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USS Hartford (SSN-768), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the second ship of the Navy to be named for Hartford, Connecticut.The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 22 February 1992.
USS Hartford at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California. USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864.
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hartford, named in honor of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. USS Hartford (1858), was a sloop-of-war, commissioned in 1859 and finally disposed of in 1957. USS Hartford (SSN-768), is a Los Angeles -class submarine, commissioned in 1994 and currently in service. Categories:
The collision occurred about 1:00 am local time (5:00 pm EST, 19 March 2009) as Hartford and New Orleans transited the Strait of Hormuz. The collision inflicted minor injuries on 15 sailors on Hartford and ruptured a fuel tank on New Orleans, spilling 25,000 US gal (95,000 L) of diesel fuel. Both vessels continued on under their own power. [1]
USS Hartford grounding. USS. Hartford. grounding. On 25 October 2003, USS Hartford, a United States Navy nuclear-powered Los Angeles -class submarine ran aground while leaving the harbor of the NATO Naval Base at the Santo Stefano island in La Maddalena archipelago, Sardinia. [1] Approximately nine million dollars ' worth of damage was done to ...
On August 5, 1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay, while serving in a member of USS Hartford's berth deck ammunition party, he was seriously wounded after a shell had wounded him in the leg and killed or wounded the rest of his crew. Despite his wounds, he remained at his post and continued to supply the Hartford 's guns. John Lawson was one ...
Commander : Rear Admiral David Farragut. 14 wooden ships: [1] USS Brooklyn (screw sloop) — Captain James Alden. USS Galena (950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark H. Wells. USS Hartford (2900-ton screw sloop; Farragut's flagship) — Flag Captain Percival Drayton. USS Itasca (gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander ...
Wilson Brown received his medal of honor on General Order #45 dated December 31, 1864. General Order #45 awarded the Medal of Honor to a total of 147 sailors, and marines. Of those 140 were Navy, 5 on the list were identified as African American, or of African Descent out of the 8 total known recipients for the Navy during the Civil War ...