USS Port Royal
Cruiser
Navy to dry-dock USS Missouri for first makeover in 11 years...entire ship repainted. It will take at least six hours to drain all the water from the dry dock where $40 million worth of work was done on the USS Port Royal, which ran aground off Honolulu Airport in February. The shipyard will use 310... In this article: USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, Missouri, Pacific War, USS Port Royal, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Honolulu Airport, and Ford Island |
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Kansas City Star | February 07, 2009
Navy warship runs aground near Honolulu airport
...about a half mile off seaside Honolulu International Airport. </p><p>An initial effort by Navy tugs early Friday to free the guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal was unsuccessful. The $1 billion ship ran aground Thursday night while carrying...
In this article: Honolulu, Port Royal, Hawaii, and U.S. Coast Guard
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starbulletin | August 04, 2009
Use penalties to limit harm to reefs
...going to be too late." Those people include the Navy, which is repairing a $1 billion cruiser, the USS Port Royal, which ran aground near Honolulu Airport in February, wrecking coral over a 6- to 10-acre area. The warship dumped 7,000...
In this article: Department of Health, Hawaiian Islands, Waste, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, and George W. Bush
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Secretary tours isle
...of those are centered here in the Pacific." He pointed to the Navy's quick response when the guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal ran aground on a reef near the Honolulu Airport on Feb. 5. Nine tugboats and ships pulled the warship off...
In this article: Ray Mabus, Hawaii, Pacific, Taliban, USS Chung Hoon, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and Pearl Harbor
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More damage to Port Royal
More damage to Port Royal Besides damaged propellers and sonar dome, the USS Port Royal suffered other damage after running aground on a reef near Honolulu Airport on Feb. 5: ยป Both drive shafts and their support struts suffered heavy...
In this article: Port Royal, Navy Times, Pearl Harbor, Department of Natural Resources, Waste, Ticonderoga-class cruiser, and Honolulu Airport
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Warship put through its paces
...01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 25, 2009 After seven months in dry dock and $40 million in repairs, the cruiser USS Port Royal is tied up at a Pearl Harbor pier undergoing testing before being certified for sea duty. The $1 billion warship ran...
In this article: Pearl Harbor, Department of Health, Waste, Port Royal, and BAE Systems
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Ship that got stuck on reef almost ready to return to service
...aground near Honolulu Airport in February. The USS Port Royal remains in dry dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and is expected to return to service in early October, a Navy news release said. Repair costs will run close to $40 million.
In this article: Department of Health, Waste, Honolulu Airport, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, and Department of Natural Resources
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USS Port Royal (CG 73) is a United States Navy Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, the 27th and final in the class. She is the second US Naval Warship to bear the name of two naval battles of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, of the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. However, during the initial building phase, the builders and crew were unaware of this history of the first Port Royal, as a result, the Engineering Control Center bears a plaque "First ship named".
Ordered 25 Feb, 1988, laid down 18 October 1991 by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched on 20 November 1992, christened on 5 December, 1992 by Susan G. Baker (wife of James A. Baker III, chief of staff to President Bush, and former Secretary of State), and formally commissioned on 9 July 1994 at Savannah, Georgia, Captain Nicholas L. Richards Commanding, Lieutenant Commander Derek B. Kemp Executive Officer, and Master Chief Petty Officer Dennis W. Mills, Command Master Chief. Expected decommissioning date is tentatively set for the year 2029, however the Navy is approximately 16 years ahead of its decommissioning program for this class of ship.
Originally, Port Royal was planned to be outfitted with the experimental shipboard mounted HELWEP (High Energy Laser Weapon System). HELWEPS is based on a megawatt-class deuterium/ fluorine chemical laser, replacing the standard 5-in forward gun mount. HELWEPS, it is said, could be used to destroy missiles out to a range of about 4 km. It could also be used to burn out electro-optical sensors at about 10 km. The outfitting, scheduled to occur in Port Hueneme, California in 1994 was cancelled, along with any plans of incorporating HELWEPS onto a Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser Hull.
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