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  Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Persian Gulf was a dangerous place to be during the Iran-Iraq War, and on 17 May 1987, USS Stark (FFG-31) was attacked, apparently accidentally, by an Iraqi warplane.
USS Wadsworth (FFG-9) (transferred to Poland as ORP Gen.
USS Clark (FFG-11) (transferred to Poland as ORP Gen.
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 George Philip holds 'Day of Remembrance'
USS George Philip (FFG-12), the sixth ship in the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates and named in honor of Cmdr. Philip, held a ceremony June 14, nearly 54 years later, in honor of the 18 officers and 108 crewmen who lost their lives when the ship went down.
George Philip, III (USMC retired) and Snow Philip, the son and daughter of the late Cmdr. George Philip, as well as former crewmen and their families, embarked the ship to sail to the spot where Twiggs met its fate that warm summer evening in 1945.
Prior to their day aboard George Philip, Twiggs survivors were hosted by Commander, Amphibious Group One staff to tours of World War II sites on the island of Okinawa, including the Okinawa Peace Memorial where more than 22,000 names of the American servicemen who gave their lives during the invasion of Okinawa.
www.c7f.navy.mil /news2/7frel559.html   (640 words)

  
 FFG 12 George Philip
USS GEORGE PHILIP's mission is to escort and protect convoys, underway replenishment groups, amphibious landing groups, and carrier battle groups.
However, by sunrise, George Philip was able to dispatch her small boat to recover 64 bales of cocaine weighing 4,775 pounds.
While the boat eventually eluded capture, George Philip launched her small boat and was able to recover several bales of cocaine that evening, and additional bales at first light.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/ffg-12.htm   (1044 words)

  
 On The George
After boot camp, I was assigned to the USS George Philip, homeported in Long Beach, CA.
The GEORGE PHILIP is an Oliver Hazard Perry Class guided missile frigate, named in honor of Commander George Philip, Jr., USN (1912-1945).
The mission of the George Philip is to escort and protect convoys, underway replenishment groups, amphibious landing groups, and carrier battle groups.
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 USS George Philip (FFG 12)
GEORGE PHILIP was last homeported in San Diego, Calif., and was a member of the Naval Reserve Force.
USS GEORGE PHILIP was commissioned in Nov 1980 at Todd Shipyard in San Pedro, Ca.
From December 1987 thru June 1989, GEORGE PHILIP was in overhaul at Southwest Marine in San Diego.
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 Fallen Son & Daughters Profiles
George entered the Navy at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1931 and graduated in 1935.
George received many medals for his service in the war, including the Presidential Unit Citation, the Silver Star, Purple Heart, and numerous campaign ribbons for his efforts in serving our country greatly.
George’s wife Margaret is deceased, but his daughter Margaret (Snow) lives in Key West, Florida, and his son George III now lives in Freeport, Maine.
www.state.sd.us /military/VetAffairs/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=1523   (561 words)

  
 USS Reuben James (FFG-57) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Reuben James (FFG-57), an Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate is the third ship of the U.S. Navy named for Reuben James, a boatswain's mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates.
Reuben James appeared in the movie, The Hunt for Red October, and played a significant role in the book, Red Storm Rising, both by Tom Clancy.
For other ships of this name, see USS Reuben James.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(FFG-57)   (356 words)

  
 Navy frigate to visit Juneau Friday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
USS George Philip will visit Alaska's capital city Friday.
The George Philip, a guided-missile frigate, is scheduled to arrive at 3 p.m., and moor at Coast Guard Station Juneau on Egan Drive.
The 445-foot Philip, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate, carries a crew of 200 sailors.
www.uscg.mil /D17/allnews/news00/06300.htm   (241 words)

  
 USS Paul Hamilton Visits Brisbane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
May 23, 2005 —The third ship to be named after Paul Hamilton the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), paid respects to their fallen shipmates of the USS Twiggs (DD 591) off the southern coats of Okinawa today.
USS Paul Hamilton (DD 590) and USS Twiggs (DD 591) were both Fletcher-class destroyers, and were built rapidly on the same pier at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia and then commissioned in October 1943 in Charleston South Carolina.
They united in thanks for the sons of liberty who fought aboard the USS Twiggs and honored their fallen shipmates courageous acts of service, and ultimate sacrifice by laying a wreath of remembrance over the site.
www.paul-hamilton.navy.mil /PAGES/usstwig.htm   (633 words)

  
 Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)
USS Frederick’s (LST 1184) arrival in Thailand’s coastal waters marked the beginning of phase three of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 1999.
USS Rushmore, USS Curts (FFG 38), USS Wadsworth (FFG 9) and the Sailors and Marines making up the exercise task group worked with their host nation counterparts in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei as well.
USS Vincennes (CG 49), USS Anchorage (LSD 36), USS George Philip (FFG 12) and USCG Morgenthau (WHEC 722) got underway for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training, (CARAT), a series of bilateral exercises which takes place in the region every summer.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/carat.htm   (2580 words)

  
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USS New Jersey's performance during her initial deployment demonstrated the ability of the modernized battleship to do the job.
USS Missouri began her new life with an around-the-world cruise, the first such cruise for a battleship since the Great White Fleet sailed in 1907.
USS Wisconsin, the most recently recommissioned of these great capital ships, is working up for her first deployment to the Mediterranean since reactivation.
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 Asia Pacific Defense Forum Spring 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A BQM-74 Target Drone is launched from the USS George Philip (FFG 12) for anti-air warfare exercises with Royal Malaysian Navy ships in the Strait of Malacca..
The ships comprising the CARAT 99 Task Group were the USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Gary (FFG 51), USS George Philip (FFG 12) and the USS Frederick (LST 1184).
The submarine USS Portsmouth (SSN 707) joined the task group during two phases of the exercise.
forum.apan-info.net /spring_2K/32.html   (143 words)

  
 USS Twiggs' veterans to attend wreath-laying ceremony aboard USS Goerge Philip
USS George Philip (FFG 12) will be visiting White Beach, Okinawa on June 13-14, to sponsor a wreath-laying ceremony to honor those who perished aboard the destroyer USS Twiggs (DD 521) during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
USS George Philip is named in honor of Cmdr. George Philip, the commanding officer of the Twiggs, one of the 174 killed and missing in action during a Japanese kamikaze aircraft attack on the night of June 16, 1945.
Philip's son, George Philip, Jr., a retired Marine lieutenant colonel, will also be attending the ceremony.
www.c7f.navy.mil /news2/7frel518.htm   (203 words)

  
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Was transfered for a short period in an emergency deployment to the USS Bordelon to be on the blockade of Cuba as a radioman, transfered back to the Luce afterwards.
I attended the funeral of President John F. Kennedy while in DC.My last duty was aboard the USS Salish out of Mayport Fla. We were the prime ship that fought the fires aboard the cruise ship Vi king Princess as she burned in the Carribean.
Subsequently, I was assigned to USS Indepen- dence CVA-62 at NOB Norfolk.
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The plane passed so close to the ship that one of its wingtips bent a "spoon" of a tube of a torpedo mount which had been trained to starboard.
- The high-speed transport USS Sims is attacked by an aircraft that crashed close aboard to starboard spraying the ship with shrapnel which wounded eleven crewmen.
USS Southerland investigated, notified Truk, and provided provisions and supplies to repair their outrigger canoe.
www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/may/24May.txt   (897 words)

  
 300OHPerry
USS George Philip (FFG 12), San Diego, Calif.
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29), Pascagoula, Miss.
USS John L. Hall (FFG 32), Pascagoula, Miss.
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 USS Ruben James   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
USS Ruben James (FFG-57), Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
The Perry class frigate's were built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970's to counter the massive buildup of submarines.
This ship makes a fine addition to any 1/350 scale ship collection.
www.marylandsilver.com /uss_ruben_james.htm   (114 words)

  
 USS LIBERTY Pictures with Thumbnails
James Kilpatrick was one of the very few American writers with the courage to tell our story in a major publication.
Executive Officer LCDR Philip Armstrong with chiefs Thompson, Lambert, Benkert and Smith before the attack.
USS Liberty Flag as displayed at the National Cryptologic Museum
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 Asia Pacific Defense Forum Spring 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
CARAT 99 began when the USS George Philip and USS Frederick sailed to Brunei Darussalam.
The guest of honor at the celebration was Brunei’s Minister of Religious Affairs, the Honorable Pehin Dató Dr. Utian Haji Awang Mohammad Zain bin Haji Serudin.
U.S. CARAT ship commanders in the rear are Cmdr. Hart Sebring of USS George Philip (FFG 12) and Cmdr. Alan Moore of USS Frederick.
forum.apan-info.net /spring_2K/33.html   (196 words)

  
 uss la timeline
The USS Los Angeles (CA-135) was laid down by the Philadelphia Naval Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 28 July 1943 and was launched 20 August 1944, and commissioned on 22 July 1945; Capt. John A. Snackenberg in command.
Resurrected from the scrap heap amid the last vestiges of bicentennial patriotism, the main mast of the USS Los Angeles (CA-135) once again stands tall.
Cornered by her anchors, it forms the USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Naval Monument in the John S. Gibson, Jr.
www.uss-la-ca135.org /3history.html   (1314 words)

  
 The Special Events Company Order Form
M144 $9.50 USS Lewis B Puller FFG 23
M125 $7.50 USS Samuel B Roberts FFG 58
M170 $9.50 USS Vandergrift FFG 48 Westpac 90
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 Plank Owners
Commisioned the USS Stump DD978 on 20 Aug 1978.
USS Welch PG-93, 1974-1975; Plankowner, USS Leftwich DD-984,1979-1981; Plankowner USS Hercules PHM-2 1982-1983; uss MS Tisdale FFG-27, 1984-1989.
on USS DEYO DD-989 1980-1983 and Plankowner on USS Yorktown CG-48 1983-84.
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 FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY-class - Navy Ships
Following the Iraqi air-launched Exocet attack on the USS Stark (FFG-31) on 17 May 1987 it was decided to upgrade the (V)2 installation by adding a jammer codenamed "Sidekick".
This "toughness" was aptly demonstrated when USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine and USS Stark was hit by two Exocet cruise missiles.
On 14 April 1988 the U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) struck a mine which detonated an estimated 250 pounds of TNT.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/ffg-7.htm   (1534 words)

  
 Naval Station says fair winds to commanding officer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Other commands included USS Reasoner (FF-1063), where he said as navigator he had an unusual experience.
Flammang says taking command was one of the most significant events in his career.
He commanded USS George Philip (FFG 12) and Military Sealift Command Europe before taking the helm at Naval Station Annapolis.
www.dcmilitary.com /navy/trident/8_21/local_news/23887-1.html   (554 words)

  
 U.S. Pacific Command: An Official Military Website Sun, Jul. 30, 2006
MUMBAI, India -- Two SH-60B helicopter pilots attached to USS Lake Champlain describe the helicopter to a group of young women from Sneha Sadan Shelter in Mumbai, India May 2.
Members of the 353rd SOG are conducting joint exchange training with units of the Royal Thai army and air force.
At sea aboard, USS Kitty Hawk -- An HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to the "Chargers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron fires a.50 caliber machine gun during target practice May 7.
www.pacom.mil /imagery/archive/0205photos/index.shtml   (1013 words)

  
 USS George Phillip returns to East Timor for humanitarian visit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
USS George Phillip returns to East Timor for humanitarian visit
USS George Philip returns to East Timor for humanitarian visit
BAUCAU, East Timor — Sailors aboard USS George Philip (FFG 12) arrived off the coast here Sept. 4 -- it’s second visit in four weeks -- as part of a continuing commitment of the U.S. Navy to support the United States Support Group East Timor (USGET) activities in East Timor.
www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2002/9/15.htm   (230 words)

  
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USS John F. Kennedy Battle Group heading home NNS4214.
Concerning the USS Nimitz's accelerated progress to the Gulf, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen said: "I recently accelerated the deployment of our aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, to the Gulf by five days.
USS Callaghan seizes $165 million worth of cocaine by ENS Chris Cooper EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (NWSA) -- USS Callaghan (DDG 994) intercepted a transfer of narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean Sept. 27 and seized more than 3.5 metric tons of cocaine.
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 Ship Fact File:Perry Class Frigates
In both cases the ships survived, were repaired and have returned to the fleet.
USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23), San Diego, Calif.
USS Reuben James (FFG-57), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), Norfolk, Va.
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 USS Thresher
On the morning of April 10, 1963, the ship proceeded to conduct sea trials about 200 miles off the coast of Cape Cod.
At 9:13 a.m., the USS Skylark (a surface vessel assigned to assist Thresher) received a signal, via underwater telephone, indicating that the submarine was experiencing “minor difficulties, have positive up-angle, attempting to blow.”
OFFICER OBSERVERS: Philip H. Allen, Lcdr / Robert D. Biederman, Lt / John H. Billings, Lcdr / Robert L. Krag, Lcdr...
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Stressing the importance of preventive health care, George Philip medical personnel made a positive impact on the lives of their shipmates.
One success story was Yeoman First Class Philip Moore who said, "I consumed a tin-a-day of chewing tobacco until Chief McKee's medical department helped me break my fifteen-year chewing habit." Although not everyone immediately responded to the tobacco cessation campaign, McKee still felt a sense of accomplishment.
Not only did the Navy, Army and Air Force students pass with a mean score of 582, they academically lead their civilian counterparts who had a mean score of 528.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/mednews/med98/med98026.txt   (2160 words)

  
 Naval Ship Prints
USS Reuben James, USS Samuel B. Roberts, USS Kauffman, USS Rodney M. Davis, USS Ingraham
USS Garcia, USS Bradley, USS Edward McDonnell, USS Brumby, USS Davidson, USS Voge, USS Sample, USS Koelsch, USS Albert David, USS O'Callahan
Edsall Class Destroyer Escorts: USS Calcaterra, USS Camp, USS Chambers, USS Cockrill, USS Durant, USS Hissem, USS Howard D. Crow, USS Hurst, USS Janssen, USS.
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