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	USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is the lead ship of the Blue Ridge-class of command ships of the United States Navy.
		She is the third Navy ship named after the Blue Ridge Mountains, a series of ranges in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern US.
		The ship was commissioned on November 14, 1970, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as a command and control platform for the Navy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Blue_Ridge_(LCC-19) (384 words)

	Command Ships
		USS CORONADO was redesigned as a command ship (AGF) in 1980.
		USS Blue Ridge became the Seventh Fleet command ship in 1979, and USS Mount Whitney became the Second Fleet command ship in 1981.
		As a proof of concept for MSC ship operations of command ships, the CNO and Commander of Pacific Fleet agreed to transfer the Third Fleet command ship, USS Coronado, to MSC in Nov 2003.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/command.htm (770 words)

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		Blue Ridge MWR offered a tour to the world-famous Night Safari, the world’s first wildlife park built for visits at night, which features nocturnal animals in their natural habitat.
		At both the Singapore Cheshire Residential Home and the Patient Care Center, Blue Ridge Sailors were rewarded with both the gratitude of those they helped, and the satisfaction that comes from giving their time to the community.
		USS Blue Ridge is a Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship.
	www.blue-ridge.navy.mil /Singapore06.htm (446 words)

	USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19)
		USS BLUE RIDGE is the lead ship of the BLUE RIDGE class and the Seventh Fleet command ship.
		BLUE RIDGE represents the accumulated knowledge of four decades of the Navy's experience in meeting difficult challenges of Control and Coordination.
		BLUE RIDGE utilizes its "main battery" of computers, communications equipment and other electronic facilities to fulfill her mission as flagship for the United States Seventh Fleet.
	navysite.de /ships/lcc19.htm (511 words)

	USS Blue Ridge Departs Hong Kong
		USS BLUE RIDGE, At Sea - USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff Sailors and Marines departed the bustling port city of Hong Kong, Feb. 19.
		Blue Ridge crew members traveled to the Lantau area to represent the command in sport and fun, participating in the Wanchai Hash House Harriers running event.
		As the flagship for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Blue Ridge provides the highest quality capability for seagoing command and control of theater level forces by naval and joint commanders during peacetime or conflict, and provides preeminent naval support for U.S. diplomatic initiatives and objectives.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,88532,00.html?ESRC=marinenews.RSS (656 words)

	US Navy Ship Age - dKosopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The remaining ships were commissioned from 1986-1994 (all were ordered during the Reagan administration) and are due to be decommissioned from 2026-2034.
		Four Ohio class SSBN submarines (commissioned 1981-1984) are being converted to a conventional cruise missile bearing SSGN configuration from 2005-2007, rather than a nuclear missile configuration.
		The AFG 11 Coronado, command ship, commissioned in 1970 and scheduled to be decommissioned in 2010, formerly an LPD.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/US_Navy_Ship_Age (685 words)

	LCC 19 Blue Ridge class - Navy Ships
		USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) was conceived in 1963 and was in the planning and design stage for four years.
		Blue Ridge utilizes her "main battery" of computers, communications equipment and other electronic facilities to fulfill her mission as flagship for the United States Seventh Fleet.
		These systems are also instrumental in her secondary function as a command ship for the Amphibious Task Force and Landing Force Commanders during all phases of fleetwide operations, as well as a Commander Joint Task Force (CJTF) flagship when national interests require it.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/lcc-19.htm (581 words)

	NIOC Yokosuka Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As the command ship for Commander, Seventh Fleet, Blue Ridge provides the highest quality capability for seagoing command and control of theater level forces by naval and/or joint commanders during peacetime or conflict and provides preeminent naval support for Unites States diplomatic initiatives and objectives.
		Blue Ridge is 620 feet long, 82 feet wide and displaces 19,290 tons fully loaded.
		USS Essex is the second ship in the all new WASP (LHD-1) class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships.
	www.nsgayokosuka.navy.mil /newarrivals.htm (513 words)

	SIGNAL - Online Information article about SIGNAL
		blue and white, the former for w ' with light, the latter for dark backgrounds.
		There is further a distinction between the " small " flag, which is employed for semaphore messages and for rapid Morse over somewhat shorter distances, and the " large " flag, which is readable at a distance of 5 to 7 rn., as against the maximum of 4 M. allowed to the small flag.
		Three flags are used, blue, white and yellow, and it is stated that the last is the most frequently useful of the three.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SIGNAL.html (7008 words)

	marine safety: site directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Haas directed the BLUE RIDGE officers as they practiced getting underway from alongside a pier, approaching and going alongside an oiler for underway replenishment and mooring the ship; all this with realistic winds and currents, night and day, clear and fog.
		The need for attention to the safe navigation of the ship and attention to protection were of paramount concern during this portion of the exercise, according to LT Alejandro Yanza.
		After the initial part of the session ended, the participants agreed the exercise demonstrated the ship had to be prepared for instantaneous and intense response -- and the response had to be appropriate to the threat.
	www.marinesafety.com /sections/site/pressrel/pr_2003_01-06.htm (990 words)

	Forward Deployed Naval Forces
		As the command ship for Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, Blue Ridge provides the highest quality capability for seagoing command and control of theater level forces by naval and/or joint commanders during peacetime or conflict and provides preeminent naval support for U.S. diplomatic initiatives and objectives.
		USS Essex is the second ship in the WASP (LHD-1) class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships.
		The hull of the ship is constructed of oak, Douglas Fir and Alaskan Cedar, with a thin coating of fiberglass to take advantage of wood's low magnetic signature during mine countermeasures operations.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /Pages/shippage.htm (1028 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		Information technology-enabled C4I (command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence) has become the centerpiece of reformation in military organizational constructs and is considered the key to realizing more efficient and enduring operational effects, according to the DOD (Department of Defense) force-transformation strategy.
		Because of the large mass and volume of communications gear required to communicate on different RF frequencies for different services and operational elements, a large staff was needed, so the command ship became a necessity.
		"The first command ships came out of World War II, from Operation Torch [the Allied landings in North Africa] in 1941 and were used to and through the invasion of Normandy in 1944," said Jack Green of the Navy Historical Center.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/dec_02_48.php (1687 words)

	American Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The dominance of this crop led to the expression "King Cotton." However, shipping, brokerage, insurance, and other financial mediation for the trade was centered in the North, particularly in New York City.
		The "ironclad" CSS Virginia's maiden voyage sank the blockade ship USS Cumberland and burned the Congress on her "trial run." The second day the Battle at Hampton Roads took place between the ironclads USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia in March 1862, ending in a draw.
		Major General George B. McClellan took command of the Union Army of the Potomac on July 26 (he was briefly general-in-chief of all the Union armies, but was subsequently relieved of that post in favor of Maj. Gen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Civil_War (10268 words)

	History for USS Blue Ridge - LCC 19
		The ships of the MSC flotilla were cleaned, restocked with food, water, and medicine; and deployed off Vung Tau in readiness.
		Ships of the task force recovered 41 Vietnamese aircraft, but another 54 were pushed over the side to make room on deck or ditched alongside by their frantic crews.
		Allied commanders insisted that it was necessary because of a huge buildup of military supplies in North Vietnam for possible offensive operations against South Vietnam and Cambodia.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200276\|768150,00.html (4371 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		In an unusual development, the Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney has deployed to the Middle East from its homeport in Norfolk, Va. The Mount Whitney normally serves as the flagship for the commander of the U.S. Second Fleet and, as such, rarely ventures into waters outside the Atlantic Ocean.
		The Navy's oldest commissioned ship, the three-masted USS Constitution, was a special guest of honor at the commissioning ceremonies for a warship named for her most famous commanding officer.
		Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark--whose wife, Connie Rae Clark, is the ship's sponsor--also spoke at the 9 November ceremonies.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/dec_02_21.php (1174 words)

	USS Blue Ridge, Seventh Fleet arrive in Sasebo
		Blue Ridge, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, is the Seventh Fleet command ship and is currently on routine deployment in the Western Pacific.
		Blue Ridge, an Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ship, supports a variety of missions by providing a robust communications suite to allow the Seventh Fleet commander, Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, and his embarked staff, to provide guidance and direction to U.S. naval forces in the region.
		Stephen Maynard of Kettering, Ohio, Blue Ridge is permanently forward deployed to the western pacific and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2004/October/13.htm (237 words)

	Jack Abraitis - M.L.B.W. Glossary - USN Ship Classes - WarShips, Amphibious Warfare Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Although their capabilities are less than those of the new LSD-41 class, the ships of the Austin class, built between 1965-1971, were considered sufficiently modern to have their service lives extended, and the Navy had planned to inaugurate a SLEP program for all 11 of them commencing in early 1988.
		Accordingly, ships of this class offload cargo and vehicles by means of a 112-foot ramp over their bow.
		The 20 ships of this class, all commissioned between June 1969 and August 1972, are the only LSTs remaining in the fleet.
	www.princeton.edu /~abraitis/glosdocs/usnphib.htm (1759 words)

	Sea and Naval Books
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		More than 1500 ships from around the world are included and placed in the context of their time by a concise account of contemporary seafaring, trade routes and navigation methods.
	www.stillmanbooks.com /navalbooks.htm (6031 words)

	7th Fleet flagship visits Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), 7th Fleet flagship, visited Hong Kong Dec. 7-11, marking the third port call by a U.S. Navy ship to the Special Administrative Region since May.
		The reason for the port visit was to give the crew of Blue Ridge and embarked staff a chance for sightseeing, cultural exchange and to enhance the goodwill between the U.S. and Chinese.
		USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) is a Blue Ridge-class class command ship forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news3/7frel771.htm (260 words)

	USS Blue Ridge Visits Nagoya Port
		The men and women of USS Blue Ridge enjoyed this opportunity to visit Central Japan and to take in the sights and sounds of Nagoya, one of Japan's most dynamic cities.
		Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Jonathan Gerrnert greets Lt. Gen Yoshifumi Hibako, Commanding General of the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces 10th Division, on the quarterdeck of the USS Blue Ridge on Jan. 30.
		The band is currently embarked aboard the Seventh Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge and is in Nagoya in conjunction with the ship's routine port visit.
	usembassy.state.gov /nagoya/wwwhn-20060130-blueridge.html (471 words)

	21st Century Battleships
		The Iowa class battleships are already configured to serve as flagships and operate unmanned aerial vehicles (below) to relay real-time information back to a battle staff.
		Navy ships today have just a quarter inch of armor, while the battleships are protected by several inches of steel.
		The comparison I made was really with today's LCC command ships, which have no combat capabilities at all.
	www.g2mil.com /battleships.htm (4987 words)

	U.S. Pacific Command: An Official Military Website Tue, Aug. 01, 2006
		ABOARD USS BLUE RIDGE, Sasebo, Japan -- ABOARD USS Blue Ridge, SASEBO, Japan -- A USS Blue Ridge sailor views the harbor through the 'big eyes' binoculars as Blue Ridge prepares to dock for a port visit to the naval base Sept. 6.
		Blue Ridge is the command ship for the Navy's forward-deployed 7th Fleet.
		The ship carries a crew of 1,000 sailors and more than 1,300 Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) from Camp Pendleton, Calif. The ship can use a combination of helicopters, AV-8B Harrier jump jets, and amphibious landing craft to send and support Marines ashore in combat and humanitarian operations.
	www.pacom.mil /imagery/archive/0209photos/index.shtml (961 words)

	Blue Ridge Returns to Sea Following Maintenance Period
		ABOARD USS BLUE RIDGE, At Sea (NNS) -- After seven months of hard work by her Sailors and Yokosuka Ship Repair Facility workers, the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) got underway Oct. 25 for a scheduled underway period.
		During the dry dock availability, a number of new Sailors reported to Blue Ridge, and for many of these Sailors, fresh to the fleet, it was their first at-sea experience.
		Yeoman Seaman Apprentice Brandon P. Booker, from Albany, Ind., said once Blue Ridge got underway, he finally felt as if he was really in the Navy.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2004/10/mil-041026-nns02.htm (466 words)

	Common Core 110
		They can serve as a command ship for an amphibious task force, landing force, and air support commanders during amphibious operations.
		LHA - Amphibious Assault Ship- These ships are able to embark, deploy, and land a Marine battalion landing team by helicopters, landing craft, amphibious vehicles, and combinations of these methods.
		LHD - Amphibious Warfare Ship- They are designed based on that of an Amphibious Assault Ship, but are intended to be convertible from an Assault Ship to an Anti-submarine Warfare ship with Harrier fighters for ground assault.
	members.tripod.com /~Crew3/c110.htm (602 words)

	Command Ships
		Both the Second Fleet in the Atlantic and the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific are served by Blue Ridge Class amphibious command ships.
		The flagship of the Commander, Third Fleet, in the Eastern Pacific is a Converted Austin Class amphibious transport dock.
		The Commander of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean is served by a Converted Raleigh Class amphibious transport dock.
	www.usmilitaryart.com /com_ships.htm (408 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		ABOARD USS BLUE RIDGE, at sea -- USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked Seventh Fleet Staff Sailors and Marines departed the bustling port city of Hong Kong on Feb. 19.
		Taking advantage of several days in port, crewmembers used their off-duty time to demonstrate the Navy’s commitment to community service by cleaning and restoring the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children building facilities.
		As the flagship for Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, Blue Ridge provides the highest quality capability for seagoing command-and-control of theater level forces by naval and joint commanders during peacetime or conflict, and provides preeminent naval support for U.S. diplomatic initiatives and objectives.
	www.blue-ridge.navy.mil /HongKong06.htm (628 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Rumsfeld Visits USS Blue Ridge in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Aboard the ship, Rumsfeld had lunch with Blue Ridge and 7th Fleet sailors and Marines, airmen from nearby Yokota Air Base, and soldiers from Camp Zama.
		Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld signs an autograph for the Sailor of the Quarter, Petty Officer 1st Class Sherwin Penaranda during a visit to the USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 15.
		Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Frazier, from Hartselle, Ala., a quartermaster who is the Blue Ridge junior sailor of the quarter, sat with the Rumsfeld during the lunch.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Nov2003/n11152003_200311153.html (557 words)

	World Navies Today: US Navy Littoral Warfare Vessels
		Note: The Blue Ridge class LCCs are listed with the auxiliaries, as Joint Command Ships, because they are assigned to a fleet/theater command role and have no connection to amphibious operations.
		Design: These ships are essentially identical to the LSD 41 class except the docking well is reduced by 50% in order to increase bulk cargo space by 800%.
		LPD 11 of this type was converted to a command ship, AGF 11.
	www.hazegray.org /worldnav/usa/littoral.htm (2110 words)

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