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In December 2020, the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2023. [6] On 15 October 2021 the Germantown completed ten years of forward deployed service in Japan and completed a homeport shift to San Diego. [7]
The total displacement of the Royal Navy's commissioned ships is approximately 411,400 tonnes. The Royal Navy also includes a number of smaller non-commissioned assets. The naval training vessels Brecon and Hindostan can be found based at the Royal Navy stone frigates HMS Raleigh and the Britannia Royal Naval College, respectively.
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron EIGHT FIVE (HSC-85) was a United States Navy Reserve forces helicopter squadron (RESFORON) based out of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. The "FIREHAWKS" of HSC-85 are Reserve and Active Component Sailors who operate and maintain Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
In April 1998, the mammoth relocation process was successfully completed as more than 100 Naval Reserve men and women from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 5, home-ported in Tacoma, Washington, offloaded hundreds of containers, civil engineering support equipment, and military vehicles to warehouses at Cheatham Annex. [20]
Cheatham Annex, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia Active FIVE NCHB-5 Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington Reserve EIGHT NCHB-8 Lakehurst Maxfield Field, Lakehurst, New Jersey Reserve TEN NCHB-10 Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia Reserve ELEVEN NCHB-11 Blount Island Command, Florida Reserve THIRTEEN NCHB-13
USS Estocin (FFG-15), ninth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Captain Michael John Estocin (1931–1967). Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, Estocin was laid down on 2 April 1979, launched on 3 November 1979, and commissioned on 10 January 1981.
VAQ-209 was established at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 1 October 1977, as part of the U.S. Navy Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 (CVWR-20). The squadron first flew the EA-6A Intruder . The squadron received special permission from Lucasfilm to use the name and Darth Vader's likeness in their livery.
LÉ Eithne (P31) was a patrol vessel in service with the Irish Naval Service. The ship is named after Eithne , a tragic heroine and the daughter of the one-eyed Fomorian King , Balor in an early Irish romantic tale.