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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, 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.
The USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collision was a collision between the United States Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS Hartford and the United States Navy San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans on 20 March 2009.
General Dynamics (GD) enjoys a dominant position as a Navy contractor in the United States. It is one of the only two contractors in the world equipped to build nuclear-powered submarines.
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.
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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 ...
Damage to USS Hartford ' s rudder.. Navy divers from USS Emory S. Land inspected Hartford the next day and found large areas of the hull scraped down to bare metal. [6] Sound damping anechoic tiles had been ripped away, metal grates over the ballast tanks had been badly distorted and the passive sonar hydrophone system damaged in three separate locations. [6]