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November 12, 1996 USS Gonzalez grounded on a coral reef at approximately 0800, off the island of Sint Maarten, damaging her sonar dome and several blades on both screws, costing $10 million in damage returning to service September 1997.
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Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine March 15 - UN Security Council encouraged any naval forces operating off Somalia to take action against suspected piracy. March 18 - USS Cape St. George and USS Gonzalez engage suspected pirates, destroying a small vessel and killing one , injuring five.
[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]
Following 83 days in captivity, the crew of five and the ship were released after the owner, H. Folmer & Co, paid a ransom of US$723,000, which was negotiated down from $1.5 million. [24] [25] Greece: FV Grecko 2 (fishing boat) 4+ (unknown) unknown: 2007-09-20: unknown: not known: unknown: FV Greko 2 was hijacked 110 nautical miles (200 km ...
In July fires were started on the USS Forrestal and USS Ranger, the eighteenth instance of sabotage aboard the latter vessel, a prime target back home for peace activists’ ‘Stop Our Ships’ agitation.” [45]: 258 The fire on the Forrestal resulted in over $7 million in damage and was the largest single act of sabotage in naval history.
Operation Inland Seas (or Sea) was a United States Navy operation to celebrate the completion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Task Force 47 (TF 47), a 28-ship detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Edmund B. Taylor, sailed up the Saint Lawrence River to participate in the official opening of the Seaway by Queen Elizabeth II of Canada and U.S. President ...
Ernesto Gonzalez, cartoon character in Bordertown (American TV series) Gonzalez (band), a British band, and their 1974 album; Gonzalez (organ builders), French firm of organ builders; González Byass, a Spanish winery; USS Gonzalez, a U.S. Navy destroyer