The USS Navy Homepage

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Dusk scene with USS Carl Vinson and USS Texas

Welcome aboard the USS Navy Homepage !!! You are the # visitor as of September 29, 1995. As for now, this homepage will primarily be about surface ships in the US Navy. I might add several prominent classes of ships of other Navies, as well as several submarine classes, as time progresses.

Some might wonder why I'm dedicating this page to the Navy. Well, the reason is pretty simple: I LOVE THE NAVY. As I used to lived really close to the coast, and my home had a great view of the ocean, everytime any warships came to town (Singapore), I would be one of the first few persons to know it. At that time, I started to keep a log of the dates of arrival and departure of the warships. Between 1988 and 1991, I visited 11 warships, from ships in the British Navy to ships in the US Navy. During my first semester here at the University of Kansas, I even took a NROTC class! By the way, anytime you see this symbol next to a ship, it means that I have a bunch of pictures about this ships, the ones that I took, that is. Here's a list of warships I have visited:

  • HRMS Kortenaer (F 807)
  • HMNZS Waikato (F 55)
  • USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
  • USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40)
  • HMCS Huron (DDH 281)
  • USS Okinawa (LPH 3)
  • USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
  • USS Hewitt (DD 966)
  • USS Long Beach (CGN 9)
  • USS Gary (FFG 51)
  • USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

    I have seen a lot more warships, probably in the range of 150 - 200. It would definately be a pretty tedious task for me to list all of them, and therefore I decided not to list any of them.


    Classes of Ships

    I try to make sure that the information I have here on the ships are accurate. However, it's very likely that I have made some silly mistakes. It would be great if you folks could drop me a mail when you discover something that doesn't look right or something that could be improved on. You can leave your message at my Guestbook.
    I have been receiving contributions, whether it is photos, scanned pictures, patches, or info, from a lot of visitors to my page and I just want to say I really appreciate what you guys/gals did. Thank you so much folks!!

    Frigates

  • Oliver Hazard Perry class
  • Halifax class

    • Destroyers
  • Spruance class
  • Kidd class
  • Arleigh Burke class
  • Iroquois class

    • Cruisers
  • Long Beach class *
  • California class
  • Virginia class
  • Ticonderoga class

    • Aircraft Carriers
  • Kitty Hawk class
  • John F. Kennedy class
  • Enterprise class
  • Nimitz class

    • Amphibious Assault Ships
  • Iwo Jima class
  • Tarawa class
  • Wasp class
  • Austin class
  • Anchorage class
  • Whidbey Island class
  • Harpers Ferry class
  • Newport class

    • Submarines
  • Los Angeles Class
  • Improved Los Angeles Class
  • Ohio Class

    • * Decommissioned

    Naval Weapon Systems

    SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile)

    SSM (Surface-to-Surface Missile)

    SAM (Surface-to-Air Missile)

    ASM (Air-to-Surface Missile)

    AAM (Air-to-Air Missile)

    Torpedoes

    Guns


    US Navy Status as of March 4, 1996
    (From     Navy News Service)
    Personnel:     427,336 active duty; 98,400 reserves
Aircraft:      4,921
Ships:         365
At Sea:        174 ships (48%)
Deployed:      101 ships (28%)
Exercises:     10
Port visits:   11
SSNs at Sea:   27 (34%)
Carriers/Airwings at Sea:
     USS Enterprise - local operations, Western Atlantic
     USS Independence - port visit, Manila
     USS Nimitz - Operation Southern Watch, Arabian Gulf
     USS John C. Stennis - local operations, Western Atlantic
     USS George Washington - Operation Joint Endeavor, Adriatic Sea
LHAs/LHDs/LHPs at Sea:
     USS Belleau Wood - Sasebo, Japan
     USS Essex - local operations, Eastern Pacific
     USS Guam - Adriatic Sea
     USS Peleliu - Arabian Gulf
Ships Assigned to Middle East Task Force:
     USS Vicksburg, USS John S. McCain, USS Ingersoll, USS Reuben
     James, USS Elrod, USS Caron, USS Underwood

    Looking for your long-lost buddies? Leave your message here at the Mates' Search. You might be able to find your friends, you'll never know. At least, this is better than posting your note on your front yard.

    Other Navy Links

  • NavyOnLine - Many links to other Navy stuff
  • U.S. Navy Internet Resources
  • Naval Homepage - One of the best Naval pages on the WWW.
  • Ron Martini's Navy Submarine Page - A very nice submarine page by an ex-submariner!!
  • Jim's USS Liberty Page - A very fine site dedicated to the USS Liberty and those who gave up their lives defending her. A must-go site for those who want to know more about her.
  • CyberNav - A very complete navy page on the web. Good stuff!
  • Submarine Base Kings Bay - An excellent page to find out more about the submarine base at Kings Bay.
  • The Naval Research Laboratory - the Navy's corporate research and development laboratory
  • Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program
  • Naval Aviation Systems
  • Space and Naval Warfare Command System Headquarters
  • US Navy Observatory
  • Naval Air Warfare Weapons Division
  • The NPS Joint C4I Systems Homepage.
  • Real Time Support for the Warrior
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center's Coastal Systems Station
  • US Naval Academy
  • Vulture's Row - Find out all about US Naval Air Wings here!


    • This page is written and maintained by:
    Mysterious Face Paul "Ktula" Yong (ktula@falcon.cc.ukans.edu)

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