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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 ...
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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 ...
Naval Surface Force Atlantic is one of the U.S. Navy type commands.It consists of more than 70 ships, 25 separate organizations, and 25,000 personnel. [6] The command was created on 1 July 1975 by the consolidation of the previous Commander, Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet (COMPHIBLANT), Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, Atlantic Fleet (COMCRUDESLANT), Commander, Service Forces, Atlantic ...
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.
Cmdr. Brian Fort, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), presents Dolia Gonzalez with a painting of her son, Marine Corps Sgt. Freddy Gonzalez, before turning command of the ship over to Cmdr. Lynn Acheson at Naval Station Norfolk.