USS Cape St. George
USS Cape St. George on 23 September 2008
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Name | Cape St. George |
Namesake | Battle of Cape St. George |
Ordered | 25 February 1988 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 19 November 1990 |
Launched | 10 January 1992 |
Acquired | 13 April 1993 |
Commissioned | 13 June 1993 |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Motto | Always Victorious |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
Length | 567 feet (173 m) |
Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
Draught | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
USS Cape St. George (CG-71) is a
Name
Cape St. George is named for the World War II Battle of Cape St. George near New Ireland in Papua New Guinea, where a U.S. Navy destroyer force led by Captain Arleigh Burke defeated a Japanese destroyer force on 25 November 1943.
History
In March 2003, she was a first responder in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, awaiting orders from the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Turkey. She was part of
In May 2005, Cape St. George became the first surface warship certified to use only digital nautical charts, instead of paper charts using the Voyage Management System (VMS). About 12,000 paper charts have been replaced by 29 computer discs. VMS is part of the Smart Ship Integrated Bridge System, which has been under development since 1990.
On 18 March 2006, she was involved in a firefight with suspected pirates, along with USS Gonzalez.[2] The two US warships exchanged fire with the suspected pirates about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off the coast of Somalia. Initial reports indicated that one suspected pirate was killed and five others wounded, while Cape St. George took superficial damage from small-arms fire during the action.
In March 2007, Seaman Richard Mott slashed the throat of Seaman Jose Garcia from behind as the 18-year-old ate breakfast on the berthing barge nested aside the ship, while she was pierside at BAE Shipyards Norfolk, Virginia, for repairs. Garcia was seriously injured, but survived. On 7 November 2008, Mott was found guilty of attempted murder and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.[3]
In July 2007, Cape St. George departed
On 17 October 2010, the aircraft carrier
On 31 January 2011, Cape St. George responded to a distress call from a sinking Iranian
On 6–10 January 2012, accompanying carrier Abraham Lincoln, Cape St. George visited the Gulf of Thailand port of Laem Chabang.[8] During the visit, Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) provided husbanding services, for which the Navy was billed a total of $884,000. In November 2013, federal prosecutors charged that the Navy had been overbilled more than $500,000.[9]
In October 2019 it was announced that Cape St. George would be shifting to Seattle, WA to complete a Depot Level Modernization Period at Vigor Marine's Harbor Island facility starting in December 2019.[10] Cape St. George arrived in Seattle in August, 2020.
Awards
- Navy Unit Commendation - (Mar 1994-Apr 1995, May 2000 – May 2001, Nov 2005-May 2006, Dec 2011-Aug 2012)
- Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (Jun-Dec 1998, Sep 2010-Mar 2011)
- Navy E Ribbon - (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2015)
- James F. Chezek Memorial Gunnery Award - (1996, 1998)[11]
- Arizona MemorialTrophy – (1995)
- SIXTH Fleet "Hook 'Em" award for Anti-Submarine Warfareexcellence - (1995)
References
- ^ "World Navies Today: US Navy Aircraft Carriers & Surface Combatants". 10 March 2003. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Navy Ships Return Fire on Suspected Pirates". Navy News Service. 18 March 2006. NNS060318-01.
- ^ Wiltrout, Kate (8 November 2008). "Navy Fails To Notify Reporters, Holds Trial Out of Public View". The Virginian-Pilot.
- ^ Doehring, Thoralf (2015). "USS Cape St. George (CG 71)". navysite.de. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Quadrennial Defense Review Report" (PDF). Department of Defense. 6 February 2006.
- ^ "Lincoln Arrives in 5th Fleet Ready to Support Afghanistan Surge". Navy News Service. 17 October 2010. NNS101017-07.
- ^ "Cape St. George Assists Iranian Mariners". Navy News Service. 2 February 2011. NNS110202-04.
- ^ "Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Concludes Thailand Port Visit". Naval Today. 11 January 2012.
Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), accompanied by guided-missile cruiser Cape St. George (CG 71), departed Laem Chabang, Thailand, Jan. 10, following a four-day port visit.
- ^ Perry, Tony (15 November 2013). "Navy cancels $200 million in contracts with firm in bribery scandal". Stars and Stripes.
SAN DIEGO – The Navy has canceled more than $200 million in contracts with a Singapore-based company at the center of a spiraling scandal involving accusations of bribery and leaking of confidential information.
- ^ "Vigor wins modernization contract for two Navy cruisers". WorkBoat. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "CG 71 USS CAPE ST. GEORGE". Combatindex. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.