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	Ship commissioning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ship naming and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity.
		The preparation and readiness time between christening-launching and commissioning may be as much as three years for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to as brief as twenty days for a World War II landing ship.
		When a captain of this period in our history determined that his new ship was ready to take to sea, he mustered the crew on deck, read his orders, broke the national ensign and distinctive commissioning pennant, caused the watch to be set, and the first entry to be made in the log.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ship_commissioning (963 words)

	Commissioning Pennant
		Once in commission, the commanding officer and crew are entrusted with the privilege, and the responsibility, of maintaining their ship’s readiness in peace, and of conducting successful operations at sea in time of war.
		The commissioning pennant is the distinguishing mark of a commissioned Navy ship.
		All ships at that time were sailing ships, and it was often difficult to tell a naval ship from a merchantman at any distance.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq106-1.htm (891 words)

	Ship commissioning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ship naming and launching are the inseparableelements which endow a ship hull with her identity.
		Thepreparation and readiness time between christening-launching and commissioning may be as much as three years for anuclear-powered aircraft carrier to as brief as twenty days for a World War II landing ship.
		When a captainof this period in our history determined that his new ship was ready to take to sea, he mustered the crew on deck, read hisorders, broke the national ensign and distinctive commissioning pennant, caused the watch to be set, and the first entry to be made in the log.
	www.therfcc.org /ship-commissioning-63530.html (861 words)

	Ship commissioning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Prior to commissioning the new ship undergoes trials during which deficiencies needing correction are The preparation and readiness time between christening-launching commissioning may be as much as three for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to as brief as twenty days a World War II landing ship.
		When captain of this period in our history that his new ship was ready to to sea he mustered the crew on read his orders broke the national ensign distinctive commissioning pennant caused the watch to set and the first entry to be in the log.
		The first specific to commissioning located in naval records is letter of November 6 1863 from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to all navy yards and stations.
	www.freeglossary.com /Ship_commissioning (1032 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		The commissioning of a Navy warship or Coast Guard cutter is an impressive ceremony and marks the beginning of the history of the ship.
		Commissioning is a formal ceremony, steeped in tradition, during which the crew officially “mans” (boards) the ship to “bring the ship to life” and begin her service as a United States Ship or United States Coast Guard Cutter.
		Navy League Councils often sponsor the commissioning ceremony and then adopt the ship and her crew.
	www.navyleague.org /councils/ship_commissioning.php (191 words)

	Sylvania
		The ship was in drydock at Malta from 29 November until 10 December 1968 when she returned to normal 6th Fleet operations.
		The ship was in drydock from 11 April to 13 May when she moored at the shipyard, and was ready for sea on 13 July.
		On 20 July the ship was awarded the Meritorius Unit Commedation for service to the 6th Fleet during the period 25 April 1965 to 30 September 1969.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s21/sylvania-ii.htm (822 words)

	Caller.com: Local News
		Commissioning ceremonies, in which a new ship is officially brought into the fleet, typically bring 8,000 to 10,000 people to the site, enough to generate as much as $1 million of hotel and restaurant spending, according to a local economist.
		But the ship will not be stationed at the base, making it another of several next-generation Navy ships that have passed through the base without improving its standing in an upcoming base closure round.
		One of those ships, the HSV 2 Swift, acts as the command ship of Ingleside's mine warfare fleet, although it has seldom been at the base since Ingleside crews began to staff it earlier in the year.
	www.caller.com /ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_3287024,00.html (670 words)

	HMAS Parramatta Commissioning Ceremony - Royal Australian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		LEUT Travis Jones was appointed as Commissioning Liaison Officer (CLO) and CPOCSM Daniel Dowell as Assistant CLO.
		As part of the Commissioning ceremony, the four survivors presented four sailors with HMAS Parramatta cap tallies to highlight the ship’s heritage and the continuity of the Parramatta name.
		LSCK Samara Bradburn, a member of HMAS Parramatta’s Commissioning Guard, reflected on the significance of the ceremony for her; “I was honoured to be part of the Guard.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/parramatta/newsarticle.htm (876 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This ship is named in honor of Vice Adm. John D. Bulkeley, USN, (1911-1996), a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who spearheaded the evacuation of General Douglas MacArthur from the island of Corregidor in World War II and later served as president, Board of Inspection and Survey for the U.S. Navy.
		The ship's keel was laid a year later and the ship sailed into the Gulf of Mexico for her first sea trials in June of this year.
		Five ships sponsors selected by the Secretary of the Navy will order DDG 84's more than 300 officers and enlisted personnel to their posts, giving the traditional order to "Man our ship and bring her to life!" in a triumphant conclusion to the ship's stirringly patriotic commissioning ceremony.
	www.emailwire.com /news/shi2050.shtml (683 words)

	STAR WARS: Warships of the Empire
		Ships of the greater classes are less numerous but have the advantages of durability and combat potency.
		Perhaps larger ships suffer disproportionately diminished efficiency and quality of coordination of the inertial dampers (which are necessary for maintaining crew safety and structural integrity during manoeuvres).
		A ship's design is devised for efficient internal operations, to faciliate proper interaction with its external environment to accomplish naval objectives, and to prolong the vessel's survival.
	www.theforce.net /swtc/warships.html (7618 words)

	Ships Facts
		"Racing to aid the victims of a stricken city, serving as a flagship during a shipping quarantine, sharing in the preservation of peace in cold war crises, and demonstrating her awesome firepower in combat are vivid entries in the log of the world's largest heavy cruiser, USS Newport News (CA-148).
		Commissioned as the last unit of the Salem class on January 29, 1949, the USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148) has fashioned a career of indefatigable service to her nation in both war and peace.
		Her performance throughout the 23 years of her career has earned the respect of persons in all corners of the world and has been a source of pride for both those who have sailed in her and all Americans at home and abroad.
	www.uss-newport-news.com /mail/archive03.htm (444 words)

	Ship Commissioning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As Mucklow accepted the ship's commissioning pennant and was relieved as the ship's final commanding officer, he praised the crew.
		and commissioning may be as much as three years for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to as
		commission, but details of a commissioning ceremony were not prescribed.
	www.wikiverse.org /ship-commissioning (997 words)

	The Navy Wives Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The essence of the ceremony is her acceptance by the Navy, entitling her thereafter to fly the commission pennant and to be designated a U.S. Ship.
		The commandant then turns the ship over to the prospective commanding officer who accepts her, assumes command, and proceeds to act as host for the remainder of the ceremony.
		At this point in the ceremony gifts are often presented to the ship by the sponsor, by state, city or community officials, or by the shipbuilder.
	www.navywives.com /protocol/ship_ceremony.htm (1128 words)

	MASON HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Commissioning was held at Norfolk Navy Yard on 28 February 1920 with Lieutenant Commander Carl F. Holden as the commissioning commanding officer.
		The second ship to bear the name MASON was named for Ensign Newton Henry Mason, born on 24 December 1918 in New York City.
		At the end of the war MASON was assigned as a training ship operating from Miami, Florida until being decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1947.
	www.mason.navy.mil /history.htm (791 words)

	Commissioning Pennant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As such, it is flown continuously by each Navy ship from the moment she is commissioned until that final moment, years later, when she is retired from active service.
		At the moment the commissioning pennant is broken, a ship becomes the responsibility of the Commanding Officer, who together with his ship's officers and men, has the duty of making her ready for any service required by our nation.
		The modern U.S. Navy commissioning pennant is blue at the hoist with a union of seven white stars, and a horizontal red and white strip at the fly.
	www.vanpoots.com /submarines/pennant.htm (270 words)

	Former flagship for 7th Fleet sunk in missile exercise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The award recognizes the ship sustained superior performance in the areas of maritime warfare, engineering and survivability, command and control and logistics management.
		The 1998 battle efficiency award is the ship’s fifth efficiency award since commissioning.
		The goodwill fostered and the military ties that were strengthened by the ship’s port visits throughout the Western Pacific reaffirmed our nation's commitment to promoting continued peace and stability throughout the region.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news2/7frel423.htm (196 words)

	Ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In January 1969 the ship participated in the Apollo 11 program by taking NASA's quarantine trailer on sea trials from Norfolk Va. The trailer was used by the astronauts in July 1969 when they returned from the first lunar landing by mankind.
		On 2 May 1972 the ship arrived off the coast of Viet Nam and for the next 2 months provided NGFS in the south and spearheaded numerous night strikes against North Vietnamese targets, including the operation that placed mines in Haiphong Harbor.
		In June 1973 the ship completed a fuel oil conversion to navy distillate and in July was transferred to the Naval Reserve Force (NRF), changing homeports to Brooklyn, NY.
	mylescfoxdd829.net /DD829_Short_History.htm (1294 words)

	USS Bonhomme Richard is Commissioned in Pensacola
		She was in town for a gala event; she was to be officially commissioned into the United States Navy.
		The other tugs were placed on the outboard side of the ship and made fast with lines to their bows so they could come astern and pull the ship out in that manner.
		Once lined up the pilot gave the ship power and she was on her way, bound for the Navy Dock, some 5 miles distant.
	www.brownmarine.com /BONHOMME_STORY02.htm (586 words)

	VOLUME I
		Recommend authorization to dive the ship be granted under deliberate and controlled conditions to a specified depth for accomplishment of the approved Sea Trial Agenda pending TYCOM confirmation that the certification requirements of the remainder of the Submarine Safety (SUBSAFE) certification boundary have been sustained.
		Reporting to the Ship Program Manager or the TYCOM (PSA less than six months) that Sea Trials have been completed, and for submarines, that the material condition of those parts of the ship installed, prepared and/or tested by the Industrial Activity is satisfactory for URO to design test depth.
		Shipboard inspections by the ship's Engineering/Reactor Department and cognizant Supervising Authority personnel are necessary during the ship construction phase.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/doctrine/navy/jfmm/vol1/CH_02.htm (9498 words)

	Sea Power: Navy leaguers play key role in successful ship commissionings
		The planning for a ship's commissioning should begin at least one year before the event, according to Hanna.
		Publicity for the commissioning is important-both for fund-raising purposes and to educate the community about the important role seapower, both naval and commercial, plays in national security.
		A "Council Guide for Ship Commissioning" is available from NLUS Headquarters for Navy League councils interested in obtaining additional information about sponsoring the commissioning of a Navy ship or Coast Guard cutter, said Director of Regional Activities William J. Waylett Jr.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200307/ai_n9258526 (990 words)

	Navy to Commission Destroyer Momsen
		The ship honors Vice Adm. Charles Bowers "Swede" Momsen (1896-1967), a 1919 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, who is considered the father of the U.S. Navy’s diving programs.
		Momsen is the 42nd ship of 62 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers currently authorized by Congress and the 23rd destroyer built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
		As a member of the Pacific Fleet, Momsen will be homeported in Everett, Wash. The ship is 511 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 59 feet, an overall beam of 66 feet, and a navigational draft of 32 feet.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=14941 (596 words)

	Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier Online
		During events in which the Mayport, Fla.-based ship is open to the public for special "family cruises" and tours, "one of the things I always tell people is that it's their ship," Hebner said.
		The USS The Sullivans is one of the first ships commissioned with a permanently mixed crew of men and women.
		In a few months, the ship will be deployed to the Mediterranean, including potentially the eastern Mediterranean, near the war-torn Balkans, as well as the Persian Gulf.
	www.wcfcourier.com /articles/1999/06/03/export1274.prt (858 words)

	Senator Hutchison -- Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the commissioning ceremony next year, Sen. Hutchison will be accompanied by four matrons of honor, an honorary position typically bestowed upon a mother, daughter, sister, aunt or friend of the sponsor.
		In keeping with the rich tradition of naming ships after U.S. cities, Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton named the first of the new ships after the city of San Antonio, the site of the battle of the Alamo that became the rallying cry for Texas’ heroic struggle for independence from Mexico in 1836.
		When the commissioning pennant is broken at the masthead, the ship takes her place alongside the other active ships of the Fleet.
	www.senate.gov /~hutchison/prl548.htm (510 words)

	San Antonio a ‘Ship of Firsts’
		San Antonio is, indeed, a “ship of firsts." Besides being the lead ship of this new class of amphibious ship, it is the first ship named in honor of the city of San Antonio.
		San Antonio is the first surface ship designed in "virtual reality,” using computer modeling to design most of the ship before any steel was ever cut.
		It is the first ship designed to support the Marine Corps' “mobility triad” of Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicles, Landing Craft Air Cushion and the tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=8700 (546 words)

	Bell and Plaque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I was fortunate to acquire her bell, and plaque while endeavoring to keep the ship's history alive.
		As the bell and the plaque travel to various reunion sites, accompanied by a ship's picture in full camouflage during one of the nine invasions, it is with a great sense of inner peace I know that the history of the USS Rocky Mount AGC-3 will live on.
		The commissioning plaque and the bell are now on display at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center in San Diego, California.
	web.nmsu.edu /~pauberve/Vreeland.htm (667 words)

	Ronald Reagan Bound for San Diego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While the ship made its first foreign port visits in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Valparaiso, Chile, many of the crewmembers took time out of their liberty to lend a helping hand to the respective communities.
		While underway, the ship transited the Straits of Magellan, which is rare for an aircraft carrier.
		Seeing the ship home, with all the blood sweat and tears that come along with the journey, is a success the crew won’t forget.
	www.reagan.navy.mil /communicator/story1.htm (848 words)

	New Ship has Admiral’s Name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He said it was fitting that a ship named after Momsen, who dedicated much of his career to diving and lifesaving efforts, be commissioned here in the world capital of Navy diving.
		Hailey’s husband, a retired Navy captain, set the ship’s first watch and passed the long glass to his grandson, Momsen’s great-grandson, Fire Controlman 2nd Class Andrew Hailey, one of the ship’s crewmembers.
		Hailey gave the sponsor’s traditional command to the officers and crew, “Board our ship and bring her to life!” At this, nearly 300 Sailors ran up the fore and aft brows and assumed their places, some at controls and others manning the rails to render a salute to their guests on the pier.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=14962 (531 words)

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