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USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) is sixteenth Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez , a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War .
[5] [6] USS Gonzalez first noticed the common pirate profile of a diesel boat towing smaller skiffs and, with USS Cape St. George closing from 40 miles (64 km) away, trailed the suspects until dawn. [7] Shortly before sunrise, the two American ships each sent a pair of rigid inflatable boats with specially trained boarding teams to investigate. [7]
USS Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, sank the skiffs used by the pirates, but they still controlled the tanker. US and German naval vessels shadowed the captured vessel and blockaded the port of Bosaso, where the captured tanker was taken. Eventually, after demanding a ransom, the pirates freed the ship and its crew of 21 on December 12.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Dolia Gonzalez accepts a painting of her son from Commander Brian Fort during a change of command ceremony for the USS Gonzalez in 2009. The United States Navy guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG-66), commissioned in 1996, is named in his honor. His mother, Dolia, has an uncommonly close relationship with the ship and its crew.
On 21 January 2006, USS Winston S. Churchill, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, captured a vessel operating off the Somali coast whose crew were suspected of piracy. [17] On 18 March 2006, USS Cape St. George, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser and USS Gonzalez, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, engaged pirate vessels after receiving fire from them.
Destroyer Squadron 28 (DESRON 28), is a squadron of warships of the United States Navy.It is an operational component of Carrier Strike Group Eight.The squadron was formed in 1951.
Orient Queen was escorted by USS Gonzalez, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, and USS Barry. It took the evacuees to the port of Larnaca in Cyprus. [15] Starward as Aegean Queen in the port of Rhodes (city) on 18 September 2017. In August 2006, Orient Queen was sold to Louis Cruise Lines of Cyprus and operated cruises under the same name. [16]