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USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) in the Sea of Japan, August 1974. USS Oklahoma City (CL-91/CLG-5/CG-5) was one of 27 United States Navy Cleveland -class light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II, and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
USS. Oklahoma. (BB-37) 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). [1] USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada -class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, the ship served in World War I as a ...
On 13 November 2002, USS Oklahoma City collided with the Leif Hoegh liquefied natural gas tanker Norman Lady, east of the Strait of Gibraltar.No one on either vessel was hurt, and there were no leaks from fuel tanks and no threat to the environment, but the submarine sustained damage to her periscope and sail area, and put into La Maddalena, Sardinia, for repairs.
Despite its motto, "The Sooner, The Better," the USS Oklahoma City submarine is retiring right at the end of its projected lifespan of 33 years.
In 2015, the Navy began the process of identifying sailors killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. At that time, 388 service members were unidentified; today fewer than three dozen have not been identified.
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is the lead ship of the two Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy, and is the flagship of the Seventh Fleet. Her primary role is to provide command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) support to the commander and staff of the United States Seventh Fleet.
First submarine of the United States Navy. Intelligent Whale. Experimental submarine built in 1863, acquired by the US Navy in 1869 and abandoned in 1873. DSV-0. Trieste. First submarine which reached the Challenger Deep by Swiss Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh in 1960. DSV-1.
Armament. 8 × 533 mm (21 in) bow tubes [ 1 ] 14 × AEG SUT torpedoes. KRI Nanggala (402), also known as Nanggala II, was one of two Cakra -class Type 209/1300 diesel-electric attack submarines of the Indonesian Navy. It sank following an implosion in April 2021. Ordered in 1977, Nanggala was launched in 1980 and commissioned in 1981.