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AIRCRAFT carriers _______
The superlative new supercarriers, the four nuclear-powered giants of the Nim- ttz class, are the heaviest warships ever built—91,400 tons full load—and the m°st expensive, but not the biggest. Their length of 1,092 feet makes them nine feet shorter than their older step- s*ster Enterprise (CVN-65). All are products of the Newport News Shipbuilding ar>d Dry Dock Company, the only U. S. shipyard currently in the business of uilding nuclear-powered surface ships, hese may well be the last such carriers ever constructed, as the Navy expects to adopt a new and smaller design for future shipbuilding programs. The Nim- itz (CVN-68) was ordered under the fiscal year 1967 program and commissioned in May 1975. Completed as an attack carrier (CVAN), she has since been redesignated as an all-purpose CVN, and her sisters will also be delivered as such. Powered by two nuclear reactors delivering 280,000 horsepower to four propeller shafts, the Nimitz carriers can operate for 13 years without refueling. With an air group of 90 or more planes, each carrier has accommodations for
nearly 6,300 officers and men.
No key dates were passed by the two ships under construction during 1976, but funds for lead items in the construction of CVN-71 were appropriated. The Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), launched on 11 October 1975, is about 85% complete, but still close to a year from commissioning, while the Carl Vinson (CVN-70)—the only U. S. Navy ship since 1900 to be named for a living person—will be under construction until at least 1980.
guided missile cruisers
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Originally classed as guided-missile Ugates (DLGNs), the powerful ships of the Virginia class were given the guided-missile cruiser (CGN) classification in 1975. At one time the Navy planned to order five ships of this type ut cut the program back to three, only to be overruled by Congress, which in- Slsted on authorizing the procurement of long lead time machinery under the
year 1974 program. The Navy or- the Virginia (CGN-38), Texas (CGN-39)j and Mississippi (CGN-4o) from j^e Newport News Shipbuilding and ry Dock Company with an option to d two more at a later date. Congress unded the fourth cruiser of the class, CGm.41; in fiscal year 1975 but a year ter turned down the Navy’s request for t e fifth ship on the grounds that her fissile system would be obsolete and at she wouldn’t be able to carry the egis system. Cost inflation on these J11 Ps precipitated a major controversy etween the government and the ship- uilder when the Navy exercised its °ption to buy the CGN-41 under the °r'ginal contract, and Newport News plated it would do no further work.
hile this ship is now being built Ur>der court order, the CGN-42 will undoubtedly be ordered to an entirely new design if she is ever built.
The Virginia, commissioned in September, is now in her shakedown period. She and her sisters are 9,500-ton ships, 585-feet long with beams of 63 feet, and powered by two reactors. Designed pri
marily to provide antiaircraft and antisubmarine protection for carriers, they are armed with two twin Tartar- D/ASROC launchers, two 5 in./54-caliber guns, two triple torpedo tubes, and two ASW helicopters. Completion of four Virginia-chss ships will give the Navy nine nuclear-powered cruisers of this
general type to serve as escorts for two all-nuclear carrier task forces, which will be the nucleus of the Navy’s quick-reaction strike force for the rest of this century.
Notes:
A. The Navy’s request for funds to
procure advanced components for the nuclear-powered strike cruiser (CSGN) was denied by Congress in 1976. These proposed cruisers were designed to be follow-ons to the California- and Virginia- class cruisers. The fate of the CSGN remains in doubt.
B. Funds have been appropriated to repair and modernize the Belknap (CG-26) which was severely damaged in a 1975 collision with the John F. Kennedy (CV-67). The Belknap has been mentioned as a possible platform for the Aegis system.
DESTROYERS
Conceived as a multi-year total package procurement program to provide replacements for the World War II destroyers approaching block obsolescence, 30 ships of the Spruance (DD-963) class were ordered from the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries for construction in a new, highly-automated shipyard at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Production problems and cost inflation have set the program back considerably, but ships are now coming off the assembly line at the rate of about two every three months. In addition to the U. S. ships which were ordered in increments between fiscal year 1970 and fiscal year 1975, Ingalls expects to build four more of a similar type for Iran.
The first major warships of the U. S. Navy to be powered by gas turbines, the Spruances have the dubious distinction of being the largest, but most lightly armed destroyers in the world. Displacing 7,500 tons at full load, they are 564-feet long and 54-feet wide, and their four turbines develop 80,000 shaft horsepower for their twin screws. Their weapons suite consists of two 5 in./54- caliber guns, an ASROC launcher, two triple ASW torpedo tubes, and two LAMPS helicopters. Space is also reserved for additional missile and gun systems, including the Basic Point Defense Missile System. In fact, their design specifically provides for periodic updating of weapon systems throughout their projected 30-year lives. Automation of onboard equipment has enabled the crew to be reduced to about 80% of the number previously required.
The lead ship, USS Spruance (DD-963), was commissioned in 1975, while the Paul F, Foster (DD-964), Kinkaid (DD- 965), and Hewitt (DD-966) entered service
during 1976. Four launchings and five keel layings also took place during 1976, leaving only the last seven ships of the class to be laid down this year. The names of these destroyers honor a wide variety of naval heroes and dignitaries from Revolutionary War statesmen to World War II admirals, and also repeat several famous destroyer names of the past. Those assigned to date are Elliot (DD-967), Arthur W. Radford (DD-968), Peterson (DD-969), Caron (DD-970), David R. Ray (DD-971), Oldendorf (DD-972),John Young (DD-973), Comte de Grasse (DD- 974), O’Brien (DD-975), Merrill (DD-976), Briscoe (DD-977), Stump (DD-978), Conollj (DD-979), Moosbrugger (DD-980), John Hancock (DD-981), Nicholson (DD-982), ,
John Rodgers (DD-983), Leftwich (DD-984), Cushing (DD-985), Harry W. Hill (DD-986), 0’Bannon (DD-987), and Thom (DD-988). Four are still unnamed.
guided missile frigates
In reaction to the rapidly escalating costs of the high-performance cruiser and destroyer types, the Navy adopted the ''high-low” concept under which this class of frigate (formerly designated PF-109) was to provide large numbers of father austere ships with antisubmarine and antiair capabilities sufficient to perform a variety of general escort missions. Their planning also introduced the "de- S1gn to cost” approach which has been followed as closely as possible. The orig- *nal plan envisioned ordering 50 ships between fiscal years 1975-1979 with fnulti-year awards to one or two shipyards in order to achieve so-called learning curve” and mass production economies. Congressional refusal to follow the desired authorization and fund- lng schedule has already stretched out fhe program so that the Navy has not been able to put under contract all the PFG-7s that were authorized to date. Two ffiore frigates have been authorized for ■Australia (U. S. hull numbers FFG-17 and PFG-18). The prototype ship of the class, fhe Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), was launched in September by the Bath Iron
Works (now a subsidiary of the Congo- leum Corporation, an unlikely conglomerate entrant into the shipbuilding business) which is responsible for design and lead yard services for the entire program. Two West Coast divisions of Todd Shipyards are contractors for follow-on ships of the class, but no keels are scheduled to be laid until the middle part of 1977 when the Oliver Hazard Perry should be nearing completion.
These frigates will have dimensions of
Seven feet longer than the Knox-class frigate, the FFG has two hangers for SH-2s and, later, the follow-on LAMPS III helicopters.
440 by 45 feet with full-load displacements of about 3,400 tons. Each ship will carry a crew of 185 and an armament of one 76-mm. gun, a combination Standard/Harpoon missile launcher, a 20-mm. Vulcan/Phalanx mount, two triple ASW torpedo tubes, and two LAMPS helicopters. Two gas turbines of the model being used in the Spruance- class destroyers will provide 41,000 horsepower to drive a single screw for a top speed of about 30 knots.
ballistic missile submarines
With the earliest of the Polaris sub- rnarines approaching the end of their Useful service lives, the Navy designed fbe entirely new Ohio class to carry the °nger ranged Trident missile. These ships have been optimized for quiet °peration, endurance, and reliability, and fbe missile load has been increased by °% to a total of 24. As a result their S12e has reached 16,600 tons surfaced or 18,700 in their usual submerged operates condition, with a length of 560 feet and a maximum beam of 42 feet. The adoption of state names for this class 0rmalizes their inheritance of the capital ship role formerly held by the battle- sbip, and indeed they are bigger than the O^/o-class battleships of the early 1900s. Only their crews, minimized by automation to 16 officers and 117 men, will “e smaller.
Originally ten ships of the class were planned, to be built at the rate of three per year following the prototype contract awarding in fiscal year 1974. This schedule has been repeatedly stretched out, with two hulls authorized in fiscal year 1975 and one in each of the two succeeding programs. However, the Navy has now decided after extensive cost-effectiveness studies to continue ordering submarines to this design until the limit of missiles authorized by the SALT agreement is reached. All four ships ordered to date are being built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at its facilities in Groton, Connecticut, and at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. The keel of the lead ship, the Ohio (SSBN-726), was laid in April 1976 and that of the Michigan (SSBN-727) will probably follow sometime in 1977, with construction of additional ships accelerating once the Ohio enters service in 1979, if progress continues as planned.
The keel for what will be the world’s largest submarine, the Trident missile-firing Ohio, weighed 110 tons.
ATTACK SUBMARINES _____
Joining the fleet in 1976 was the first of a large new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, the Los Angeles (SSN-688), which was ordered under the fiscal year 1970 shipbuilding program.
This was the first class of submarines to be designed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The prototype was intended to enter service in October 1974, but the contractor encountered serious problems in expanding his work force while simultaneously carrying out major surface ship programs. Other labor and material procurement problems have caused further delays in submarine deliveries.
The Los Angeles represents an enlargement and improvement of the standard Sturgeon-chss nuclear attack submarines, using the same basic propulsion plant and carrying the same number of torpedo tubes—four 21-inch diameter barrels mounted amidships in an angled position. They will be armed with SUBROC missiles and Mark 48 wire- guided, acoustic-homing torpedoes. Manned by crews of 127, these 6,000-ton (6,900 tons submerged) ships are 360- feet long by 32 feet in breadth and have a single shaft. A total of 28 is already on order under the fiscal years’ 1970-1976 shipbuilding programs. The early contract awards were divided between Newport News and Electric Boat, but then an entire block of 15 ships was awarded to Electric Boat in the fiscal years 1972-1974. Newport News got back into the bidding with all five ships of the 1975-1976 fiscal year programs. Three more recently authorized by Congress have not yet been awarded, and the ultimate size of the class is not clear. However, ten hull numbers have been set aside which, if used, will bring the total to 38. Activity during 1976 included the launching of the Memphis (SSN-691), Omaha (SSN-692), and Groton (SSN-694), and the keel layings for the Bremerton (SSN-698),Jacksonville (SSN-699)> Dallas (SSN-700), and La Jolla (SSN-701)- Two others, the Baton Rouge (SSN-689) and Philadelphia (SSN-690), are expected to be commissioned during 1977.
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS
Last year the Tarawa (LHA-i) became the first of this powerful new class of general purpose amphibious assault ships to join the fleet. Originally there were to be nine ships of this class, designed and built by Litton Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding Division at Pascagoula, Mississippi, under the total package procurement concept. Since its initiation in 1969, the program has steadily slipped behind schedule because of labor problems, technical difficulties, cost overruns, and contract disputes with the Navy. As a result of these troubles and lower force levels, four ships were dropped from the program in 1973. In spite of such problems, the Navy has a ship with fantastic capabilities. About the size of an Essex-class carrier, each LHA has hangar and flight decks for helicopters, a well deck for landing craft, storage and maintenance facilities for tanks and transport vehicles, and quarters to berth and support 1,900 troops in addition to a crew of 900. The ships are 820-feet long by 106 feet in the beam and displace 39,300 tons loaded. Two
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True to their names—all major U. S. Marine Corps combat actions—the LHAs (USS Tarawa [LHA-1~\ pictured) are "Marine Corps ships.”
boilers, the largest in any ship afloat, produce 140,000 shaft horsepower to drive the ship at 24 knots on two screws. •Armament consists of three lightweight 5 in./54-caliber guns, six single 22-mm. gun mounts, and two Basic Point Defense Missile Systems.
While the Tarawa is shaking down with the Pacific Fleet, her sister Saipan (LHA-2) is still about a year from completion. The Belleau Wood (LHA-3) was launched late in 1976, and the keel was laid for the Da Nang (LHA-5) at about the same time. The other ship of the class, the Nassau (LHA-4), is expected to be launched in 1977. These are currently the only amphibious force ships under construction, and no others are planned until a new class of landing ships is introduced in fiscal year 1981 or later.
patrol combatants _
The latest of numerous postwar attempts to break away from conventional Warship concepts by exploiting high technology, the Pegasus (PHM-i) is the prototype of a proposed new class of trussile-armed hydrofoil patrol combatants whose advocates envision it as a ual breakthrough: a propulsion system that will overcome the limitations of surface drag and wave action; and a small, inexpensive type of warship that ^dll help solve the Navy’s budget and °rce level problems. The PHM displaces only 231 tons, is 131-feet long (foils extended) and 28-feet wide, and is manned by a crew of 21 but carries two Quadruple Harpoon missile launchers ■md a 76-mm. gun at speeds in excess of 0 knots. Developed in cooperation Wlth other NATO navies, the program was expected to consist of 30 ships for the United States and at least 11 for other countries. Two prototypes were authorized in fiscal year 1973 and four more in fiscal year 1975, with mass production contracts to be let after the completion of tests on the first pair. The Navy was particularly anxious to evaluate innovative operational concepts on at least two of the new type of ship working together, but cost overruns, technical problems, and lack of agreement as to the mission of the PHM have caused the program to be curtailed. The Pegasus underwent extensive tests during 1976 but has not yet been commissioned. The Hercules (PHM-2), on which work was suspended in August 1974, will remain uncompleted until a new production contract is let.
The Navy has been experimenting with one-of-a-kind hydrofoil craft since the early Sixties and has also built several types of gunboats with conventional hulls, but to date none of these small combatants has found a permanent place in the fleet. Another series of experiments is being pursued toward the development of a surface effect ship (SES) big enough to handle the antisubmarine mission. Although an occasional zealot will claim that one or another of the new technologies is about to visit instant obsolescence on the conventional Navy, the progress of the PHM program to date offers a sobering demonstration of the real problems associated with putting technological breakthroughs into practical operation.
Mobile logistics support ships
Typical of the larger fleet auxiliaries n°w under construction are the subma- tenders Emory S. Land (AS-39) and rank Cable (AS-4o), building at the °ckheed Shipbuilding and Construc- tl0n Company yard in Seattle. Designed to service four nuclear-powered attack subrnarines alongside at one time and Provide logistic support for 12 more, 'Toy will be 22,640-ton ships with dimen- sjons of 644 feet by 85 feet, and crews of a °ut 1,340 men. The keels for both ships were laid last year, and a sister ship (AS-4i) has recently been authorized, uentical hulls and machinery will be used for two new destroyer tenders, as [et unnamed, for which a contract was et ^e in 1975. The only fleet auxiliary elivered in 1976 was the replenishment U'ler Roanoke (AOR-7), a combination eh ammunition, and provision carrier r underway replenishment of combat- ar*t ships. She is 659 feet by 96 feet and displaces 38,100 tons. Two fleet oilers, AO-177 and AO-178, were awarded to Avondale Shipyards of New Orleans last year, but their keels will not be laid until 1978.
The Navy has announced plans for an extensive modernization of its logistics force, but the latest five-year program indicates that many of these recently proposed support ships have already been dropped, or deferred far into the future.
AO-177
Replacement of the existing ships, most of which are of World War II vintage, is long overdue. Representative of the smaller auxiliaries are four fleet tugs (ATF-166-169) on order from Marinette Marine in Wisconsin. These tugs will be of2,400 tons, 240 feet by 48 feet, with top speeds of 15 knots, and capable of towing ships up to 60,000 tons in displacement and providing fire fighting and salvage assistance. They will be manned
by mixed Navy/civilian crews. The keel for the first of these, the Powhatan, was laid in September 1976.
The Navy’s long-range plans include the following additional large auxiliaries: four destroyer tenders, one submarine tender, seven oilers, two ammunition ships, three combat store ships, one repair ship, and one fast combat support ship. Smaller ships envisioned are: six fleet tugs, 12 ocean surveillance ships, and one rescue and salvage ship. Of these, only nine large and 17 small auxiliaries are included in the programs for fiscal years through 1981, and chances are that Congress will allow these to slip even further before their construction funds are appropriated.
The Navy Shipbuilding Program In 1976
| Type | FY |
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| Type | FY |
| ..... ^ |
Hull No. | Name | Program | Builder | Status | Hull No. | Name | Program | Builder | Status |
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS |
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| GUIDED | MISSILE FRIGATES |
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CVN-69 | Dwight D. | 70 | Newport News | Lau. 11 Oct. 75 | FFG-7 | Oliver Hazard | 73 | Bath Iron Works | Lau. 25 Sep. 76 |
| Eisenhower |
| SB&DD |
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| Perry |
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| Ord. 27 Feb. 76 |
CVN-70 | Carl Vinson | 74 | Newport News | K.L. 11 Oct. 75 | FFG-8 |
| 75 | Bath Iron Works | |
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| SB&DD |
| FFG-9 |
| 75 | Todd San Pedro | Ord. 27 Feb. i6 |
CVN-71 |
| — | Unassigned | Long lead time | FFG-10 |
| 75 | Todd Seattle | Ord. 27 Feb. 7° |
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|
| procurement | FFG-11 |
| 76 | Bath Iron Works | Ord. 27 Feb. ^ |
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| auth. FY77 | FFG-12 |
| 76 | Todd San Pedro | Ord. 27 Feb- 7° |
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| FFG-13 |
| 76 | Bath Iron Works | Ord. 27 Feb. 7° |
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| FFG-14 |
| 76 | Todd San Pedro | Ord. 27 Feb. 7° |
GUIDED | MISSILE CRUISERS |
|
| FFG-15 |
| 76 | Bath Iron Works | Ord. 27 Feb. 7° | |
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|
| FFG-16 |
| 76 | Bath Iron Works | Ord. 27 Feb. 7° |
CGN-38 | Virginia | 70 | Newport News | Comm. 11 Sep. 76 | F-FFG-17 | (For Australia) | 76 | Todd Seattle | Ord. 27 Feb. 7° |
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|
| SB&DD |
| F-FFG-18 | (For Australia) | 76 | Todd Seattle | Ord. 27 Feb. 7° |
CGN-39 | Texas | 71 | Newport News | Lau. 9 Aug. 75 | FFG-19 |
| 76 | Unassigned |
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|
|
| SB&DD |
| FFG-20-27 |
| 77 | Unassigned |
|
CGN-40 | Mississippi | 72 | Newport News | Lau. 31 Jul. 76 |
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| SB&DD |
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CGN-41 |
| 75 | Newport News | Ord. 31 Jan. 75 | BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES |
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| ||
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| SB&DD |
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| K.L. 10 Apr- 76 |
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| SSBN-726 | Ohio | 74 | Electric Boat | |
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| SSBN-727 | Michigan | 75 | Electric Boat | Ord. 28 Feb. P |
DESTROYERS |
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| SSBN-728 |
| 75 | Electric Boat | Ord. 28 Feb- 7' | |
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|
|
| SSBN-729 |
| 76 | Electric Boat | Ord. 20 Feb. 7 |
DD-964 | Paul F. Foster | 70 | Litton/Ingalls | Comm. 21 Feb. 76 | SSBN-730 |
| 77 | Unassigned |
|
DD-965 | Kinkaid | 70 | Litton/Ingalls | Comm. 10 Jul. 76 |
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DD-966 | Hewitt | 71 | Litton/Ingalls | Comm. 25 Sep. 76 |
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DD-967 | Elliot | 71 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 19 Dec. 74 | ATTACK | SUBMARINES |
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DD-968 | Arthur W. | 71 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 1 Mar. 75 |
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| ;t |
| Radford |
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| SSN-688 | Los Angeles | 70 | Newport News | Comm. 13 |
DD-969 | Peterson | 71 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 21 Jun. 75 |
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| SB&DD |
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DD-970 | Caron | 71 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 24 Jun. 75 | SSN-689 | Baton Rouge | 70 | Newport News | Lau. 26 Apt- |
DD-971 | David R. Ray | 71 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 25 Aug. 75 |
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| SB&DD |
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DD-972 | Oldendorf | 72 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 21 Oct. 75 | SSN-690 | Philadelphia | 70 | Electric Boat | Lau. 19 Oct- |
DD-973 | John Young | 72 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 6 Jan. 76 | SSN-691 | Memphis | 71 | Newport News | Lau. 3 Apr. 76 |
DD-974 | Comte de | 72 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 26 Mar. 76 |
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| SB&DD |
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| Grasse |
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| SSN-692 | Omaha | 71 | Electric Boat | Lau. 21 Feb. 76 |
DD-975 | O’Brien | 72 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 8 Jul. 76 | SSN-693 | Cincinnati | 71 | Newport News | K.L. 6 Apr. 74 |
DD-976 | Merrill | 72 | Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 23 Oct. 76 |
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| SB&DD |
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DD-977 | Briscoe | 72 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 21 Jul. 75 | SSN-694 | Groton | 71 | Electric Boat | Lau. 9 Oct. 70 |
DD-978 | Stump | 72 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 22 Aug. 75 | SSN-695 | Birmingham | 72 | Newport News | K.L. 26 Apr- ' |
DD-979 | Conolly | 74 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 29 Sep. 75 |
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| SB&DD | 73 |
DD-980 | Moosbrugger | 74 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 3 Nov. 75 | SSN-696 | New York City | 72 | Electric Boat | K.L. 15 Dec- ' |
DD-981 | John Hancock | 74 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 16 Jan. 76 | SSN-697 | Indianapolis | 72 | Electric Boat | K.L. 19 Oct. 7 |
DD-982 | Nicholson | 74 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 20 Feb. 76 | SSN-698 | Bremerton | 72 | Electric Boat | K.L. 8 May 7°, |
DD-983 | John Rodgers | 74 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 12 Aug. 76 | SSN-699 | Jacksonville | 72 | Electric Boat | K.L. 21 Feb- 70 |
DD-984 | Leftwich | 74 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 12 Nov. 76 | SSN-700 | Dallas | 73 | Electric Boat | K.L. 9 Oct. 7" |
DD-985 | Cushing | 74 | Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 27 Dec. 76 | SSN-701 | La Jolla | 73 | Electric Boat | K.L. 16 Oct. 7 |
DD-986 | Harry IF. Hill | 75 | Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 15 Jan. 75 | SSN-702 | Phoenix | 73 | Electric Boat | Ord. 31 Oct- 77 |
DD-987 | O’Bannon | 75 | Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 15 Jan. 75 | SSN-703 |
| 73 | Electric Boat | Ord. 10 Dec- |
DD-988 | Thom | 75 | Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 15 Jan. 75 | SSN-704 |
| 73 | Electric Boat | Ord. 31 Oct- |
DD-989 |
| 75 | Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 15 Jan. 75 | SSN-705 |
| 73 | Electric Boat | Ord. 31 Oct- |
DD-990 |
| 75 | Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 15 Jan. 75 | SSN-706 |
| 74 | Electric Boat | Ord. 31 Oct- |
DD-991 |
| 75 | Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 15 Jan. 75 | SSN-707 |
| 74 | Electric Boat | Ord. 10 Dec- |
DD-992 |
| 75 | Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 15 Jan. 75 | SSN-708 |
| 74 | Electric Boat | Ord. 31 Oct- 1 |
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, HuU No.
SSN-709 ^-710 %-7U
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Name Program
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| Type | FY |
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Builder | Status | Hull No. | Name | Program | Builder | Status |
Electric Boat | Ord. 10 Dec. 73 | AD-42 |
| 75 | National Steel | Ord. 11 Mar. 76 |
Electric Boat | Ord. 31 Oct. 73 |
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| & SB |
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Newport News | Ord. 1 Aug. 75 | AD-43 |
| 76 | Unassigned |
|
SB&DD |
| AD-44 |
| 77 | Unassigned |
|
Newport News | Ord. 1 Aug. 75 |
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SB&DD |
| FLEET OILERS |
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Newport News | Ord. 1 Aug. 75 |
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SB&DD |
| AO-177 |
| 76 | Avondale | Ord. 9 Aug. 76 |
Newport News | Ord. 23 Feb. 76 | AO-178 |
| 76 | Avondale | Ord. 9 Aug. 76 |
SB&DD |
| AO-179 |
| 77 | Unassigned |
|
Newport News | Ord. 23 Feb. 76 |
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SB&DD |
| REPLENISHMENT OILER |
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Un assigned |
| AOR-7 | Roanoke | 72 | National Steel | Comm. 30 Oct. 76 |
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| & SB |
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Litton/Ingalls | Comm. 29 May 76 | FLOATING DRYDOCK |
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Litton/Ingalls | Lau. 18 Jul. 74 | ARDM-4 |
| 75 | Bethlehem | Ord. 23 Oct. 75 |
Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 5 Mar 73 |
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| Sparrows Pt. |
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Litton/Ingalls | K.L. 16 Aug. 73 |
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Litton/Ingalls | Ord. 28 Feb. 73 | SUBMARINE TENDERS |
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| AS-39 | Emory S. Land | 72 | Lockheed Seattle | K.L. 2 Mar. 76 |
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| AS-40 | Frank Cable | 73 | Lockheed Seattle | K.L. 2 Mar. 76 |
Boeing Seattle | Lau. 9 Nov. 74 | AS-41 |
| 77 | Unassigned |
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Boeing Seattle | K.L. 30 May 74 |
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Unassigned |
| FLEET TUGS (MSTS) |
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| T-ATF-166 | Powhatan | 75 | Marinette Marine | Ord. 12 Sep. 75 |
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| T-ATF-167 | Narragansett | 75 | Marinette Marine | Ord. 12 Sep. 75 |
National Steel | Ord. 15 Dec. 75 | T-ATF-168 | Catawba | 75 | Marinette Marine | Ord. 12 Sep. 75 |
& SB |
| T-ATF-169 | Navaho | 75 | Marinette Marine | Ord. 12 Sep. 75 |
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Tarawa
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COMBATANTS
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Our durable Library Case, custom-designed for the Proceedings, allows you to organize your valuable back issues chronologically while protecting them from dust and wear. While conserving shelf space, this is a handsome addition to the home or office library in blue simulated leather with a gold embossed spine. (Each case includes a gold transfer sheet so you can identify the volume and year.)
Proceedings Library Cases are available in two sizes, to accommodate both the current size and the pre-1970 small size of the journal. The larger size measures 11" x 8%" x 4" and the smaller 10" x 7" x 4%", with each holding 12 Issues. When ordering below, please specify size. $4.95 each.
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