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US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 699 - USS Jacksonville |
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Type,
class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN;
Los Angeles class (Flight I) Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut, USA STATUS: Awarded: January 24, 1972 Laid down: February 21, 1976 Christened + launched: November 18, 1978 Commissioned: May 16, 1981 Decommissioned: November 16, 2021 Fate: Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS), Bremerton, Washington Namesake: City of Jacksonville, Florida Ships Motto: THE BOLD ONE Technical Data: see: INFO > Los Angeles class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton to commence its inactivation and decommissioning process - December 11, 2017  arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton to commence its inactivation and decommissioning process - December 11, 2017  arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton to commence its inactivation and decommissioning process - December 11, 2017  arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton to commence its inactivation and decommissioning process - December 11, 2017  arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton to commence its inactivation and decommissioning process - December 11, 2017  arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton to commence its inactivation and decommissioning process - December 11, 2017  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - October 11, 2017  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - October 11, 2017  COMSUBPAC change of command ceremony aboard USS Jacksonville - Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - September 11, 2017  COMSUBPAC change of command ceremony aboard USS Jacksonville - Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - September 11, 2017  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - August 10, 2017  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - August 10, 2017  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - August 5, 2016  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - October 16, 2015  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - October 16, 2015  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - October 16, 2015  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - October 16, 2015  HMAS Stirling, Fleet Base West, Australia - June 25, 2015  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 18, 2013  Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - November 2012  departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - November 5, 2012  returning to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - December 2, 2010  arriving in Sepanggar, Sabah, Malaysia - October 11, 2010  departing Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 2, 2010  arriving at her new homeport, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - April 3, 2009  departing Naval Station Norfolk for the final time to change her homeport to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 6, 2009  departing Naval Station Norfolk for the final time to change her homeport to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 6, 2009  departing Naval Station Norfolk for the final time to change her homeport to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - March 6, 2009  Cmdr. Tyler Meador, right, commanding officer of USS Jacksonville (SSN 699), describes sonar room operations to Vice Adm. Georgios Karamalikis, Chief of Hellenic (Greek) Navy General Staff. Karamalikis is visiting as an official guest of Chief of Naval Operations - Norfolk, Virginia - February 2009  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 24, 2008  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 30, 2008  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 30, 2008  arriving at Naval Station Mayport, Florida - June 22, 2007 2004 - ?: Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - December 19, 2003  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - December 19, 2003  moored at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - June 1995 1989-1991: Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut - May 16, 1981  sea trials - December 1980  sea trials - December 1980  christening and launching ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut - November 18, 1978 |
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USS Jacksonville (SSN 699): The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 21 February 1976. She was launched on 18 November 1978 using the pontoon system designed for the launching of the Ohio-class Trident submarines. Jacksonville was sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Jean Bennett, wife of Congressman Charles E. Bennett, and commissioned on 16 May 1981. Jacksonville's operations have included a variety of fleet exercises and deployments including two around-the-world cruises in 1982 and 1985, deployments to the western Atlantic Ocean in 1983, 1986, 1993 and 1994, and deployments to the Mediterranean Sea in 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999/2000, and 2001. She was deployed in 2001 during the events of 9/11 and stayed on station until relieved. In 1988, Jacksonville participated in a shock trials test program for Los Angeles-class submarines, which was followed by a three-year major modernization overhaul in Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Jacksonville has been involved in four collisions with other vessels during her over 30 years of operation: While outbound with the inbound Turkish merchant vessel General Z. Dogan in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia on 22 March 1982. With a barge positioned across Chesapeake Bay's Thimble Shoal Channel, requiring the replacement of the submarine's sonar dome, on 21 September 1984. With the container ship Saudi Makkah near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, requiring repairs to the submarine's fairwater planes and rudder, on 17 May 1996. With an unnamed fishing vessel while on regular patrol in the Persian Gulf on 10 January 2013. Her main periscope was sheared off in the collision. The ship's commanding and executive officers were relieved for cause following the incident. In late 2009, Jacksonville's homeport was moved from Norfolk to Pearl Harbor. On 20 December 2004 a small fire broke out aboard Jacksonville while she was undergoing a refueling overhaul at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The fire was immediately extinguished and the reactor was never in danger, though a shipyard firefighter and a sailor were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. In August 2017, Jacksonville completed her final deployment, ending 36 years of Submarine Service. On 11 December 2017, she arrived in Bremerton, Washington, to commence a months-long preparation for inactivation and decommissioning. On 26 June 2019, Jacksonville held an inactivation ceremony at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington. Former Commanding Officer Michael Brown and former Chief of the Boat (also former Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy) Terry Scott were among the speakers. On 16 November 2021, Jacksonville was decommissioned in a ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. source: wikipedia - - - - - Jacksonville (SSN-699) was laid down on 21 February 1976 at Groton, Conn., by General Dynamics Electric Boat; launched on 18 November 1978; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy J. Bennett, wife of Representative Charles E. Bennett of Fla.; and commissioned on 16 May 1981 at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., Capt. Robert B. Wilkinson Jr. in command. On the evening of 22 March 1982, as Jacksonville, Cmdr. Dennis G. Feuerbacher in command, stood out on the surface from Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Va., she collided with Turkish merchant vessel General Z. Dogan. Jacksonville returned under her own power, and the following day Cmdr. G. Michael Hewitt, the prospective commanding officer of attack submarine Buffalo (SSN-715), relieved Feuerbacher of his command pending an investigation into the incident. Feuerbacher was reassigned to the staff of Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet. The collision caused some minor damage to General Z. Dogan, but the Turkish ship reached Norfolk. Jacksonville completed repairs and pre-overseas movement upkeep at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, from 26 March - 27 April. From 10-21 September 1984, the submarine, Capt. Ricky Morris in command, trained in local operating areas but upon returning to port collided with a barge positioned across Thimble Shoals Channel. The impact damaged Jacksonville’s sonar dome and it subsequently required replacement. On 25 September, Cmdr. Francis LaCroix relieved Capt. Morris pending an investigation into the accident. During training off the Virginia capes that began on 13 May 1996, Jacksonville - Cmdr. Richard N. Current in command - collided with container ship Saudi Makkah on 17 May. The submarine returned to Pier 23 at Norfolk, and on 23 May shifted to Pier 4 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Cmdr. Richard N. Current relieved Cmdr. John F. Yarbro Jr. as the commanding officer six days later, and while Jacksonville completed repairs in dry dock at the shipyard (20 June - 16 September), Cmdr. Robert A. Gurczynski relieved Cmdr. Current on 14 August. While operating at periscope depth in the Arabian Gulf, the attack submarine struck a vessel at approximately 0500 on 10 January 2013. Jacksonville surfaced to ascertain if the unidentified ship sustained damage, but the latter continued on a consistent course and speed, however, offering no indication of distress or acknowledgement of a collision. A Lockheed P-3C Orion later searched the area and saw no debris in the water or vessels in distress. Jacksonville moored at Bahrain at 1000 on 12 January, and began repairs. source: US Naval History & Heritage Command |
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Jacksonville ... is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. It is the seat of government of Duval County, with which the city consolidated in 1968. It is the tenth-most populous U.S. city and the largest city in the Southeast, with a population of 949,611 at the 2020 U.S. census. The Jacksonville metropolitan area, at over 1.76 million residents, is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Florida and 38th-largest in the United States. City-county consolidation greatly increased Jacksonville's official population and extended its boundaries, placing most of Duval County's population within the new municipal limits; Jacksonville grew to 900 square miles (2,300 square kilometers). It is the largest city by total area, land and water, in the contiguous United States. |
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