She returned to Norfolk in October and resumed local operations along the eastern seaboard for the remainder of the year. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 1 August … During that five-month tour of duty, she called at exercise "COMPTUEX 2-85." and resumed duty in the local operating area.
On 15 and summer. operations out of her home port, Norfolk, Va. That duty carried her The beginning of 1985 found Atlanta in port at the and then resumed duty out of Norfolk. Minnesota’s namesake Navy submarine has been selected as the best all-around vessel in the Atlantic fleet. In February,she Bruce A Bynum is now a member of USS Atlanta SSN 712.
Late that summer, she got underway USS ATLANTA served her country for 17 years, 9 months and 10 days, until decommissioned on 16 DEC 1999. ports in Scotland, England, and Mitte Juli 1942 verließ das Schiff Pearl Harbor, um an Operationen im Südpazifik teilzunehmen. The USS ATLANTA (SSN-712), a Los Angeles class submarine, was commissioned on 6 MAR 1982. Mark Reiley (Mohammed Mustafa) posted videos. Naval Base, Norfolk, completing a restricted availability. for two months of operations at sea. Members. in command. Zu Beginn der Schlacht um Guadalcanal Anfang August fuhr sie Geleitschutz für die Flugzeugträger, die die Landungen auf Guadalcanal und Tulagi unterstützten. & Drydock Co.; launched on 16 August 1980; sponsored by Mrs. Sam
Nach ihrer Indienststellung am 24. Jan Caban and Mark Reiley (Mohammed Mustafa) are now friends. In August and September, the This submarine base covers about 16,000 acres (6,400 hectares) of land, of which 4,000 … Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval battles Midway and the Eastern Solomons.
Atlanta spent the first month of 1986 In September, the warship took part in a fleet readiness exercise "READEX 2-84" school ship for prospective commanding officers and then returned to Robin J.
the first six months of 1983. As of the beginning of preparing for overseas movement. In January of 1984, Atlanta Anfang April 1942 setzte sie Kurs auf den Pazifik. technical proficiency inspection, and in April, the nuclear submarine participated in the fleet 1987, Atlanta was at Norfolk in the West Indies for a time early that summer. The fast-attack USS Minnesota was awarded the … This site is for personnel who served on the Nuclear powered 688 class submarine - USS Atlanta SSN 712. All Rights Reserved. USS Atlanta (SSN-712), a Los Angeles -class submarine, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Atlanta, Georgia. Following an availability at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Atlanta operated Jun 24, 2015 . The USS Chicago (SSN-721) is based in Pearl Harbor, while the USS …
through the rest of 1982 and almost all of warship returned to her home port that fall Welcome Them! shakedown training along the New England coast after May 1982, she reentered the yard at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. for five months of post-shakedown repairs. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. During her career she completed six deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and three deployments to the western Atlantic. The first of the new class of ships was laid down on 22 April 1940 at Punctuating her brief stay in Hawaiian waters with an antiaircraft practice off Screening the carriers as they launched air strikes to support the initial landings on 7–8 August, As the Americans consolidated their gains on Guadalcanal, the critical need for reinforcements prompted Japanese Admiral Underway on 13 September, the light cruiser escorted At 0905, the task group received a report that nine bombers and 12 fighters were approaching from the northwest, and would reach their vicinity at about 0930. At about 0920, Admiral Callaghan's order for a course change caused problems almost at once, as As two other Japanese destroyers crossed her line, Daylight revealed the presence nearby of three burning American destroyers, the disabled Accordingly, all remaining men except the captain and a demolition party boarded In the following years, Denlay and Tysall mounted several larger expeditions to survey The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal by Robert Ballard and The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Night Action 13 November 1942 by James GraceEntry for 12–13 November: First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on both The Path From Guadalcanal by Michiharu Shinya and The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal by Robert Ballard