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USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39) was the United States Navy's second Virginia-class nuclear guided missile cruiser.She was the third ship of the Navy to be named in honor of the State of Texas.
On 2 August 2018, it was announced that Abraham Lincoln would return to San Diego as part of a home port shift for three carriers, thus returning her to the Pacific Fleet. [71] At the end of August 2018, VFA-125 began operating from Abraham Lincoln as an integrated part of CVW-7 , the first time that the F-35C had operated integrated cyclic ...
On 22 January 1971, Shreveport departed Puget Sound for her homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, where she arrived on 21 February.Between 9 March and 9 April 1971, the amphibious transport dock underwent shakedown training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and, from 16 June to 4 August, she carried 375 midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy on a training cruise to Northern Europe.
USS Sentry (MCM-3), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the second U.S. Navy ship of that name. Sentry was laid down on 8 October 1984 by Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 20 September 1986 and commissioned on 2 September 1989.
The ship's home port is Naval Base San Diego. [1] The ship was attacked without warning by Somali pirates using rocket-propelled grenades on 22 February 2011, during negotiations with the pirates for the release of four U.S. hostages, who were eventually killed. [2] The ship was under the control of Commander Carrier Strike Group 9. [citation ...
USS Harrisburg (LPD-30) will be the 14th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy.She will be the second ship in naval service named after the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Rushmore returned to the ship's homeport of San Diego, California on 6 June 2005. The ship completed a three-month maintenance period and participated in Exercise Rim of the Pacific off the coast of Hawaii from June to August 2006. Rushmore began 2007 by completing work ups with the Bonhomme Richard (ESG 5).
The Home Port Doctrine is a principle of United States law resulting from the Foreign Commerce Clause of the Constitution. [1] [2] It establishes that no state or local government can impose a property tax on commerce having its home port in another country as no taxable situs exists. Thus, ships with foreign registration are tax exempt except ...