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On 17 July 2006, CNN reported that Gonzalez would be deployed to help in evacuation efforts of American citizens from Lebanon in the midst of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. [5] In May 2022, Gonzalez was homeported out of Naval Station Norfolk and a part of Destroyer Squadron 28, along with Carrier Strike Group 8 led by the USS Harry S ...
The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in U.S. history. [3] On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots (37 km/h), ran aground at Honda Point (also known as Point Pedernales; the cliffs just off-shore called Devil's Jaw), a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the Gaviota ...
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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 ...
[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]
On June 3, USS Carter Hall, a Harpers Ferry-class landing ship dock engaged the pirates, firing machine-gun bursts at the skiffs in tow behind the Danish ship, but failed to stop them. [23] 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 ...
March 18 - USS Cape St. George and USS Gonzalez engage suspected pirates, destroying a small vessel and killing one, injuring five. The men claim that their rocket propelled grenade launcher was only for helping catch illegal fishermen. April 4 - Somali pirates seize the 160-foot South Korean fishing boat, Dong Won 628.