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USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) (formerly USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)) is a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base, one of three such ships in service with the United States Navy (USN) as of late 2021. [3] [7] [8]
USS Sterett served as one of the filming locations for the TNT's television series The Last Ship and its fictional setting, USS Nathan James. [citation needed]USS Sterett served as the backdrop for a historic visit to Naval Base Point Loma by President Joe Biden in March 2023.
The U.S. Navy leased what was then known as "Felton's Farm Field" for use as an outlying field of NAS Pensacola from 1933 and it purchased the 866.62 acres (3.5071 km 2) site on 16 August 1939. [5] The base opened for operations on 26 August 1940 [ 6 ] and is named after Lieutenant (junior grade) Richard C. Saufley , USN, Naval Aviator No. 14.
USS Marinette (LCS-25) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first commissioned ship, and second overall in naval service to be named after Marinette, Wisconsin (the place where it was built), the other being Marinette (YTB-791) , a Natick -class large fleet tugboat .
2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke -class Aegis destroyer serving in the United States Navy (USN). Chung-Hoon was named in honor of Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979), recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star .
The cost to build District of Columbia, the lead boat of the class, will be an estimated $6.2 billion (fiscal 2010 dollars). [6] The Navy has a goal of reducing the average cost of the remaining 11 planned hulls in the class to $4.9 billion each (fiscal 2010 dollars). [9] The total lifecycle cost of the entire class is estimated at $347 billion ...
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [7] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics , which became known as the Independence -class littoral combat ship after the first ship of the class, USS Independence . [ 7 ]