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USS San Diego (LPD-22) 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. USS San Diego (LPD-22), a San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Diego, California.
USS Momsen (DDG-92) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. Momsen is the twenty-sixth destroyer of the Arleigh Burke class to be built by Bath Iron Works . She is named after Vice Admiral Charles B. "Swede" Momsen of Flushing, Queens , New York (1896–1967).
USS Germantown (LSD-42) is the second Whidbey Island -class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She is the second navy ship named after the Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown. Germantown was the first ship in the class to serve in the Pacific. The amphibious ship 's mission is to project power ashore by transporting and launching ...
Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the United States Pacific Fleet, consisting of over 50 ships and over 150 tenant commands. The base is composed of 13 piers stretched over 1,600 acres (650 ha) of land and 326 acres (132 ha) of water. [1] The total on base population is over 24,000 military personnel and over 10,000 civilians.
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 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) is a United States Navy base in Point Loma, a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It was established on 1 October 1998 when Navy facilities in the Point Loma area of San Diego were consolidated under Commander, Navy Region Southwest. Naval Base Point Loma consists of seven facilities: Submarine Base, Naval Mine ...
USS San Diego (ACR-6), 28 January 1915, while serving as flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Note two-star rear admiral's flag flying from her mainmast top. The second USS California (ACR-6), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania -class armored cruiser.
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) is a Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Pearl Harbor , where World War II began for the United States. Pearl Harbor was laid down on 27 January 1995, by the Avondale Shipyards , New Orleans, La. ; launched on 24 February 1996; and commissioned on 30 May 1998.