The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Spearhead (T-EPF-1) deployed to Central and South America in January 2017 to support Continuing Promise, and again from July to late October 2017 as part of Southern Partnership Station.
Commissioning/Construction/Naming of U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard Ships By Date
18 January
City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Keel laid at Austal.
Puerto Rico (T-EPF-11)—Start of fabrication at Austal.
27 January
Midgett (WMSL-757)—Keel authenticated at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
30 January
Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002)—Keel laid at Bath Iron Works.
3 Februry
Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
7 February
Bailey Barco (WPC-1122)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
11 February
Tulsa (LCS-16)—Christened at Austal.
21 February
Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121)—Keel authenticated at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
4 March
Kimball (WMSL-756)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
18 March
Lawrence Lawson (WPC-1120)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Cape May, NJ.
1 April
Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)—Christened at Bath Iron Works.
Munro (WMSL-755)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Seattle, WA. Homeported at Alameda, CA.
8 April
Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
10 April
Cincinnati (LCS-20)—Keel laid at Austal.
12 April
John McCormick (WPC-1121)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Ketchikan, AK.
20 April
Benjamin Dailey (WPC-1123)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
29 April
Indiana (SSN-789)—Christened at Newport News Shipbuilding.
1 May
Tripoli (LHA-7)—Launched at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
13 May
City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Christened at Austal.
17 May
St. Louis (LCS-19)—Keel laid at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
26 May
Washington (SSN-787)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
31 May
Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
7 June
City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Launched at Austal.
10 June
Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Galveston, TX. Homeported at San Diego, CA.
14 June
Bailey Barco (WPC-1122)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Juneau, AK. Homeported at Ketchikan, AK.
27 June
Oliver Berry (WPC-1124)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
1 July
Billings (LCS-15)—Christened at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
4 July
Benjamin Dailey (WPC-1123)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Pascagoula, MS.
8 July
Oregon (SSN-793)—Keel laid at
Electric Boat.
15 July
John Finn (DDG-113)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Hawaii.
22 July
Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Norfolk, VA.
29 July
Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at San Diego, CA.
4 August
Argus (WMSM-915), Chase (WMSM-916), Ingham (WMSM-917), Rush (WMSM-918),
Pickering (WMSM-919),
Icarus (WMSM-920),
Active (WMSM-921),
Diligence (WMSM-922), Alert (WMSM-923),
Vigilant (WMSM-924),
Reliance (WMSM-925)—Named
17 August
Lewis B. Fuller (ESB-3)—The USNS Lewis B. Fuller (T-ESB-3) was redesignated as USS Lewis B. Fuller (ESB-3) and commissioned at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain.
24 August
Enterprise (CVN-80)—Ceremonial steel cut at Newport News Shipbuilding.
26 August
Charleston (LCS-18)—Christened at Austal.
5 September
Jacob Poroo (WPC-1125)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
15 September
Omaha (LCS-12)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
16 September
Tripoli (LHA-7)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
18 September
Portland (LPD-27)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
21 September
Colorado (SSN-788)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
25 September
Little Rock (LCS-9)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
26 September
Burlington (T-EPF-10)—Keel laid at Austal.
7 October
Washington (SSN-787)—Placed in
Commission, Full, and homeported at Norfolk, VA.
13 October
Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)—Keel authenticated at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
14 October
South Dakota (SSN-790)—Christened at Electric Boat.
21 October
Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB-4)—Christened at NASSCO.
31 October
Oliver Berry (WPC-1124)—Placed in Commission, Full, and homeported at Honolulu, HI.
4 November
Delbert D. Black (DDG-119)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)—Named.
9 November
Joseph Gerczak (WPC-1126)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
14 November
Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)—Keel laid at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
15 November
Ralph Johnson (DDG-114)—Delivered and placed in Commission, Special.
Kansas City (LCS-22)—Keel laid at Austal.
22 November
Angela McShan (WPC-1135), Daniel Tarr (WPC-1136), Edgar Culbertson (WPC-1137), Harold Miller (WPC-1138), Myrtle Hazard (WPC-1139), Oliver Henry (WPC-1140), Charles Moulthrop (WPC-1141), Robert Goldman (WPC-1142), Frederick Hatch (WPC-1143),
Glenn Harris (WPC-1144), Emlen Tunnel (WPC-1145), John Scheuerman (WPC-1146), Clarence Sutphin (WPC-1147),
Pablo Valent (WPC-1148), Douglas Denman (WPC-1149),
William Chadwick (WPC-1150), Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151),
Maurice Jester (WPC-1152),
John Patterson (WPC-1153), William Sparling PC-1154)—Named.
8 December
Jacob Poroo (WPC-1125)—Placed in Commission, Full, in New Orleans, LA. Homeported at Pascagoula, MS.
9 December
Midgett (WMSL-757)—Christened at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding.
16 December
Little Rock (LCS-9)—Placed in Commission, Full, in Buffalo, NY. Homeported at Mayport, FL.
The crew of the guided missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) mans the rails and brings the ship to life dusing her commissioning ceremony in San Diego.
Notes:
In Commission, Special – Official date of commissioning and when the ship enters the force-level structure. Also date the ship is delivered by the builder to the Navy and the ship’s birthday. This status was created to legally ferry the ship in question from her builder’s yard to the commissioning ceremony location, if other than where the ship was built.
In Commission, Full – Date the commissioning ceremony is performed and the ship is fully received into the fleet.
5 January
Carl Vinson (CVN-70)—Departed on
deployment to the western Pacific.
Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
6 January
Lake Champlain (CG-57)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
13 January
Tahoma (WMEC-908)—Returned from a 49-day patrol in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea that resulted in the seizure of cocaine valued at an estimated $90 million.
Michael Murphy (DDG-112)—Departed on deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
17 January
Spearhead (T-EPF-1)—Departed on a four-month humanitarian assistance mission in support of U.S. Southern Command’s 2017 Continuing Promise Mission.
Zephyr (PC-8) and Shamal (PC-13)—Returned from a 64-day counterdrug patrol in support of Operation Martillo, a joint, international law enforcement and military operation that targets illicit trafficking routes in the waters off Central America.
19 January
Monterey (CG-61)—Returned after a seven-and-a-half month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
20 January
Valiant (WMEC-617)—Returned from a 34-day patrol of the Florida Straits during which the crew rescued, cared for, and repatriated 307 Cuban migrants attempting to enter the United States.
21 January
George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)—Departed for deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
28 January
Topeka (SSN-754)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.
30 January
Brunswick (T-EPF-6)—Departed on first overseas deployment and will be forward deployed in Saipan in support of U.S. Seventh Fleet’s efforts to conduct theater security operations.
2 February
California (SSN-781)—Returned from deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
17 February
Pittsburgh (SSN-720)—Returned from deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
21 February
Hopper (DDG-70)—Returned from 180-day independent deployment to the Arabian Gulf, western Pacific, and Indian Ocean.
25 February
Confidence (WMEC-619)—Returned after 44-day northern Caribbean Sea patrol.
27 February
Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)—Departed on scheduled patrol to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.
1 March
Bataan (LHD-5)—Departed on six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
6 March
Leroy Grunman (T-AO-195)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.
15 March
Carney (DDG-64)—Departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, to begin third Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF) patrol in U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.
16 March
Polar Star (WAGB-10)—Returned from expedition to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2017, the U.S. military’s component of the National Science Foundation–managed U.S. Antarctic Program.
23 March
Louisville (SSN-724)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.
Ohio (SSGN-726)—Returned after being forward deployed to Guam since December 2014.
24 March
Port Royal (CG-73)—Returned from 212-day independent deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
27 March
Leyte Gulf (CG-55)—Departed on six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
30 March
Pasadena (SSN-752)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific region.
31 March
Sterett (DDG-104)—Departed on five-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Dewey (DDG-105)—Departed on four-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
2 April
Stratton (WMSL-752)—Returned from 98-day counterdrug patrol to the eastern Pacific.
3 April
Ross (DDG-71)—Departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, to begin its fifth FDNF patrol to U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.
4 April
Bertholf (WMSL-750)—Returned from 63-day patrol in support of the living marine resources protection mission in the Bering Sea.
17 April
Oscar Austin (DDG-79)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
20 April
Steadfast (WMEC-623)—Returned from two-and-a-half-month counterdrug patrol to the eastern Pacific.
22 April
Waesche (WMSL-751)—Departed on a patrol to the eastern Pacific.
Mohawk (WMEC-913)—Returned from three-month counterdrug patrol in the Pacific.
23 April
Vella Gulf (CG-72)—Departed for eight-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
26 April
New Mexico (SSN-779)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
30 April
Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188)—Returned from 90-day deployment to U.S. Sixth Fleet area of responsibility.
4 May
Legare (WMEC-912)—Returned after 35-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
Dependable (WMEC-626)—Returned after two-month patrol in the eastern Pacific.
Patuxent (T-AO-201)—Returned from five-month deployment to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.
8 May
Lake Erie (CG-70)—Departed on independent deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East
15 May
Makin Island (LHD-8)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Third, Fifth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Somerset (LPD-25)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Third, Fifth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Comstock (LSD-45)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Third, Fifth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
18 May
Alexandria (SSN-757)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific region.
23 May
James E. Williams (DDG-95)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
26 May
Ashland (LSD-48)—Departed on routine regional patrol to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
28 May
Stethem (DDG-63)—Returned from four-month patrol to the western Pacific.
31 May
Diligence (WMEC-616)—Returned from 65-day deployment in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South.
1 June
Nimitz (CVN-68)—Departed for deployment to the western Pacific.
Kidd (DDG-100)—Departed for deployment to the western Pacific.
Shoup (DDG-86)—Departed for deployment to the western Pacific.
2 June
Green Bay (LPD-20)—Departed on routine patrol in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
5 June
Howard (DDG-83)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
Pinckney (DDG-91)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
Princeton (CG-59)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
13 June
Chafee (DDG-90)—Departed on independent deployment to the western Pacific and South America.
Michael Murphy (DDG-112)—Returned from five-month deployment to the western Pacific.
19 June
Waesche (WMSL-751)—Returned from 58-day, 12,000–nautical mile deployment to the eastern Pacific and seized 17,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated value of more than $266 million.
20 June
Mahan (DDG-72)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
21 June
Helena (SSN-725)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility
23 June
Carl Vinson (CVN-70)—Returned from five-and-a-half-month deployment to the western Pacific.
Lake Champlain (CG-57)—Returned from five-and-a-half-month deployment to the western Pacific.
Wayne Meyer (DDG-108)—Returned from five-and-a-half-month deployment to the western Pacific.
27 June
Healy (WAGB-20)—Departed on annual summer research mission to the Arctic.
7 July
America (LHA-6)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
San Diego (LPD-22/)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
10 July
Lewis B. Fuller (T-ESB-3)—Departed on deployment to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.
12 July
Maple (WLB-207)—Departed on voyage to commemorate 60th anniversary of a joint U.S. and Canadian trip to chart the Northwest Passage.
16 July
Cole (DDG-67)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
20 July
Laboon (DDG-58)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
27 July
Ross (DDG-71)—Returned from FDNF patrol after conducting cruise missile strike against Shayrat Airfield in western Syria on 7 April 2017.
31 July
Dewey (DDG-105)—Returned from four-month deployment to the western Pacific.
9 August
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)—Returned from scheduled three-month regional patrol.
10 August
Jacksonville (SSN-699)—Returned following successful completion of 15th and final deployment to the western Pacific after steaming more than 48,000 nautical miles while conducting maritime security operations and joint exercises with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Indian Navy.
14 August
Rushmore (LSD-47)—Departed on patrol to the South Pacific to conduct maritime security operations.
15 August
Santa Fe (SSN-763)—Returned from deployment after hosting submariners from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for underway training.
18 August
Hartford (SSN-768)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
19 August
Philippine Sea (CG-58)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
21 August
George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Truxton (DDG-103)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Hue City (CG-66)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
28 August
Sterett (DDG-104)—Returned from five-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
30 August
Wasp (LHD-1)—Departed for Sasebo, Japan, to assume duties as forward-deployed flagship of the amphibious force of U.S. Seventh Fleet.
31 August
Kearsarge (LHD-3)—Departed on relief mission after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
1 September
Columbus (SSN-762)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.
5 September
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)—Departed on regional patrol in U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.
7 September
Green Bay (LPD-20)—Returned from three-month patrol in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
8 September
Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)—Departed on Hurricane Irma relief mission off the coast of Florida.
15 September
Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)—Returned from Hurricane Irma relief mission off the coast of Florida.
17 September
Northland (WMEC-904)—Returned from 79-day deployment in the eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
20 September
Sherman (WHEC-720)—Returned after 94-day, 16,000-mile patrol in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea.
23 September
Bataan (LHD-5)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Mesa Verde (LPD-19)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Carter Hall (LSD-50)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
25 September
Bonhomme Richard (LHD-5)—Returned after four-month deployment to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.
27 September
Ponce (AFSB(I) 15)—Returned after more than five years forward deployed to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations.
28 September
Hopper (DDG-70)—Departed on independent deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
29 September
Comfort (T-AH-20)—Departed in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
30 September
Stratton (WMSL-752)—Returned after 75-day patrol in the eastern Pacific after seizing more than 18,500 pounds of illegal narcotics.
1 October
Bear (WMEC-901)—Departed in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
3 October
Sampson (DDG-102)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
6 October
Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
Leyte Gulf (CG-55)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
7 October
Bunker Hill (CG-52)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
12 October
Rushmore (LSD-47)—Returned after Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment.
16 October
Preble (DDG-88)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
Halsey (DDG-97)—Departed on deployment to the western Pacific.
22 October
Bear (WMEC-901)—Returned from Hurricane Maria relief mission in Puerto Rico.
23 October
Forward (WMEC-911)—Returned after 60-day patrol in support of multiple hurricane response efforts across the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, and Caribbean Sea.
31 October
Active (WMEC-618)—Returned from 65-day counternarcotics patrol in the eastern Pacific.
3 November
O’Kane (DDG-77)—Departed on independent deployment to the western Pacific
4 November
Coronado (LCS-4)—Departed Singapore after completing rotational deployment to Southeast Asia.
5 November
Oak Hill (LSD-51)—Returned from two-month relief mission after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria
6 November
Alert (WMEC-630)—Returned from 73-day counterdrug deployment in the Pacific.
Kearsarge (LHD-3)—Returned from two-month relief mission to support hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
8 November
Ashland (LSD-48)—Returned after five-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
9 November
Olympia (SSN-717)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.
13 November
Venturous (WMEC-625)—Returned from 69-day patrol in the Caribbean providing hurricane relief to Puerto Rico.
Mahan (DDG-72)—Returned from deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
16 November
Monterey (CG-61)—Departed on surge deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
17 November
Oscar Austin (DDG-79)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets areas of responsibility.
20 November
Comfort (T-AH-20)—Returned from treating 1,899 patients, performing 191 surgeries, and providing 76,000 liters of oxygen and 10 tons of food and water in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
Higgins (DDG-76)—Departed on deployment to Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
29 November
Toledo (SSN-769)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
30 November
Stethem (DDG-63)—Returned from two-month patrol to the western Pacific.
4 December
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)—Returned after three-month patrol to the Indo-Asia Pacific region during which she teamed with the Nimitz (CVN-68) and Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) for a rare three carrier strike group exercise off the Korean Peninsula.
5 December
Coronado (LCS-4)—Returned from maiden deployment to U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility.
Howard (DDG-83)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.
6 December
Princeton (CG-59)—Returned from six-month deployment to the western Pacific.
9 December
Fitzgerald (DDG-62)—Departed on board heavy lift vessel MV Transshelf bound for repairs at Huntington Ingalls.
10 December
Nimitz (CVN-68)—Returned from six-month combat deployment after launching 1,322 combat sorties into Iraq and Syria and dropping 904 pieces of ordnance on enemy targets.
Shoup (DDG-86)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Pinckney (DDG-91)—Returned from six-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
Lake Erie (CG-70)—Returned from independent deployment to U.S. Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
15 December
Vella Gulf (CG-72)—Returned from eight-month deployment to U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility.
23 December
James E. Williams (DDG-95)—Returned from seven-month deployment to U.S. Fifth and Sixth Fleets’ areas of responsibility.
24 December
Legare (WMEC-912)—Returned after completing 45-day patrol to the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Unified Resolve.
Ships Delivered to the Military Sealift Command and Placed in Service
21 April
Yuma (T-EPF-8)—Delivered and placed in service.
19 December
City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)—Delivered and placed in service.
Forward Deployed to Yokosuka
Antietam (CG-54)
Barry (DDG-52)
Benfold (DDG-65)
Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
Chancellorsville (CG-62)
Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)
John S. McCain (DDG-56)
McCampbell (DDG-85)
Mustin (DDG-89)
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
Shiloh (CG-67)
Stethem (DDG-63)
Forward Deployed to Sasebo
Ashland (LSD-48)
Wasp (LHD-1)
*Chief (MCM-14)
Germantown (LSD-42)
Green Bay (LPD-20)
Patriot (MCM-7)
Pioneer (MCM-9)
Warrior (MCM-10)
*The Wasp arrived in Sasebo on 14 January 2018.
Forward Deployed to Rota, Spain
Ross (DDG-71)
Donald Cook (DDG-75)
Porter (DDG-78)
Carney (DDG-64)
Homeported in Guam
Asheville (SSN-758)
Emory S. Land (AS-39)
Frank Cable (AS-40)
Key West (SSN-722)
Oklahoma City (SSN-723)
Topeka (SSN-754)
Homeported in Saipan
Brunswick (T-EPF-6)
Coast Guard Cutters Homeported in Guam
Sequoia (WLB-215)
Washington (WPB-1331)
Assateague (WPB-1337)
Forward-Deployed Patrol Coastal (PC) Ships to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, BAHRAIN
Ten PCs are permanently stationed in Bahrain. Five have provided dedicated coastal patrol capability to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operation since 2006. PCs provide the U.S. Navy with a fast, reliable platform that can respond to emergent requirements in a shallow-water environment. The primary mission of these ships is coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance—an important aspect of littoral operations outlined in the Navy’s maritime strategy.
Tempest (PC-2)
Hurricane (PC-3)
Monsoon (PC-4)
Typhoon (PC-5)
Sirocco (PC-6)
Squall (PC-7)
Chinook (PC-9)
Firebolt (PC-10)
Whirlwind (PC-11)
Thunderbolt (PC-12)
Decommissionings/Inactivations/Stricken from Naval Vessel Register
3 February
Enterprise (CVN-65)—Decommissioned at Newport News Shipbuilding and stricken this date. Final disposition pending.
23 February
Albuquerque (SSN-706)—Decommissioned and stricken this date. To be scrapped.
8 March
Cushing (WPB-1321)—Decommissioned at Coast Guard Station Fort Macon. Foreign military sales candidate.
Nantucket (WPB-1321)—Decommissioned at Coast Guard Station Fort Macon. Foreign military sales candidate.
18 April
Morgenthau (WHEC-722)—Decommissioned at Coast Guard Base Honolulu. Transferred to the Vietnam Coast Guard.
11 May
San Francisco (SSN-711)—Inactivated. Placed in Commission, Special. To be converted to moored training ship.
15 June
Dallas (SSN-700)—In commission, in Reserve (Stand Down), commencement of inactivation availability. Stricken on this date. To be scrapped.
3 August
City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705)—Decommissioned and stricken this date. To be scrapped.
24 August
Houston (SSN-713)—Decommissioned and stricken this date. To be scrapped.
30 September
Buffalo (SSN-715)—In commission, in Reserve (Stand Down), commencement of inactivation availability. To be scrapped.
13 October
Assateague (WPB-1337)—Decommissioned at Naval Base Guam.
14 October
Ponce (AFSB(I) 15)—Decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk and stricken on 13 November. To be scrapped.
20 October
Kitty Hawk (CV-63)—Stricken on this date. To be scrapped.
Ships/Craft Transferred to Foreign Countries
9 March
Ex-USS Taylor (FFG-50); transferred to Taiwan and renamed PFG-1112 Feng Chia.
Ex-USS Gary (FFG-51); transferred to Taiwan and renamed PFG-1115 Ming Chuan.
25 May
Ex-USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722); transferred to Vietnam and renamed CSB 8020.
13 October
Ex-USCGC Long Island (WPB-1342); transferred to Costa Rica and renamed Juan Rafael Mora Porras.
Ex-Roanoke Island (WPB-1346); transferred to Costa Rica and renamed Gen. Jose M. Canas Escamilla.
Former Navy/COast Guard Ships Disposed of by Other Means
10 May
Tamaroa (WMEC-166)—Sunk as an artificial reef 33 nautical miles off the coast of Cape May, NJ.
Nuclear-Powered Submarines to Be disposed of through Navy’s Recycling Program
Ship Name Recycling Start Date Recycling Completion Date
Ex-Phoenix (SSN-702) 1 August 2015 30 November 2017
Ex-Baltimore (SSN-704) 1 August 2015 30 November 2017
Ex-Indianapolis (SSN-697) 30 September 2015 30 November 2018
Ex-Atlanta (SSN-712) 14 August 2016 30 November 2018
Ex-NR-1 1 August 2015 30 November 2019
Ex-Salt Lake City (SSN-716) 31 July 2017 30 November 2019
Ex-Narwhal (SSN-671) 14 August 2018 30 November 2020
Ex-Minneapolis/St. Paul (SSN-708) 1 August 2019 30 November 2021
Ex-Augusta (SSN-710) 30 November 2019 30 November 2021
Ex-Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) 1 August 2020 30 November 2022
Ex-City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705) 1 October 2020 30 November 2022
Ex-Norfolk (SSN-714) 1 August 2021 30 November 2023
Ex-Albuquerque 1 October 2021 30 November 2023
Ex-Portsmouth (SSN-707) 1 August 2022 30 November 2024
Ex-Philadelphia (SSN-690) 1 August 2022 30 November 2024
Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program: Responsible for the dismantling and disposal of decommissioned nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs) and submarines (SSNs). All nuclear-powered ship/submarine dismantling is done at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Prior to commencing the inactivation availability, the submarine or ship is placed in a “stand-down” status (“active, in reserve”). This availability consists of defueling the nuclear reactor(s), de-energizing and draining ships’ systems, and removing any equipment needed for reuse in the fleet. The removed nuclear fuel is sent to the facilities at Arco, Idaho, for reprocessing.
Inactivation usually is performed at Puget Sound but can be done at any nuclear-capable shipyard. Hull recycling is accomplished by removing all remaining equipment, cutting the hull into manageable pieces, removing and disposing of hazardous materials, and declassifying and demilitarizing material/equipment to be scrapped. The HY-80 steel and other scrap metals are sold to commercial metals purchasers for melting down and reuse in other forms. The reactor compartments are “packaged” and shipped to the Department of Energy Nuclear Establishment at Hanford, Washington, where they are placed in a trench. Once the trench is full the compartments will be buried. The completion dates indicated in the table are the “official completion dates”—the date the ship in question ceases to exist as an entity.
Note: All future recycling start dates are projected.
Forward-Deployed Naval Forces to Japan
In addition to U.S.-based carrier and expeditionary strike groups that conduct rotational deployments in the Fifth and Seventh Fleets’ areas of responsibility in the region, there were 27 U.S. Navy ships and 3 U.S. Coast Guard cutters forward deployed to U.S. facilities in Japan and Guam in 2017. They form the heart of the Seventh Fleet and provide a permanent and highly capable presence while reducing transit times and support costs by operating from overseas bases.
The following ships were forward deployed to Japan, Guam, and Spain on 31 December 2017 except where noted (and should be considered “deployed” 365 days a year).