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Deployment Ribbon, awarded to Sailors who deploy away from their home port for at least 90 days.


“To all of you, congratulations for a tremendous job,” said Hennegan, who was also on hand Dec. 4 to welcome the Maine back to Bangor. “This is an amazing accom- plishment.”


Maine’s patrol, which began Aug. 22, was the longest by a SSBN based at Bangor since 2008, when Maine’s Blue Crew con- ducted a 96-day strategic deterrent patrol. While the Sailors of Maine were glad to be back home, they were also proud of their accomplishments underway.


“This deployment was enjoyable be- cause of the amount of time we had to do everything, especially to qualify,” said Fire- man (SS) Christopher Holley, one of 20 Blue Crew Sailors who completed their submarine qualifications during the patrol. “When you go out for as long as we did, you have to come back qualified in something.”


Hennegan recognized Holley and the other Maine Sailors who earned the right to wear submarine warfare insignia, or “dol- phins.”


“For all of those guys who got your dolphins, you’re joining an elite group of folks,” Hennegan said to the newly qualified submariners. “But it’s also a reflection of your whole crew and the people who work to get you qualified.”


In addition, five Blue Crew first class petty officers were promoted to chief petty officer during Maine’s deployment: Chief Hospital Corpsman David Young, Chief Machinist’s Mate Brian Gaebler, Chief Machinist’s Mate Joel Hanhardt, Chief Mis- sile Technician Sean Burt and Chief Sonar Technician (Submarines) Brad Hudson. “Performing at sea for the extended pe- riod of time as we did was due to the hard work and dedication of every Sailor that works on board Maine,” said Cmdr. Mark Schmall, commanding officer of Maine’s Blue Crew. “I can’t say enough about the work done by every single Sailor on our crew.” The 16th of 18 Ohio-class SSBNs, Maine is one of eight ballistic missile submarines homeported at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, providing the survivable leg of the nation’s strategic forces.


Theodore Roosevelt Receives Propeller, Shaft Upgrades


By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austin Rooney, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Public Affairs NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) — The instal- lation of four new 32-ton propellers on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) (TR) was com- pleted Dec.6 at Northrop Grumman Newport News, Va., Shipbuilding.


Northrop Grumman workers mounted the “screws,” or propellers, on each of the ship’s four shafts.


The ship’s nuclear-powered main en- gines deliver propulsion power through the


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shafts to the propellers, which move the ship through the water at speeds up to 30 plus knots.


TR’s shafting and propellers were re- moved as part of the ship’s mid-life refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) after it first pulled into dry dock in August 2009. The installation marks an achievement in work outside the ship’s hull, preparing the ship for flooding the dry dock and movement to Pier 3 in 2011. “It’s great to witness team Theodore Roosevelt achieving this important mile- stone in returning a renewed, refueled and refurbished Theodore Roosevelt to the fleet,” said TR’s Executive Officer Capt. Dou- glas Verissimo. “Reinstalling the propellers aboard this ship is an exciting feat of engi- neering, teamwork and skill, and it represents a significant achievement as we work to- gether to get the ship back in the water again where she belongs.”


At nearly 21 feet in diameter, each pro- peller weighs approximately 65,000 pounds. Mark Creamer, Northrop Grumman Newport News construction superintendent for pro- pulsion said the shipyard is not just re-install- ing the same propellers and shafts the ship began the RCOH with; the shafts have been completely overhauled and are now using a new coating system, and the propellers are a new design and will reduce wear and erosion. “This is a very significant accomplish- ment in the docking of this complex project,” said Creamer. “It is a clear example that this ship is coming to life and that the team has been working very hard in the overhaul pro- cess to get the ship to this point.” Creamer said the process of installing the propellers and shafts back onto the ship can be dangerous and requires a high level of skill and experience from those involved. “We are doing a great job with the instal- lation,” said Creamer. “Working with no inju- ries, no accidents and scheduled to complete on time. It is impressive to watch this huge task come together and bring the Roosevelt back to life.”


The RCOH is an extensive yard period that all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers go through near the mid-point of their 50-year life cycle.


During RCOH, TR’s fuel will be replen- ished and the ship’s services and infrastruc- ture will be upgraded to make her the most state-of-the-art aircraft carrier in the fleet and prepared for another 25 years or more of service.


NOAA Locates U.S. Navy Ship Sunk in World War II Battle


A NOAA-led research mission has lo- cated and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape


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Six sailors died in the attack on June 19, 1942. There were 18 survivors. The wreck is located in about 300 feet of water in a region off North Carolina known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” home to U.S. and British naval vessels, merchant ships, and German U-boats sunk during the Battle of the Atlan- tic.


NOAA and its expedition partners mapped and shot video of the wreck using high-resolution camera equipment, multibeam sonar and an advanced remotely operated vehicle deployed from the NOAA ship Nancy Foster. Researchers were able to locate and positively identify the YP-389 by reexamining data from the Duke Marine Labo- ratory expedition that discovered the USS Monitor in 1973.


Today, the relatively intact remains of the YP-389 rest upright on the ship’s keel. The wreck site is home to a variety of marine life. Much of the outer-hull plating has fallen away, leaving only the intact frames exposed. “She rests now like a literal skeleton, a re- minder of a time long ago when the nation was at war,” said Joseph Hoyt, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary archaeologist and princi- pal investigator for the project.


Built originally as a fishing trawler, the YP-389 was converted into a coastal patrol craft and pressed into service after the Japa- nese attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship was equipped with one 3-inch deck gun to protect the ship from enemy aircraft and surfaced submarines and two .30-caliber machine guns. However, on the day of the attack by the German submarine U-701, the ship’s deck gun was inoperative, and the YP-389 could return fire only with its machine guns.


Weeks after the attack on the YP-389, the U-701 was sunk by Army aircraft in the same vicinity as the YP-389.


“The story of the YP-389 personifies the character of the Battle of the Atlantic along the East Coast of the United States, where small poorly armed fishing trawlers were called to defend American waters against one of Germany’s most feared vessels,” said David W. Alberg, expedition leader and su- perintendent of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. “It is one of the most dramatic accounts of an engagement between Axis and Allied warships during the dark days of World War II.”


“Though this loss occurred many years ago for the Navy, we offer our sincere condo- lences to the families of those who gave their lives in this action,” said Rear Admiral Jay A. DeLoach, USN (Ret), director, Naval History and Heritage Command. “The U.S. Navy con- siders the YP-389 discovery a grave site and, by law, it is to be left undisturbed.” The three-week research expedition also included a survey of the wreck of HMT Bedfordshire, a retrofitted British fishing trawler that was sent to the United States to combat the German submarine threat early in the war. On May 12, 1942, the Bedfordshire was struck by a torpedo from the U-558. All 37 British and Canadian crew members were killed. Four of the dead British sailors who washed ashore along the beaches of North Carolina are buried in the British cemetery on Ocracoke, NC.


Consistent with U.S. and international policy, both the Bedfordshire and the YP-389 wreck sites are considered war graves and are protected by U.S. and international laws,


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