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US Navy - Attack SubmarineSSN 719 - USS Providence |
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Type, class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN; Los Angeles class (Flight II / VLS) Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, USA
STATUS: Awarded: April 16, 1979 Laid down: October 14, 1982 Launched: August 4, 1984 Commissioned: July 27, 1985 IN SERVICE (2015)
Homeport: Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut Namesake: City of Providence, Rhode Island Ships Motto: PROVIDENTIA REMEDIUM BELLI (Providence for war is the best prevention for it) Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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USS Providence (SSN 719): The fifth Providence (SSN-719) was laid down on 14 October 1982 at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Conn.; launched on 4 August 1984; sponsored by Mrs. Jean W. Smith, wife of United States Attorney General William F. Smith; and commissioned on 27 July 1985, Capt. Emil D. Morrow in command. On 7 October 2001, the coalition launched the first air and missile strikes of Operation Enduring Freedom I against al-Qaeda terrorists and Taliban Islamic extremists within Afghanistan. Waves of USN and USAF jets and BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) struck 40 target areas including aircraft on the ground, airfields, antiaircraft and surface-to-air missile batteries and radar sites, command and control nodes, and training camps. While critics questioned the raids on the camps because al-Qaeda had largely abandoned those facilities, the assaults destroyed terrorist infrastructure. The following night the allies continued their counterattack and guided missile destroyers John Paul Jones (DDG-53) and McFaul (DDG-74) and Providence fired 15 TLAMs. The coalition struck 13 target areas consisting of airfields, air defense sites, communications facilities, and infrastructure. Providence subsequently deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom I and on the night of 21 and 22 March 2003, she joined 29 other U.S. and British ships and submarines that fired TLAMs against Iraqi military targets. Cmdr. Jonathan H. Kan, Providence’s commanding officer, later received the Bronze Star for his “extraordinary leadership and operational skills” during these battles. In 2011 fighting raged across Libya between Moammar Qadhafi and rebels opposed to his regime. The war drove tens of thousands of refugees across the neighboring border, and overburdened UN relief workers revealed that the plight of the fugitives reached a “crisis point.” The UN Security Council thus passed Resolution 1973 authorizing the use of force, including the implementation of a no-fly zone, to end Qadhafi’s attacks against his own people. The U.S. froze at least $30 billion worth of Libyan assets, and on the night of 19 March 2011, American, British, Canadian, Danish, French, Italian, and Spanish forces commenced Operation Odyssey Dawn to destroy Qadhafi’s ability to attack civilians and to impose a no-fly zone. Air and missile strikes pounded more than 20 integrated Libyan air defense and radar systems and airfields. Four USMC McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier IIs and 15 USAF aircraft including Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirits flew 19 air sorties, and guided missile destroyers Barry (DDG-52) and Stout (DDG-55), guided missile submarine Florida (SSGN-728), attack submarines Providence and Scranton (SSN-756), and British attack submarine Triumph (S.93) fired more than 110 TLAMs. Grumman EA-6G Growlers and Harrier IIs subsequently jammed enemy transmissions. Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) Odyssey Dawn, broke his flag in command ship Mount Whitney (LCC-20). Those attacks hit primarily SA-2, SA-3, and SA-5 surface-to-air missile batteries around Libyan airfields, as well as aircraft on the ground and munitions sites, enabling the allies to enforce the no-fly zone from east to west across Libya. British Air Vice Marshal Gregory J. Bagwell, RAF, told reporters on 23 March that the Libyan Air Force “no longer exists as a fighting force.” JTF Odyssey Dawn was disestablished on 30 March, and the allies shifted to NATO Operation Unified Protector. The ongoing NATO air support enabled the rebels to eventually defeat the dictator, and they ambushed and killed Qadhafi while he fled from Surt on 20 October 2011. source: US Naval History & Heritage Command |
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