USS Chancellorsville

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US Navy 100628-N-6854D-001 The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises.jpg
USS Chancellorsville arrives at Pearl Harbor in 2010
History
United States
NameChancellorsville
NamesakeBattle of Chancellorsville
Ordered26 November 1984
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down24 June 1987
Launched15 July 1988
Commissioned4 November 1989
Maiden voyageMarch 1991
HomeportYokosuka
Identification
MottoPress On
Statusin active service
BadgeUSS Chancellorsville CG-62 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type Ticonderoga-class cruiser
DisplacementApprox. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length567 feet (173 m)
Beam55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draught34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion
Speed32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
  • AN/SPS-49 air search radar
  • AN/SPG-62 fire control radar
  • surface search radar
  • AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
  • AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of:
    • AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar
    • AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar
    • AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Chancellorsville of the Civil War,[1] which was a victory for the Confederate States Army. Until 30 December 2011, the ship was operationally part of Carrier Strike Group Seven. In 2010 she was administratively under the command of Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific.[2] Currently she is assigned to Carrier Strike Group Five and is deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.[3]

Chancellorsville carries guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, with anti-air, anti-surface and anti-subsurface capabilities. She also carries two Seahawk Light airborne multi-purpose system (LAMPS) helicopters, focused on anti-submarine warfare.

With the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 in January 2021, the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America has been tasked by Congress to develop plans to "remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of Defense,"[4] which may result in the ship's eventual renaming.[5]

History[]

Chancellorsville sailors pose in 2004 above the gold "Battle E" that shows the ship earned the Navy's prestigious Battle Effectiveness Award for five consecutive years.

Chancellorsville was commissioned at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss, on 4 November 1989. She first deployed in March 1991, to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm.

Chancellorsville was next deployed from February to August 1993, to the Persian Gulf as part of the Nimitz Battle Group. On 26 June 1993, Chancellorsville launched strikes on the Iraqi Intelligence Center in Baghdad with nine Tomahawk missiles in retaliation for the aborted assassination attempt on former President Bush. She deployed again to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf from April to October 1995.

Following a Fifth Fleet deployment to the North Persian Gulf in 1995, Chancellorsville was awarded the Spokane Trophy in 1996. The Spokane Trophy is awarded by Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet to the surface combatant ship considered to be the most proficient in overall combat systems readiness and warfare operations.

Chancellorsville deployed to the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific in support of joint counter-narcotics operations in November 1997. During this deployment, she rescued the crew of an Ecuadorian fishing vessel which had been adrift for 10 days. Upon her return home, Chancellorsville underwent her first major nine-month overhaul in San Diego, California.

On 7 July 1998, Chancellorsville changed homeport from San Diego, to Yokosuka, Japan, joining Task Force 70/Battle Force Seventh Fleet, and probably, Carrier Group Five. After arriving in Yokosuka, Chancellorsville participated in multinational operations in the Sea of Japan, including the International Fleet Review. Chancellorsville took part in exercises with the Kitty Hawk Battle Group in the spring of 1999.

On 6 April 1999, Chancellorsville deployed to the Persian Gulf in company with Kitty Hawk and Curtis Wilbur in support of Operation Southern Watch, and returned to Yokosuka on 5 January 2000. In May 2000, Chancellorsville participated in exercises with the Thai and Singaporean navies.

2000s[]

Following a visit to Qingdao, China, in August 2000, Chancellorsville took part in ANNUALEX 12G, a joint U.S.-Japanese naval exercise. In November, Chancellorsville fired guns and SM-2 missiles as part of MISSILEX 01-1. In March through June 2001, she visited Singapore, Thailand, Saipan and Sydney, Australia, as part of an extended Spring Cruise. Chancellorsville then entered dry dock for an upkeep period in the fall.

In September 2001, Chancellorsville deployed with the Kitty Hawk Battle Group in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, operating in the theater for several months.

Chancellorsville paid her first visit to Vladivostok, Russia, in July 2002, celebrating Independence Day in Russia along with Fort McHenry.

In March 2003, the ship was assigned to Carrier Group Five.[6] On 22 October 2003, Chancellorsville played host in Guam to two warships of the People's Republic of China, which made the first-ever visit of the Chinese navy to Guam. By May 2004, she was back in the Southwest Asian region, where she lent aid to a disabled Indonesian fishing boat.

On 19 July 2004, Chancellorsville departed Yokosuka to participate in the Summer Pulse 2004 and training () '04, with the Kitty Hawk Battle Group. Summer Pulse '04 was the Navy's first implementation of the new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). She returned to homeport 7 September.

Chancellorsville entered a nine-week dry dock availability in February 2005. Following the maintenance period, she immediately returned to sea to participate in the exercises Talisman Saber 2005, the third annual Orange Crush and the Joint Air and Sea Exercise (JASEX) 2005. She returned to Yokosuka in August. ANNUALEX 2005 commenced in November with Chancellorsville participating, along with other U.S. and Japanese assets. The exercise saw a total of 61 naval vessels, including two U.S. submarines, 10 U.S. Navy ships and 49 Japanese ships. Chancellorsville visited Hong Kong at the end of November and returned to Yokosuka 12 December.

In August 2006, Chancellorsville swapped with Shiloh based in San Diego. Chancellorsville's homeport was changed to San Diego, with Shiloh moving to Yokosuka. The crews remain in their respective locations.

In winter of 2006, Chancellorsville deployed again into the Western Pacific, visiting Singapore and Pattaya, Thailand, in February. In April, she joined forces of the Republic of Korea for Reception, Staging, Onward-movement, & Integration and Foal Eagle 2006 (RSOI/Foal Eagle 06), exercises utilizing more than 70 U.S. and Korean ships. Chancellorsville returned to Yokosuka in August in preparation for a hull swap with Shiloh. Chancellorsville is scheduled to return to San Diego, in October 2006, making it her homeport once again.

2010s[]

The guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville transits alongside the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan for a fueling at sea. (2011)

In March 2011, in company with the carrier Ronald Reagan, Chancellorsville was deployed off northeastern Honshu, Japan, to assist with relief efforts after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[7] During that time, helicopter crews from Ronald Reagan were exposed to leaking radiation from the nuclear accidents and ships from the carrier strike group were moved to avoid being downwind from the facility.[8]

During the latter half of 2012, Chancellorsville underwent equipment upgrades as part of the Aegis Modernization effort ACB-12. In January 2013, the ship spent five days[9] under way off the coast of California to perform a series of tests of the updated ACB-12 equipment and software.

In November 2013, while testing combat weapons systems off the coast of Point Mugu, California, a BQM-74E unmanned drone being used in the exercise failed to respond to commands to turn away from the ship and collided with Chancellorsville. Since it was a tracking exercise and not a live fire exercise, the crew did not engage the drone with the Phalanx CIWS.[10] Two sailors received treatment for minor burns and the ship suffered some damage and returned to San Diego for assessment.[11][12] The damage later proved to be more severe than initially assessed. Citing Navy sources, the U.S. Naval Institute reported that repairs to the ship would cost $30 million and take six months to complete.[13]

A photo released by the USN showing a near collision between Chancellorsville (right) and the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (2019)

On 7 June 2019 Chancellorsville came close to a collision with the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov. Each side blamed the other for the near collision.[14] Russian sources stated that the incident occurred in the southeast of the East China Sea while US sources named the location as in the Philippine Sea.[15] According to retired US Navy captain Carl Schuster, the Russian ship's wake shows that it "didn't adhere to either the rules of the road or the incidents at sea agreement."[16] United States Seventh Fleet spokesman Commander Clayton Doss said the Russian destroyer came within 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) of USS Chancellorsville, "putting the safety of her crew and ship at risk."[17] The Russian Navy released a statement claiming that Chancellorsville had "suddenly changed its course and crossed the Admiral Vinogradov destroyer's course some 50 meters away from the ship."[18] According to the same statement, this caused Admiral Vinogradov to take an "emergency maneuver" in order to avoid a collision with the American ship.

In November 2019 and again on 15 February 2020, the ship transited the Taiwan Strait.[19]

During the 2020 George Floyd protests, the name of the ship came into question because it honors a victory of the Confederate Army fighting against the United States for southern independence and in defense of slavery.[20]

In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2026.[21]

Awards and decorations[]

Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Silver star
Silver star
Bronze star
Navy Unit Commendation
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) Battle Effectiveness Award
with E device (7) 		National Defense Service Medal (2)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal Sea Service Ribbon (12) Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Source:[22]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Named for the Battle of Chancellorsville". Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Pacific Theater Surface Ships (by Homeport)". Our Ships and Commands. Commander Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  3. ^ Ensign Plunkett, Kyle (12 June 2017). "Chancellorsville Wins Prestigious Spokane Trophy". United States Navy. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ "H.R.6395 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021". United States Congress. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. ^ Kheel, Rebecca (8 January 2021). "Pentagon appoints commissioners to scrub Confederate base names". The Hill.
  6. ^ accessed May 2012
  7. ^ Rabiroff, John (17 March 2011). "U.S. military delivers 40 tons of supplies to hardest-hit areas". Stars and Stripes (US). Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  8. ^ Stewart, Joshua (14 March 2011). "Navy ships off Japan move to avoid radiation". Military Times. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Chancellorsville Back at Sea". 18 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Document: Investigation into USS Chancellorsville Drone Strike". USNI News. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Two Sailors Injured When Drone Malfunctions, Crashes into USS Chancellorsville". WTKR NewsChannel 3. 17 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Drone Collides with Navy Cruiser". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Six Months of Repairs to Drone-Struck Ship Will Cost $30 million". USNI News. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Russian and US warships almost collide in East China Sea". BBC News. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Russian and US warships almost collide in East China Sea". BBC News. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  16. ^ Brad Lendon, Barbara Starr and Zachary Cohen. "US and Russian warships nearly collide in the Pacific". CNN. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  17. ^ "7th Fleet Statement on Unsafe Maneuver by Russian Destroyer". navy.mil. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Video shows Russian destroyer nearly colliding with U.S. warship". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  19. ^ Ben Werner (16 February 2020). "Guided-Missile Cruiser USS Chancellorsville Transits Taiwan Strait". USNI News. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  20. ^ Congress Heads Toward Clash With Trump Over Removal Of Confederate Symbols
  21. ^ "Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels" (PDF). Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 9 December 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  22. ^ Yarnall, Paul R. (creator); Bateman, Tom (maintainer) (29 May 2019). "NavSource Online: Cruiser Photo Archive USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG 62)". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

References[]

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

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