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USS Benfold (DDG-65) is a Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.She is a multi-mission platform capable of anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) with the powerful Aegis Combat System suite and anti-aircraft missiles, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, anti-surface warfare (ASUW) with Harpoon missiles, and strategic land strike using ...
Ferguson was designated the first commanding officer of USS Benfold (DDG-65) and reported in 1995 to Pascagoula, Mississippi, with the pre-commissioning crew. [5] On March 30, 1996, the USS Benfold was commissioned in San Diego, California. During Ferguson's command tour, the ship was awarded multiple department awards, and subsequently, the ...
Gilday, right, speaks with the Nigerian Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, at the 24th International Seapower Symposium, September 16, 2021.. Gilday's previous tours include duty with USS Chandler, USS Princeton, executive officer of USS Gettysburg as well as commanding the USS Higgins and USS Benfold and Destroyer Squadron 7.
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 ...
The 2009 film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen features USS Preble. [citation needed] The 2012 film Battleship features USS John Paul Jones, USS Benfold, and USS Sampson. [201] The 2013 film Captain Phillips features USS Truxtun, which stood in for the ship from the true event, USS Bainbridge. [202]
A Japanese court found Alkonis, who at the time was a weapons officer aboard the USS Benfold at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, guilty of negligent driving in 2022 and sentenced him to a three-year prison term. [1] After only a year of imprisonment in Japan, Alkonis was transferred to US custody and released unconditionally shortly after.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) was named after Hospital Corpsman Third Class Edward C. Benfold and commissioned on March 30, 1996, at Broadway Pier in San Diego. [21] [22] [23] Benfold Medical Center. The Benfold Center, Naval Branch Health Clinic (Building S-771), in Millington, Tennessee was named in his ...
In 1994-2003, DesRon 7 was assigned the battle group of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64). In 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999, DesRon 7 participated in Operation Southern Watch in the Arabian Gulf. [3] In 2002, the following ships were assigned to DesRon 7: USS Valley Forge (CG-50) USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)