National Archives photograph, KN-26010. The No. The deployment proved uneventful, and after visits to Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory; Karachi, Pakistan; Perth and Fremantle, Australia; and Pattaya Beach, Thailand; the aircraft carrier turned for home, arriving at San Diego on 1 June 1989. Following a delay to repair the damages, she was delivered to the Navy on 1 October 1961, and commissioned on 27 October 1961, Capt. See the article in its original context from. The F-4B aircrew of pilot Lt. William M. McGunigan and radar intercept officer Lt. She was reclassified a CV on 30 June 1975.
Brooklyn Her legacy might best be remembered today in the words of President Reagan from 1981: “Let friend and foe alike know that America has the muscle to back up its words, and ships like this and men like you are that muscle . The fire in one of the Constellation’s four engine rooms started about 12:10 p.m., when the ship was about four miles off the coast of San Diego. In over 10 weeks of operating in the gulf, CVW-2 flew more than 4,400 sorties, with well over 1,000 sorties in direct support of OSW. Constellation arrived in San Diego on 15 September and celebrated her 40th birthday the next month. The plane went over the side and hit flight deck safety netting, with the two pilots aboard ejecting into the water. Thus Constellation , which had been on station at the beginning of combat operations in Vietnam in 1964, was on station at the end, nine years later. James McDevitt downed a MiG-21. USS Constellation (CVA-64) at sea in July 1977 with air group that includes old RF-8G RECCE planes. FIRE! On 11 January 1995, the Constellation battle group entered the Arabian Gulf to take up station in support of Operation Southern Watch (OSW), enforcing the “no-fly” zone over southern Iraq. Il CVW-17 venne quindi programmato per essere assegnato alla USS Carl Vinson, come parte del Carrier Strike Group One, che subì una revisione del complesso e del rifornimento (RCOH) fino a luglio 2009. A fire started and the flames quickly grew up because of all the wooden materials stored in the hangar bay and on the flight deck. The crew of USS CONSTELLATION quickly responded to a main machinery room fire, preventing any serious injuries or degradation to the ship's ability to continue its deployment.
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She launched more than 1,500 sorties and CVW-2 aircraft dropped or fired more than 1.7 million pounds of ordnance.
Here you can download the USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) WestPac Cruise Book 1988-89 as a high resolution .pdf file. Her Mk 10 launchers were modified to launch the Standard missiles. In July 1990, Connie entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a three-year major overhaul. She made multiple trips to support combat operations in Southeast Asia. In January 1983, Constellation entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a 13-month complex overhaul, during which the NATO Sea Sparrow replaced the ship’s RIM-2 Terrier surface-to-air missile system, the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System was added, and further modifications enabled the carrier to operate the new F/A-18A Hornet strike aircraft.
Subsequently, both Constellation and CVW-15 received a NUC for this deployment. Initial reports indicated the fire had been contained within the engine room, he said. The first crew members were welcomed aboard by Captain Thomas J. Walker, U.S. Navy, prospective commanding officer of Constellation. (j.g.)
Nel 1998 il CVW-17 è stato schierato nel Mar Mediterraneo a bordo della USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Fourteen sailors were evacuated to Balboa Navy Hospital for treatment, said Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. And the place was just ablaze. On 19 January, the VF-96 F-4 Phantom crew of Lt. Randall H. Cunningham and Lt. The eight-month deployment ended in January 1969. Nel 1988, il CVW-17 operò per alcune settimane dalla USS Independence e dalla USS Constellation nel 1993.
During May and June 1994 Constellation and CVW-2 participated in RIMPAC exercises, and on 10 November departed San Diego for an extended deployment for the first time in six years. As preparations for a 1987 deployment proceeded, it was announced that Constellation had earned the coveted Pacific Fleet Battle Efficiency Award (Battle E) for the 18-month period ending on 30 June 1986. Following a relatively short eight-month turnaround cycle, she stood out to sea again in February 1980. Da gennaio ad aprile 2010, la Carl Vinson operò al largo di Haiti, in seguito al terremoto di Haiti del 2010. (j.g.)
21 aerei furono distrutti e 40 danneggiati. Il CVW-17 iniziò il suo primo schieramento regolare sulla Carl Vinson nel Pacifico occidentale e nell'Oceano Indiano il 30 novembre 2010 ed e tornò il 15 giugno 2011. Two North Korean MiG-21 Fishbeds shot down Deep Sea 129, an unarmed Lockheed EC-121M (BuNo 135749) of VQ-1, while the Constellation flew a routine reconnaissance patrol in international airspace over the Sea of Japan near 41º12’N, 131º48’E from NAS Atsugi, Japan. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. She was originally christened Oct. 8, 1960. Nel 1992, il Carrier Air Wing prese parte all'operazione Deny Flight e Operation Provide Promise in Jugoslavia e all'operazione Southern Watch over Iraq. These clashes led to the Joint Congressional Resolution of 7 August 1964, known as the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, approving the U.S. actions and escalating U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia.