May 2014 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 19. Boat And Ship Yard News the event.


Miami was commissioned June 30, 1990 as the Navy’s 44th Los Angeles-class submarine and the fi fth ship of the “im- proved” 688-class. She was built with an improved sonar and weapon control system, 12 vertical launch system tubes, and full under-ice capability - embodying the most modern design and construction of her time. During more than a dozen deployments over the past two decades, Miami fully employed her capabilities while operating


in maritime regions near North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Miami was America’s first nucle-


ar-powered submarine to transit the Suez Canal, an honor earned during her second deployment in 1994.


In the late 1990s, Miami launched


Tomahawk cruise missile strikes during Operation Desert Fox in Iraq and Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. She earned the


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U. S. Navy accepts delivery of USS MILLINOCKET .


of the ship’s Gold Crew. Cmdr. John Ko- chendorfer, from Dan Point, Calif., is the commanding offi cer of the ship’s Blue Crew. Both will lead core crews of approximately 40 offi cers and enlisted personnel. Named for the city of Coronado, Calif., LCS 4 is the third Navy ship to bear the name of the “Crown City.” The fi rst USS Coronado (PF 38) was a patrol frigate and served as a convoy escort during World War II.


The second USS Coronado (AGF 11) was designed as an Austin-class amphibious transport dock (LPD) and was reconfi gured to be an auxiliary command ship (AGF) in 1980 and subsequently served as the Com- mander, Middle East Force fl agship, then the Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet fl agship in the Mediterranean, and subsequently the Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet fl agship in the Eastern Pacifi c Ocean prior to decommis- sioning in 2006.


LCS vessels were designed to be high- speed, shallow draft multimission ships ca- pable of operating independently or with an associated strike group. They are designed to defeat growing littoral threats and provide access and dominance in coastal waters.


R/V Neil Armstrong: One Small Step Will Mean Giant Leap for Navy’s Research Fleet


By Eric Beidel, Offi ce of Naval Research Public Affairs


ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- Chief of Na- val Research Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder joined family members of the late Neil Arm- strong March 29 to christen the Navy’s new- est research ship, named for the legendary


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The new ship is 238 feet long and equipped with the latest technologies, including a high-effi ciency diesel engine, emission control for stack gasses, informa- tion technology tools for monitoring ship- board systems and communicating with the world, and hull coatings that should result in fewer maintenance issues. It will operate with a crew of 20 with accommodations for 24 scientists who will use the ship and its assets to collect samples and data from both coastal and deep ocean areas. In addition to offi cials from ONR, the christening at the Dakota Creek Industries, Inc. shipyard in Anacortes, WA, was attend- ed by the oceanographer of the Navy and representatives from the secretary of the Navy’s offi ce. Kali Armstrong, the late as- tronaut’s granddaughter, was maid of honor.


Navy Decommissions USS Miami


By Lt. Timothy Hawkins, Submarine Group 2 Public Affairs


KITTERY, Maine (NNS) -- The Navy for- mally decommissioned Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), March 28, during an indoor ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.


Past and present crew members, their families and other invited guests attended


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