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	USS Hartford (SSN 768)
		USS HARTFORD runs aground causing limited damage to its rudders and scraping its bottom.
		USS HARTFORD had just began a 6-month deployment one month before the grounding.
		Following an investigation of the grounding, HARTFORD's Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Christopher R. Van Metre, as well as one other officer and one enlisted crew member were relieved of their duties.
	navysite.de /ssn/ssn768.htm (150 words)

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		HARTFORD was launched 22 November 1858 by the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Carrie Downes, Miss Lizzie Stringham, and Lt. G.
		Thereafter HARTFORD and her consort patrolled between Port Hudson and Vicksburg denying the Confederacy desperately needed supplies from the West.
		From 1890 to 1839 HARTFORD was laid up at Mare Island, the last 5 years of which she was being rebuilt.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/sloops/hartford.txt (1667 words)

	Hartford
		Hartford dodged a run by ironclad ram Manasas; then, while vainly attempting to avoid a flreraft, grounded in the swift current near Fort St. Philip.
		From 1890 to 1899 Hartford was laid up at Mare Island, the last 5 years of which she was being rebuilt.
		On 2 October 1899, she recommlssioned, then transferred to the Atlantic coast to be used for a training and cruise ship for midshipmen until 24 October 1912 when she was transferred to Charleston, S.C., for use as a station ship.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/h3/hartford.htm (1708 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Local News: Yard gets more work
		The USS Hartford, an attack submarine, passes the Whaleback Lighthouse as it heads to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Thursday.
		The USS Hartford, launched in 1993, is the 57th vessel built in the Los Angeles class of fast-attack submarines.
		The Hartford is the second Naval vessel named in honor of Hartford, Conn. The first was a steam and sail-powered sloop that served as the flagship for Admiral David Farragut in the Civil War.
	www.seacoastonline.com /news/03172006/news/93003.htm (338 words)

	Homecomings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		USS Olympia (SSN-717) returned to Pearl Harbor in January after completing a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
		USS Hartford (SSN-768) returned home to Naval Submarine Base New London in March 2002 after a six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf.
		Hartford departed Groton, Connecticut on 19 September, little more than a week after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The submarine joined the USS Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_14/homecoming.html (710 words)

	USS Hartford
		Hartford arrived 20 February at Ship Island, Miss., midway ~between Mobile Bay and the mouths of the Mississippi.
		Hartford dodged a run by ironclad ram Manassas; then while vainly attempting to avoid a fircraft, grounded in the swift current near Fort St. Philip.
		When the burning barge was moved alongs&Mac245;de the flagship, only Furragut's gallant leadership and the disciplined training of the crew saved Hartford from being destroyed by flames which at one point engulfed a large portion of the ship.
	www.navyhistory.com /MISC/hartford.html (1688 words)

	USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL: Submerged Cultural Resources Study (Chapter 6) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The USS HARTFORD, Admiral David G. Farragut's flagship from the battle of Mobile Bay where he defiantly damned the torpedoes, sank from old age and was broken up by the Navy in the late 1950s.
		Most recently the USS MISSOURI, the battleship on whose decks the Japanese surrender was signed, was taken off display at Bremerton, Washington, refitted and returned to active duty.
		Although destruction of the USS MAINE propelled the nation into war in the last century, only pieces are displayed (the ship's foremast marks the graves of the ship's crew at Arlington; (Figure 6-2) the MAINE's shattered hulk was retrieved from La Habana Harbor and sunk in deep water in the early 20th century).
	www.nps.gov /usar/scrs/scrs6a.htm (1241 words)

	dockpics
		USS HARTFORD begins her SRA period when she gets underway from the pier to drydock.
		OAK RIDGE has taken charge of the HARTFORD and is slowly "warping" her into the dock.
		HARTFORD is "fair in the dock" which means she is straight and in the center of the dock.
	home.cshore.com /sbice/Dockpics.html (284 words)

	Italy furious after US Navy tried to cover up sub accident
		The Los Angeles class submarine, the USS Hartford, hit the rocky sea-bed of the Mediterranean with such force that rudders, sonar and other electronic equipment were severely damaged, the US naval official said.
		The USS Hartford was sailing east past the island of Capera where, soon after midnight on October 25th, it ran aground.
		In spite of what appears to be a lucky near miss, the incident’s gravity was underscored by the fact the both the USS Hartford’s captain, Commander Christopher Van Metre, and his squadron commander, Captain Greg Parker—who was also on board at the time the sub ran aground—were immediately fired, said the US navy official.
	bellona.no /bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/nuke_industry/co-operation/31750 (715 words)

	USS Hartford SSN 768 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The submarine USS HARTFORD is the second U.S. Naval vessel to be named in honor of the city of Hartford.
		It was a steam and sail-powered sloop of war commissioned in June 1859 with a displacement of 2,790 tons and an overall length of 225 feet.
		After the outbreak of the Civil War, HARTFORD was ordered home and became the flagship of the Western Gulf of Mexico Blockading Squadron under the command of Adm. David Farragut.
	www.csg2.navy.mil /Hartford/hartford.htm (332 words)

	Model of the Hartford
		The USS Hartford was the flagship of Rear Admiral David G. Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864.
		The Hartford was 220 feet long and 44 feet wide, with a speed of 13 1/2 knots.
		At Mobile Bay, the Hartford, along with fourteen wooden ships and four monitors, engaged in battle with the Confederate ironclad Tennessee and three wooden ships.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /navies_hartfordmodel.html (97 words)

	Senator Olympia J. Snowe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		“The Navy’s decision to conduct the USS Hartford’s DMP at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a clear reflection of the yard’s outstanding record of performance.
		We are confident that USS Hartford will benefit from PNS’ highly skilled workforce during its time in Portsmouth,” the delegations said in a joint statement.
		Last fall, the ME-NH delegations sent a letter to Admiral Vernon Clark, Chief of Naval Operations, requesting that the USS Hartford DMP be assigned to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
	snowe.senate.gov /pressap/record.cfm?id=236867 (156 words)

	The Bay Fight, A Sketch of the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, By William F. Hutchinson, MD
		Twenty-six stately ships of war lay at anchor on the bar six miles from land, their long pennants and colors clinging to the spars, while from one to the other flashed small boats with their crews of blue jackets, and with gold-laced officers in the stern sheets, from whose uniforms the sunbeams glinted merrily.
		The USS Brooklyn led the line of U.S Ships in the action at Mobile Bay, because she had equipment aboard to remove torpedoes or mines laid by the Confederates in the channel to the city.
		Admiral Farragut climbed the rigging of his Flag Ship, the USS Hartford high enough for all the men to see to inspire their courage as the battle raged against the Rebel Forts and it’s Navy Flotilla.
	www.geocities.com /generalgreene1770/RIMOLLUS/battleofmobilebay.html (4108 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		USS DRAYTON was the second ship to be named for Fleet Captain Percival Drayton, skipper of USS HARTFORD.
		It was to Drayton that Admiral David Glasgow Farragut shouted the immortal command, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" at the battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War.
		USS DRAYTON was in the van of Task Force 67 as the force swept up "Ironbottom Sound" west of Guadalcanal.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd366-nl.htm (696 words)

	Background Info on Ships & Weapon Systems for Circle William Readers
		USS WINSTON S. named for the World War II British prime minister (and son of an American mother) will be the 31st of the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers (DDG).
		USS HARTFORD, the 57th of the 62 Los Angeles class submarines, is equipped with the Tomahawk cruise missile system, giving it a significant land attack and strike capability.
		HARTFORD also has a hardened sail and retractable bow planes for surfacing through the ice during Arctic missions.
	home.att.net /~m.harlow/circ_wm/ships.htm (339 words)

	McGrogan's Patch Designs US NAVY NUCLEAR ATTACK SUBMARINE SSN-768 USS HARTFORD PATCH "A VERSION"
		Hartford deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in October 2003.
		USS Hartford ran aground on October 25, 2003 according to the New London Day on October 28, 2003.
		The fast-attack submarine USS Hartford arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 16, 2003 to repair exterior damage caused by an accidental grounding off the coast of Italy in October.
	www.mcgrogans.com /servlet/the-1004/MC-GROGAN%e2%80%99S-US-NAVY/Detail (342 words)

	Naval Station Annapolis, MD
		The USS Reina Mercedes, built at Cartagena, Spain, in 1887 was originally named in honor of Queen Mercedes of Spain.
		As a result of this damage, she became incapable of any effective action and was stripped of the remainder of her armament which was used further to augment the harbor fortifications.
		However, her movements were discovered by the American fleet and she was so badly damaged by shellfire from USS MASSACHUSETTS and USS TEXAS that she could not be placed in the desired position in the channel and sank outside the Channel on the night of July 4.
	www.usna.edu /NavalStation/rm_hist.htm (1030 words)

	Model Ship: Civil war ship, ironclad, USS, CSS, Buy Sail Boats, Warships Ships, battleships, Ocean Liners, Modern Navy
		USS Cairo, a 512-ton "City" class ironclad river gunboat built at Mound City, Illinois, was commissioned in January 1862 as part of the U.S. Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla.
		On 7 April, she joined USS New Ironsides and seven monitors in an attack on Fort Sumter, centerpiece of the formidable defenses of Charleston, South Carolina.
		USS Onondaga, a 2592-ton twin-turret monitor, was built at Greenpoint, New York.
	www.modelshipmaster.com /products/civil_war/index.htm (1058 words)

	pseudorandom: On Board the USS Hartford
		Our job this week has been to capture the interior and exterior of a 688I Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine, the USS Hartford, such that we can model it in 3D.
		Until this week, the most expensive vessel I had been on was a Boeing 777, which costs up to $231 million.
		The officers and crew of the Hartford were extremely gracious to us, so although it has been a very long week, it has been productive and fun, too.
	www.boosman.com /blog/2004/06/on_board_the_uss_hartford.html (335 words)

	The USS Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group -- 09/20/2001
		The USS Theodore Roosevelt is an aircraft carrier that "provides a wide range of possible response for the National Command Authority." The carrier's mission in a time of war is "to operate and support aircraft attacks on enemies, protect friendly forces and engage in sustained independent operations of war," according to the Navy.
		The maiden voyage of the Roosevelt was on December 30, 1988.
		Two attack submarines, the USS Hartford and the USS Springfield, are also included in the Roosevelt Battle Group.
	www.cnsnews.com /Pentagon/archive/200109/PEN20010920b.html (633 words)

	'Cover-Up' Fury After US Nuclear Sub Is Grounded
		The 7,000-ton USS Hartford hit the rocky Mediterranean floor with such impact that rudders, sonar and other electronic equipment were severely damaged.
		When another US submarine, the USS Oklahoma City, hit a Norwegian merchant ship east of the Straits of Gibraltar a year ago, the captain was only relieved of his duties two weeks later.
		A spokeswoman for the US Sixth Fleet, which is based in Gaeta, near Naples, said yesterday that the two officers were immediately removed from their posts because their commander, Rear Admiral P Stephen Stanley, "no longer had confidence in their ability to command".
	www.rense.com /general44/sub.htm (433 words)

	ussrizal
		The Philippine Government shouldered the expenses for the construction of USS RIZAL and was donated to the US Navy.
		USS LANGLEY (CV-1) had launched and recovered her first aircraft.
		U.S.S. Panay was one of five small, shoal-draft river gunboats that had been built about ten years earlier, primarily for patrolling the Yangtze in order to protect American commerce and American nationals during the Chinese civil war.
	members.tripod.com /philipppines/ussrizal.html (1323 words)

	USNSCC - Navy League of the United States - Hartford
		The crew and families of USS HARTFORD (SSN 768) enjoy a visit to the Old State House in Hartford, Connecticut.
		James Williams, Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Old State House welcomes the crew and families of USS HARTFORD (SSN 768).
		This year the USS HARTFORD (SSN 768) enjoyed "A Christmas Carol" again at the Hartford Stage Company with dinner following as well as "The Snow Queen" at the Hartford Children's Theatre.
	www.usnscc.org /nlus.htm (799 words)

	Thoroughbred's 1:600 Scale Ironclads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		USS Cairo (partly ironclad gunboat - 7 in class)
		USS Hartford (1st Rate screw sloop – 5 in class)
		USS Kansas Class (wooden gunboat – 8 in class)
	www.thoroughbredmodels.com /Ironclads.htm (222 words)

	Navy Department - Ships' History of the USS MACKENZIE (DD 614)
		The USS MACKENZIE (DD 614) was one of the hundreds of ships built during this expansion period to operate in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets.
		At the outbreak of the Civil War he was serving aboard the USS HARTFORD on the China Station, and in l862 was assigned to the USS KINEO during the taking of Forts Jackson and St.
		Hence the USS MACKENZIE became the HMS ANNAPOLIS, and was fighting the Atlantic Battle for nearly a year before the entry of her native country.
	www.collectinghistory.net /dd614/navy.html (2475 words)

	DOWNLINK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		USS Harder (SS-257) was the 15th Gato-class submarine built by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut.
		She was launched on 19 August 1942 and commissioned 2 December that year with CDR Samuel D. Dealey in command.
		He was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on 14 March and is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /NAVPALIB/CNO/N87/usw/issue_7/downlink.html (824 words)

	Hartford Advocate: Stepping Up to the Plate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There was even a full scale replica of the 1858 sloop of war USS Hartford.
		In addition to being personally accessible, Fiondella also sat on the Metro Hartford Millennium Project, which has been cooking up a strategy for Hartford's development for the past year, and on the panel Gov. John Rowland appointed to consider ways to revitalize the city.
		In fact, until the plan for Adriaen's Landing was announced, 12B, a large plot of land towards Hartford's North End by the Holiday Inn was the favorite for the Connecticut Convention Center Authority.
	old.hartfordadvocate.com /articles/revstep.html (1552 words)

	USN Ships--USS Chickasaw (1864-1874) at Mobile Bay
		USS Chickasaw was the last in line of the four monitors that covered Rear Admiral Farragut's fleet as it passed Fort Morgan during the Battle of Mobile Bay, and was the only one whose performance that day was not flawed by tragedy or mechanical breakdowns.
		USS Monongahela rams CSS Tennessee as other Union warships move into position to engage.
		Photograph of sketches by 3rd Assistant Engineer Robert Weir, of USS Richmond, that were presented by him to Captain Thornton Jenkins.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/chika-k.htm (941 words)

	USS Cheyenne SSN 773 Improved Los Angeles Class Submarine Model (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The USS Cheyenne SSN 773, the United States Navy Improved Los Angeles Class Submarine is available as both 1/350th and 1/200th enhanced scale models.
		USS Cheyenne, like her sister ships the USS Columbia SSN 771 and the USS Greeneville SSN 772, incorporates Seawolf class technology and stealth into their construction.
		Los Angeles class are capable of conducting intelligence gathering operations, sea denial, delivering special forces units in areas where surprise and secrecy is essential and delivery precision strikes to land based targets hundreds of miles inland.
	www.thatravenmagic.com /cheyenne.html (478 words)

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