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U.S. Battle Force Changes 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017

Compiled by Jim Dolbow
May 2018
Proceedings
144/5/1,383
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The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Spearhead (T-EPF-1) deployed to Central and South America in January 2017 to support Continuing Promise, and again from July to late October 2017 as part of Southern Partnership Station. 
 

Commissioning/Construction/Naming of U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard Ships By Date

18 January

City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Keel laid at Austal.

Puerto Rico (T-EPF-11)—Start of fabrication at Austal.

27 January

Midgett (WMSL-757)—Keel authenticated at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

30 January

Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002)—Keel laid at Bath Iron Works.

3 Februry

Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

7 February

Bailey Barco (WPC-1122)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

11 February

Tulsa (LCS-16)—Christened at Austal.

21 February

Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121)—Keel authenticated at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

4 March

Kimball (WMSL-756)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

18 March

Lawrence Lawson (WPC-1120)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Cape May, NJ.

1 April

Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)—Christened at Bath Iron Works.

Munro (WMSL-755)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Seattle, WA. Homeported at Alameda, CA.

8 April

Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

10 April

Cincinnati (LCS-20)—Keel laid at Austal.

12 April

John McCormick (WPC-1121)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Ketchikan, AK.

20 April

Benjamin Dailey (WPC-1123)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

29 April

Indiana (SSN-789)—Christened at Newport News Shipbuilding.

1 May

Tripoli (LHA-7)—Launched at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

13 May

City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Christened at Austal.

17 May

St. Louis (LCS-19)—Keel laid at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

26 May

Washington (SSN-787)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

31 May

Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

7 June

City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Launched at Austal.

10 June

Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Galveston, TX. Homeported at San Diego, CA.

14 June

Bailey Barco (WPC-1122)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Juneau, AK. Homeported at Ketchikan, AK.

27 June

Oliver Berry (WPC-1124)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

1 July

Billings (LCS-15)—Christened at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

4 July

Benjamin Dailey (WPC-1123)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Pascagoula, MS.

8 July

Oregon (SSN-793)—Keel laid at

Electric Boat.

15 July

John Finn (DDG-113)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Hawaii.

22 July

Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Norfolk, VA.

29 July

Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at San Diego, CA.

4 August

Argus (WMSM-915), Chase (WMSM-916), Ingham (WMSM-917), Rush (WMSM-918),

Pickering (WMSM-919),

Icarus (WMSM-920),

Active (WMSM-921),

Diligence (WMSM-922), Alert (WMSM-923),

Vigilant (WMSM-924),

Reliance (WMSM-925)—Named

17 August

Lewis B. Fuller (ESB-3)—The USNS Lewis B. Fuller (T-ESB-3) was redesignated as USS Lewis B. Fuller (ESB-3) and commissioned at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain.

24 August

Enterprise (CVN-80)—Ceremonial steel cut at Newport News Shipbuilding.

26 August

Charleston (LCS-18)—Christened at Austal.

5 September

Jacob Poroo (WPC-1125)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

15 September

Omaha (LCS-12)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

16 September

Tripoli (LHA-7)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

18 September

Portland (LPD-27)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

21 September

Colorado (SSN-788)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

25 September

Little Rock (LCS-9)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

26 September

Burlington (T-EPF-10)—Keel laid at Austal.

7 October

Washington (SSN-787)—Placed in

Commission, Full, and homeported at Norfolk, VA.

13 October

Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)—Keel authenticated at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

14 October

South Dakota (SSN-790)—Christened at Electric Boat.

21 October

Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB-4)—Christened at NASSCO.

31 October

Oliver Berry (WPC-1124)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Honolulu, HI.

4 November

Delbert D. Black (DDG-119)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)—Named.

9 November

Joseph Gerczak (WPC-1126)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

14 November

Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)—Keel laid at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

15 November

Ralph Johnson (DDG-114)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.

Kansas City (LCS-22)—Keel laid at Austal.

22 November

Angela McShan (WPC-1135), Daniel Tarr (WPC-1136), Edgar Culbertson (WPC-1137), Harold Miller (WPC-1138), Myrtle Hazard (WPC-1139), Oliver Henry (WPC-1140), Charles Moulthrop (WPC-1141), Robert Goldman (WPC-1142), Frederick Hatch (WPC-1143),

Glenn Harris (WPC-1144), Emlen Tunnel (WPC-1145), John Scheuerman (WPC-1146), Clarence Sutphin (WPC-1147),

Pablo Valent (WPC-1148), Douglas Denman (WPC-1149),

William Chadwick (WPC-1150), Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151),

Maurice Jester (WPC-1152),

John Patterson (WPC-1153), William Sparling PC-1154)—Named.

8 December

Jacob Poroo (WPC-1125)—Placed in Commission, Full, in New Orleans, LA. Homeported at Pascagoula, MS.

9 December

Midgett (WMSL-757)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.

16 December

Little Rock (LCS-9)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Buffalo, NY. Homeported at Mayport, FL.


The crew of the guided missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) mans the rails and brings the ship to life dusing her commissioning ceremony in San Diego.

Notes:

In Commission, Special – Official date of commissioning and when the ship enters the force-level structure. Also date the ship is delivered by the builder to the Navy and the ship’s birthday. This status was created to legally ferry the ship in question from her builder’s yard to the commissioning ceremony location, if other than where the ship was built.

In Commission, Full – Date the commissioning ceremony is performed and the ship is fully received into the fleet.

 

5 January

Carl Vinson (CVN-70)—Departed on

deployment to the western Pacific.

Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

6 January

Lake Champlain (CG-57)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

13 January

Tahoma (WMEC-908)—Returned from a 49-day patrol in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea that resulted in the seizure of cocaine valued at an estimated $90 million.

Michael Murphy (DDG-112)—Departed on deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

17 January

Spearhead (T-EPF-1)—Departed on a four-month humanitarian assistance mission in support of U.S. Southern Command’s 2017 Continuing Promise Mission.

Zephyr (PC-8) and Shamal (PC-13)—Returned from a 64-day counterdrug patrol in support of Operation Martillo, a joint, international law enforcement and military operation that targets illicit trafficking routes in the waters off Central America.

19 January

Monterey (CG-61)—Returned after a seven-and-a-half month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

20 January

Valiant (WMEC-617)—Returned from a 34-day patrol of the Florida Straits during which the crew rescued, cared for, and repatriated 307 Cuban migrants attempting to enter the United States.

21 January

George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)—Departed for deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

28 January

Topeka (SSN-754)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.

30 January

Brunswick (T-EPF-6)—Departed on first overseas deployment and will be forward deployed in Saipan in support of U.S. Seventh Fleet’s efforts to conduct theater security operations.

2 February

California (SSN-781)—Returned from deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

17 February

Pittsburgh (SSN-720)—Returned from deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

21 February

Hopper (DDG-70)—Returned from 180-day independent deployment to the Arabian Gulf, western Pacific, and Indian Ocean.

25 February

Confidence (WMEC-619)—Returned after 44-day northern Caribbean Sea patrol.

27 February

Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)—Departed on scheduled patrol to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.

1 March

Bataan (LHD-5)—Departed on six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

6 March

Leroy Grunman (T-AO-195)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.

15 March

Carney (DDG-64)—Departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, to begin third Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF) patrol in U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.

16 March

Polar Star (WAGB-10)—Returned from expedition to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2017, the U.S. military’s component of the National Science Foundation–managed U.S. Antarctic Program.

23 March

Louisville (SSN-724)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.

Ohio (SSGN-726)—Returned after being forward deployed to Guam since December 2014.

24 March

Port Royal (CG-73)—Returned from 212-day independent deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

27 March

Leyte Gulf (CG-55)—Departed on six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

30 March

Pasadena (SSN-752)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific region.

31 March

Sterett (DDG-104)—Departed on five-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Dewey (DDG-105)—Departed on four-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

2 April

Stratton (WMSL-752)—Returned from 98-day counterdrug patrol to the eastern Pacific.

3 April

Ross (DDG-71)—Departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, to begin its fifth FDNF patrol to U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.

4 April

Bertholf (WMSL-750)—Returned from 63-day patrol in support of the living marine resources protection mission in the Bering Sea.

17 April

Oscar Austin (DDG-79)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

20 April

Steadfast (WMEC-623)—Returned from two-and-a-half-month counterdrug patrol to the eastern Pacific.

22 April

Waesche (WMSL-751)—Departed on a patrol to the eastern Pacific.

Mohawk (WMEC-913)—Returned from three-month counterdrug patrol in the Pacific.

23 April

Vella Gulf (CG-72)—Departed for eight-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

26 April

New Mexico (SSN-779)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

30 April

Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188)—Returned from 90-day deployment to U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.

4 May

Legare (WMEC-912)—Returned after 35-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.

Dependable (WMEC-626)—Returned after two-month patrol in the eastern Pacific.

Patuxent (T-AO-201)—Returned from five-month deployment to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.

8 May

Lake Erie (CG-70)—Departed on independent deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East

15 May

Makin Island (LHD-8)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Third, Fifth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Somerset (LPD-25)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Third, Fifth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Comstock (LSD-45)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Third, Fifth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

18 May

Alexandria (SSN-757)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific region.

23 May

James E. Williams (DDG-95)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

26 May

Ashland (LSD-48)—Departed on routine regional patrol to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

28 May

Stethem (DDG-63)—Returned from four-month patrol to the western Pacific.

31 May

Diligence (WMEC-616)—Returned from 65-day deployment in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South.

1 June

Nimitz (CVN-68)—Departed for deployment to the western Pacific.

Kidd (DDG-100)—Departed for deployment to the western Pacific.

Shoup (DDG-86)—Departed for deployment to the western Pacific.

2 June

Green Bay (LPD-20)—Departed on routine patrol in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

5 June

Howard (DDG-83)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

Pinckney (DDG-91)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

Princeton (CG-59)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

13 June

Chafee (DDG-90)—Departed on independent deployment to the western Pacific and South America.

Michael Murphy (DDG-112)—Returned from five-month deployment to the western Pacific.

19 June

Waesche (WMSL-751)—Returned from 58-day, 12,000–nautical mile deployment to the eastern Pacific and seized 17,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated value of more than $266 million.

20 June

Mahan (DDG-72)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

21 June

Helena (SSN-725)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility

23 June

Carl Vinson (CVN-70)—Returned from five-and-a-half-month deployment to the western Pacific.

Lake Champlain (CG-57)—Returned from five-and-a-half-month deployment to the western Pacific.

Wayne Meyer (DDG-108)—Returned from five-and-a-half-month deployment to the western Pacific.

27 June

Healy (WAGB-20)—Departed on annual summer research mission to the Arctic.

7 July

America (LHA-6)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

San Diego (LPD-22/)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

10 July

Lewis B. Fuller (T-ESB-3)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.

12 July

Maple (WLB-207)—Departed on voyage to commemorate 60th anniversary of a joint U.S. and Canadian trip to chart the Northwest Passage.

16 July

Cole (DDG-67)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

20 July

Laboon (DDG-58)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

27 July

Ross (DDG-71)—Returned from FDNF patrol after conducting cruise missile strike against Shayrat Airfield in western Syria on 7 April 2017.

31 July

Dewey (DDG-105)—Returned from four-month deployment to the western Pacific.

9 August

Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)—Returned from scheduled three-month regional patrol.

10 August

Jacksonville (SSN-699)—Returned following successful completion of 15th and final deployment to the western Pacific after steaming more than 48,000 nautical miles while conducting maritime security operations and joint exercises with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Indian Navy.

14 August

Rushmore (LSD-47)—Departed on patrol to the South Pacific to conduct maritime security operations.

15 August

Santa Fe (SSN-763)—Returned from deployment after hosting submariners from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for underway training.

18 August

Hartford (SSN-768)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

19 August

Philippine Sea (CG-58)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

21 August

George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Truxton (DDG-103)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Hue City (CG-66)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

28 August

Sterett (DDG-104)—Returned from five-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

30 August

Wasp (LHD-1)—Departed for Sasebo, Japan, to assume duties as forward-deployed flagship of the amphibious force of U.S. Seventh Fleet.

31 August

Kearsarge (LHD-3)—Departed on relief mission after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

1 September

Columbus (SSN-762)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.

5 September

Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)—Departed on regional patrol in U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.

7 September

Green Bay (LPD-20)—Returned from three-month patrol in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

8 September

Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)—Departed on Hurricane Irma relief mission off the coast of Florida.

15 September

Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)—Returned from Hurricane Irma relief mission off the coast of Florida.

17 September

Northland (WMEC-904)—Returned from 79-day deployment in the eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.

20 September

Sherman (WHEC-720)—Returned after 94-day, 16,000-mile patrol in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea.

23 September

Bataan (LHD-5)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Mesa Verde (LPD-19)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Carter Hall (LSD-50)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

25 September

Bonhomme Richard (LHD-5)—Returned after four-month deployment to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.

27 September

Ponce (AFSB(I) 15)—Returned after more than five years forward deployed to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations.

28 September

Hopper (DDG-70)—Departed on independent deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

29 September

Comfort (T-AH-20)—Departed in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

30 September

Stratton (WMSL-752)—Returned after 75-day patrol in the eastern Pacific after seizing more than 18,500 pounds of illegal narcotics.

1 October

Bear (WMEC-901)—Departed in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

3 October

Sampson (DDG-102)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

6 October

Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

Leyte Gulf (CG-55)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

7 October

Bunker Hill (CG-52)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

12 October

Rushmore (LSD-47)—Returned after Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment.

16 October

Preble (DDG-88)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

Halsey (DDG-97)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.

22 October

Bear (WMEC-901)—Returned from Hurricane Maria relief mission in Puerto Rico.

23 October

Forward (WMEC-911)—Returned after 60-day patrol in support of multiple hurricane response efforts across the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, and Caribbean Sea.

31 October

Active (WMEC-618)—Returned from 65-day counternarcotics patrol in the eastern Pacific.

3 November

O’Kane (DDG-77)—Departed on independent deployment to the western Pacific

4 November

Coronado (LCS-4)—Departed Singapore after completing rotational deployment to Southeast Asia.

5 November

Oak Hill (LSD-51)—Returned from two-month relief mission after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria

6 November

Alert (WMEC-630)—Returned from 73-day counterdrug deployment in the Pacific.

Kearsarge (LHD-3)—Returned from two-month relief mission to support hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

8 November

Ashland (LSD-48)—Returned after five-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

9 November

Olympia (SSN-717)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.

13 November

Venturous (WMEC-625)—Returned from 69-day patrol in the Caribbean providing hurricane relief to Puerto Rico.

Mahan (DDG-72)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

16 November

Monterey (CG-61)—Departed on surge deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

17 November

Oscar Austin (DDG-79)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets areas of responsibility.

20 November

Comfort (T-AH-20)—Returned from treating 1,899 patients, performing 191 surgeries, and providing 76,000 liters of oxygen and 10 tons of food and water in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

Higgins (DDG-76)—Departed on deployment to Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

29 November

Toledo (SSN-769)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

30 November

Stethem (DDG-63)—Returned from two-month patrol to the western Pacific.

4 December

Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)—Returned after three-month patrol to the Indo-Asia Pacific region during which she teamed with the Nimitz (CVN-68) and Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) for a rare three carrier strike group exercise off the Korean Peninsula.

5 December

Coronado (LCS-4)—Returned from maiden deployment to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.

Howard (DDG-83)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.

6 December

Princeton (CG-59)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.

9 December

Fitzgerald (DDG-62)—Departed on board heavy lift vessel MV Transshelf bound for repairs at Huntington Ingalls.

10 December

Nimitz (CVN-68)—Returned from six-month combat deployment after launching 1,322 combat sorties into Iraq and Syria and dropping 904 pieces of ordnance on enemy targets.

Shoup (DDG-86)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Pinckney (DDG-91)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

Lake Erie (CG-70)—Returned from independent deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

15 December

Vella Gulf (CG-72)—Returned from eight-month deployment to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.

23 December

James E. Williams (DDG-95)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.

24 December

Legare (WMEC-912)—Returned after completing 45-day patrol to the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Unified Resolve.

Ships Delivered to the Military Sealift Command and Placed in Service

21 April

Yuma (T-EPF-8)—Delivered and placed in service.

19 December

City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Delivered and placed in service.

Forward Deployed to Yokosuka

Antietam (CG-54)

Barry (DDG-52)

Benfold (DDG-65)

Blue Ridge (LCC-19)

Chancellorsville (CG-62)

Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)

John S. McCain (DDG-56)

McCampbell (DDG-85)

Mustin (DDG-89)

Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

Shiloh (CG-67)

Stethem (DDG-63)

Forward Deployed to Sasebo

Ashland (LSD-48)

Wasp (LHD-1)

*Chief (MCM-14)

Germantown (LSD-42)

Green Bay (LPD-20)

Patriot (MCM-7)

Pioneer (MCM-9)

Warrior (MCM-10)

*The Wasp arrived in Sasebo on 14 January 2018.

Forward Deployed to Rota, Spain

Ross (DDG-71)

Donald Cook (DDG-75)

Porter (DDG-78)

Carney (DDG-64)

Homeported in Guam

Asheville (SSN-758)

Emory S. Land (AS-39)

Frank Cable (AS-40)

Key West (SSN-722)

Oklahoma City (SSN-723)

Topeka (SSN-754)

Homeported in Saipan

Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

Coast Guard Cutters Homeported in Guam

Sequoia (WLB-215)

Washington (WPB-1331)

Assateague (WPB-1337)

Forward-Deployed Patrol Coastal (PC) Ships to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, BAHRAIN

Ten PCs are permanently stationed in Bahrain. Five have provided dedicated coastal patrol capability to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operation since 2006. PCs provide the U.S. Navy with a fast, reliable platform that can respond to emergent requirements in a shallow-water environment. The primary mission of these ships is coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance—an important aspect of littoral operations outlined in the Navy’s maritime strategy.

Tempest (PC-2)

Hurricane (PC-3)

Monsoon (PC-4)

Typhoon (PC-5)

Sirocco (PC-6)

Squall (PC-7)

Chinook (PC-9)

Firebolt (PC-10)

Whirlwind (PC-11)

Thunderbolt (PC-12)

Decommissionings/Inactivations/Stricken from Naval Vessel Register

3 February

Enterprise (CVN-65)—Decommissioned at Newport News Shipbuilding and stricken this date. Final disposition pending.

23 February

Albuquerque (SSN-706)—Decommissioned and stricken this date. To be scrapped.

8 March

Cushing (WPB-1321)—Decommissioned at Coast Guard Station Fort Macon. Foreign military sales candidate.

Nantucket (WPB-1321)—Decommissioned at Coast Guard Station Fort Macon. Foreign military sales candidate.

18 April

Morgenthau (WHEC-722)—Decommissioned at Coast Guard Base Honolulu. Transferred to the Vietnam Coast Guard.

11 May

San Francisco (SSN-711)—Inactivated. Placed in Commission, Special. To be converted to moored training ship.

15 June

Dallas (SSN-700)—In commission, in Reserve (Stand Down), commencement of inactivation availability. Stricken on this date. To be scrapped.

3 August

City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705)—Decommissioned and stricken this date. To be scrapped.

24 August

Houston (SSN-713)—Decommissioned and stricken this date. To be scrapped.

30 September

Buffalo (SSN-715)—In commission, in Reserve (Stand Down), commencement of inactivation availability. To be scrapped.

13 October

Assateague (WPB-1337)—Decommissioned at Naval Base Guam.

14 October

Ponce (AFSB(I) 15)—Decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk and stricken on 13 November. To be scrapped.

20 October

Kitty Hawk (CV-63)—Stricken on this date. To be scrapped.

 

Ships/Craft Transferred to Foreign Countries

9 March

Ex-USS Taylor (FFG-50); transferred to Taiwan and renamed PFG-1112 Feng Chia.

Ex-USS Gary (FFG-51); transferred to Taiwan and renamed PFG-1115 Ming Chuan.

25 May

Ex-USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722); transferred to Vietnam and renamed CSB 8020.

13 October

Ex-USCGC Long Island (WPB-1342); transferred to Costa Rica and renamed Juan Rafael Mora Porras.

Ex-Roanoke Island (WPB-1346); transferred to Costa Rica and renamed Gen. Jose M. Canas Escamilla.

Former Navy/COast Guard Ships Disposed of by Other Means

10 May

Tamaroa (WMEC-166)—Sunk as an artificial reef 33 nautical miles off the coast of Cape May, NJ.

 

Nuclear-Powered Submarines to Be disposed of through Navy’s Recycling Program

 

Ship Name Recycling Start Date Recycling Completion Date

 

Ex-Phoenix (SSN-702) 1 August 2015 30 November 2017

Ex-Baltimore (SSN-704) 1 August 2015 30 November 2017

Ex-Indianapolis (SSN-697) 30 September 2015 30 November 2018

Ex-Atlanta (SSN-712) 14 August 2016 30 November 2018

Ex-NR-1 1 August 2015 30 November 2019

Ex-Salt Lake City (SSN-716) 31 July 2017 30 November 2019

Ex-Narwhal (SSN-671) 14 August 2018 30 November 2020

Ex-Minneapolis/St. Paul (SSN-708) 1 August 2019 30 November 2021

Ex-Augusta (SSN-710) 30 November 2019 30 November 2021

Ex-Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) 1 August 2020 30 November 2022

Ex-City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705) 1 October 2020 30 November 2022

Ex-Norfolk (SSN-714) 1 August 2021 30 November 2023

Ex-Albuquerque 1 October 2021 30 November 2023

Ex-Portsmouth (SSN-707) 1 August 2022 30 November 2024

Ex-Philadelphia (SSN-690) 1 August 2022 30 November 2024

 

Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program: Responsible for the dismantling and disposal of decommissioned nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs) and submarines (SSNs). All nuclear-powered ship/submarine dismantling is done at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Prior to commencing the inactivation availability, the submarine or ship is placed in a “stand-down” status (“active, in reserve”). This availability consists of defueling the nuclear reactor(s), de-energizing and draining ships’ systems, and removing any equipment needed for reuse in the fleet. The removed nuclear fuel is sent to the facilities at Arco, Idaho, for reprocessing.

Inactivation usually is performed at Puget Sound but can be done at any nuclear-capable shipyard. Hull recycling is accomplished by removing all remaining equipment, cutting the hull into manageable pieces, removing and disposing of hazardous materials, and declassifying and demilitarizing material/equipment to be scrapped. The HY-80 steel and other scrap metals are sold to commercial metals purchasers for melting down and reuse in other forms. The reactor compartments are “packaged” and shipped to the Department of Energy Nuclear Establishment at Hanford, Washington, where they are placed in a trench. Once the trench is full the compartments will be buried. The completion dates indicated in the table are the “official completion dates”—the date the ship in question ceases to exist as an entity.

Note: All future recycling start dates are projected.

Forward-Deployed Naval Forces to Japan

In addition to U.S.-based carrier and expeditionary strike groups that conduct rotational deployments in the Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility in the region, there were 27 U.S. Navy ships and 3 U.S. Coast Guard cutters forward deployed to U.S. facilities in Japan and Guam in 2017. They form the heart of the Seventh Fleet and provide a permanent and highly capable presence while reducing transit times and support costs by operating from overseas bases.

The following ships were forward deployed to Japan, Guam, and Spain on 31 December 2017 except where noted (and should be considered “deployed” 365 days a year).

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