelvin Hughes 6000.[2] Propulsion The ship is equipped with four main Wärtsilä UD 23V12 diesel engines which are coupled to four alternators (600 V AC). Two Jeumont electric motors (±740 V DC) provide power to the two LIPS Z-drive azimuth thrusters which are fitted with fixed-pitch reversing propellers. The propulsion system provides 15 knots (28 km/h) maximum continuous speed. The range at the economical cruising speed of 9 knots (17 km/h) using two engines is 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) with a 20% margin in tank capacity. Mechanical minesweeping is carried out at 8 knots (15 km/h). The crash stop length is five ship lengths from a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).[

Name: Brandon Draught: 3.4 m (11.15 ft) Namesake: Brandon, Manitoba Propulsion: 2 × Jeumont DC electric motors 4 × 600VAC Wärtsilä SACM V12 diesel alternators Builder: Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax Speed: 15 kn (27.78 km/h) Laid down: 6 December 1997 Range: 5,000 nmi (9,260.00 km) Launched: 10 July 1998 Capacity: 47 Commissioned: 5 June 1999 Complement: 31 to 47 Homeport: CFB Esquimalt Sensors and Kelvin Hughes navigation radar (I-band) Honours and Atlantic, 1941-45 processing systems: Kelvin Hughes 6000 surface search radar (E-F band) awards: Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1944.[1] Global Positioning System Class & type: Kingston-class coastal defence vessel A towed high-frequency sidescan sonar Displacement: 970 t Remote-control Mine Hunting System (RMHS) Length: 55.3 m (181.43 ft) Armament: 1 × Bofors 40 mm 60 Mk 5C cannon 2 × M2 Machine Guns Beam: 11.3 m (37.07 ft)

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MV CAPE HORN (AKR 5068)

MV Cape Horn is one of Military Sealift Command's 27 Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and one of the 49 RRF ships in Military Sealift Command's Sealift Program Office.

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USS AMERICA (LHA-6)

USS AMERICA (LHA 6) will be the fourth U. S. Navy vessel named after our country and will showcase the strength, resolve and commitment of a great nation. She is characterized as an aviation-centric designed to operate the U. S. Marine Corps next generation of aircraft, the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and to support the Marines across the full spectrum of military operations. AMERICA’S motto: “Bello Vel Pace Paratus”, translates to “Prepared in War or Peace”, representing the capability of this awesome to strike mightily in wartime, be a deterrent in peacetime, and to lead humanitarian and disaster response efforts in times of need. AMERICA will be a flagship for 21st century operations.

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Name: America Propulsion: Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total brake horsepower, two 5,000 horsepower auxiliary propulsion motors. Namesake: United States of America Speed: 22+ knots (41+ km/h)[9] Awarded: 1 June 2007[1] Complement: 65 officers, 994 enlisted Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries 1,687 Marines (plus 184 surge) Laid down: 17 July 2009 [2] Sensors and AN/SPQ-9B fire control Launched: 4 June 2012 [3] processing AN/SPS-48E airsearch radar[10] Sponsored by: Lynne Pace[2] systems: Christened: 20 October 2012 [4] Electronic AN/SLQ-32B(V)2 warfare 2×Mk53 NULKA decoy launchers[10] [4][5] Acquired: 10 April 2014 & decoys: [6] Commissioned: 11 October 2014 (planned) Armament: 2× Rolling Airframe Missile launchers Motto: "Bello vel pace paratus" 2× Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers ("Ready for War or Peace") 2× 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 7× twin .50 BMG machine guns Status: Undergoing Sea Trials Aircraft carried: MV-22B Osprey Notes: Program cost, $6.8 billion[7] [7] F-35B Lightning II Unit cost, $3.4 billion (FY 2011) CH-53K Super Stallion Class & type: America-class amphibious assault ship[2] UH-1Y Venom AH-1Z Viper Displacement: 44,971 long tons (45,693 t)[8] full load MH-60S Knighthawk Length: 844 feet (257.3 meters) Beam: 106 feet (32.3 meters) Draft: 26 feet (7.9 meters)

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USS KIDD (DDG-100) USS Kidd (DDG-100) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the . She is the third Navy ship named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was on board Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the first American flag officer to die in World War II. The ship is part of Destroyer Squadron Twenty-one (DESRON-21) of Three which is currently headed by the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74).

Kidd was christened on 22 January 2005 at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Commander Richard E. Thomas of Westwood, New Jersey, served as her first commanding officer until February 2008. Commander Charles P. Good of Huntington Beach, California, took Kidd on her maiden deployment. 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 navy. She was commissioned in Galveston, on 9 June 2007. She is currently homeported in San Diego. On 5 January 2012, the Kidd rescued the 13-member crew of an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel, the Al Molai, from Somali pirates who had been holding them hostage for over 40 days, capturing fifteen pirates in the process with no casualties.[1] Search for Airlines MH 370 On 10 March 2014 the ship joined the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 two days after it went missing over the . The Kidd was the second Navy ship to be deployed in the search. It joined USS Pinckney, and more than 40 other ships and 32 aircraft from Malaysia, Australia, China, , , , , ,[2] , , and the taking part in the search and rescue .[3] On March 14 it was announced that Kidd would be relocated to the Indian Ocean in search of the plane, since new evidence points to the possibility of the plane being there.[4] In popular culture In the 2009 science fiction film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the USS Kidd fires at and destroys a Decepticon named Devastator with a railgun (mounted in place of the standard cannon) during the movie's climactic battle in Egypt. Moments earlier in the film the captain of the USS John C. Stennis queues the USS Kidd into action but the hull of the USS Preble (DDG-88) is shown instead. The footage of the combat information center and the forecastle with the railgun was shot on the USS Kidd.

Namesake: Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 Ordered: 6 March 1998 MW) Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Speed: 30+ knots (55+ km/h) Laid down: 29 April 2004 Complement: 380 officers and enlisted Launched: 22 January 2005 Armament: 1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical Commissioned: 9 June 2007 launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, Homeport: Naval Base San Diego BGM-109 or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles Motto: On To Victory 1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 Mk-45 Mod 4 Status: in active service, as of 2014 (lightweight gun), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns Class & type: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes Displacement: 9,200 tons 1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) Aircraft 2 × MH-60 Seahawk helicopters carried: Beam: 66 ft (20 m) Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m) 10

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USCG ACTIVE (WMEC – 618) USCGC Active (WMEC-618) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance . Active was launched at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on July 31, 1965. Commissioned as a Coast Guard Cutter on September 1, 1966, she is 210 feet (64 m) long, has a 34-foot (10 m) beam, displaces 1000 tons, and draws 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. She is powered by two diesel engines, combined for a total of 5,000 hp (3,700 kW). Quarters are provided for up to 12 officers and 70 enlisted members. Active's cruising range is 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), designed with an operating endurance of about 30 days. At top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h), Active has an approximate range of 2,200 nautical miles (4,070 km). Active's armament consists of a single 25 mm gun on the forecastle. 50 caliber machine guns can also be mounted on the forecastle. bridge or fantail. The Active has a which allows for the deployment of a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin or MH-68A Stingray Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON). USCGC Active has received several awards in recent years for its outstanding service to the maritime community, including oil spill clean ups in Prince William Sound, Alaska during the Exxon Valdez oil spill.[1] Missions Active is assigned primarily to law enforcement and search and rescue duties. The law enforcement duties involve counter-narcotic operations, fisheries, and environmental protection. To add to its diverse mission capability, Active also participates in public relations activities such as the Portland Rose Festival and Seattle Sea Fair. Active has received several awards in recent years for its outstanding service to the maritime community. Active was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation for exemplary service from 1987 to 1989 and a Coast Guard Unit Commendation for outstanding service from 1989 to 1991. Active was awarded the Special Operations Service Ribbon for the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup in Prince William Sound, Alaska, participation in the Portland Rose Festival, the Coast Guard Bicentennial celebration at San Francisco Fleet Week in October 1992, and for the 1994 at sea apprehension of the motor vessel JIN YINN No. 1 carrying 123 illegal Chinese migrants. Active has been awarded fifteen Cutter Achievement Ribbons for “clean sweeps” of all training requirements during Tailored Ships Training Availability. Active has also received two National Defense Service ribbons. Active was awarded a Coast Guard Unit Commendation for exceptional meritorious service from 12 to 26 August 1997 for the interdiction of the motor vessel LAPAS No. 3 carrying 60 illegal Chinese migrants. In August 1998, Active participated in a cooperative counter-drug operation with Mexican authorities that resulted in the interdiction of the fishing vessel LADY DOUNIA and the seizure of 2.55 metric tons of cocaine. Active earned the Special Operations Service Ribbon for actions in a November 1998 counter-drug operation with Canadian authorities resulting in the apprehension of the fishing vessel BLUE DAWN and the seizure of 14 tons of hashish. Active received the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation for exceptional meritorious service on 23 and 24 January 2000 in interdicting the Mexican fishing vessel VALERA, resulting in the seizure of 5.5 metric tons of cocaine. On May 2, 2001 Active seized the Belize flagged fishing vessel SVESDA MARU with 13.2 tons of cocaine, the largest maritime cocaine seizure in history and was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation Award. Active's deployments are normally scheduled for 45 to 55 days. Inport periods for maintenance are scheduled between deployments, lasting four to six weeks. Every four years the ship undergoes a major maintenance period lasting six to eight weeks.[2]

Builder: Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Propulsion: 2 x V16 2550 horsepower ALCO diesel engines Laid down: July 31, 1965 Speed: max 18 knots (33 km/h); 2,700-nautical-mile (5,000 km) range Commissioned: September 1, 1966 Range: cruise 14 knots (26 km/h); 6,100-nautical-mile Homeport: Port Angeles, (11,300 km) range Nickname: Li'l Tough Guy Complement: 12 officers, 63 enlisted Fate: Active Sensors and 2 x AN/SPS-64 Displacement: 759 tons processing Length: 210' 6" systems: Beam: 34' Armament: 1 x Mk 38 25 mm machine gun 2 x M2HB .50 caliber machine gun Draught: 10' 6" max Aircraft carried: HH-65 Dolphin

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