USS Port Royal (CG-73)
9750 tons
173 meters
16.80 meters
10.2 meters
About 390
Four gas turbines, two shafts together 80,000 hp
30 nodes
2 starter for anti-ship missiles, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 2 guns 127 mm, 122 VLS cells
The USS Port Royal (CG -73) Guided Missile Cruiser is a United States Navy and the last ship of the Ticonderoga class.
History
Construction
The ship was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The naming ceremony was conducted by Susan G. Baker, wife of James Baker, the name is derived from the Battle of Port Royal in Port Royal, South Carolina.
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The first use led the Port Royal with the battle group to USS Nimitz from 1995 to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, and later in the Formosastraße, after China conducted missile tests off the coast of Taiwan.
The next use 1997 - 1998 led the Port Royal again in the Gulf, where they supported Southern Watch.
As of 2000, the Port Royal took the battle group to the USS John C. Stennis, again in support of Southern Watch. After her port side has been damaged during an inspection of a cargo ship, the Port Royal had to go into dry dock, where her electronics was renewed.
Am. 17 November 2001, she joined again the run of the John C. Stennis battle group with which they crossed inter alia, during the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the Arabian Sea and served as her escort. In both 2003 and 2006 served the Port Royal as escort for the USS Peleliu (LHA -5), end of 2007, along with the USS Tarawa ( LHA -1). On this trip, the Port Royal sailed in early 2008 in close formation with USS Hopper ( DDG -70) and USS Ingraham (FFG -61), the Strait of Hormuz in international waters. During the passage of the three ships of five speedboats of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were activated, which broke into the formation, transmitted radio messages threatening and white boxes of unknown content before exposing Ingraham in the water. The incident lasted 30 minutes and was described by the U.S. side as " unnecessarily provocative ".
In the summer of 2008, the Port Royal took part in the RIMPAC exercise, following the ship lay for a routine overhaul until early 2009 in the dry dock of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. On February 5, 2009, during first tests after dry-dock period, the cruiser around 1.5 miles ran in front of the entrance to Pearl Harbor on reason. On the following three days, the Navy always tried to tidal peak in the early morning, the tow Port Royal by the coral reef, but this failed. It was only on February 9 after water tank emptied and the anchor of the cruiser and anchor chains were removed, eight tractor could tow the Port Royal free and after Pearl Harbor. Only hours later the commander of the Port Royal was replaced.
The cruiser took them by the grounding damage to both screws and the Sonardom in the bow. Since the Port Royal was perpendicular to the waves on the reef, this rolled the ship over three days. This will also further drive elements were - damaged and the VLS cells and radar devices on a pole - by the waves on transmission to the turbines. The repairs in dry dock took seven months to complete, was followed by further repairs and testing at the pier. Among other things, the Sonardom had to be completely replaced, and the rudder and propeller to be repaired. The overall procedure cost around $ 40 million. In addition, the Navy had to spend $ 7,000,000 to eliminate damage to the reef. The Port Royal was already the end of 2010 in the shipyard. The superstructure of the cruiser had cracks as they had appeared on other ships of the class. For the repair of the Navy has awarded a contract for $ 14 million to BAE Systems.
On 24 June 2011 the Port Royal since the accident moved the first time. The journey led them within the framework of the National Missile Defense in the Western Pacific and further into the Middle East.
The ship was supposed to be made on March 31, 2013 out of service. Later, the Navy but decided against it and kept the Port Royal.