Fifth Litton-built Aegis destroyer to join U.S. Navy fleet on July 22.WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1995--Ramage (DDG-61), the fifth ship in a series of Aegis guided-missile destroyers being built by Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, Miss., will be commissioned into active service with the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet this Saturday, July 22, at the Massachusetts Port Authority Massachusetts Port Authority, or Massport, is a port district in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It operates the airports, seaport, and Mystic River Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding areas. Black Falcon Terminal in Boston. The new 505-foot, 8,600-ton ship is one of 14 Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)-class Aegis destroyers contracted to date for construction at Ingalls' 800-acre shipyard. USS USS abbr. 1. United States Senate 2. United States ship USS abbr (= United States Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine Ramage will make Norfolk, Va., her home port. Lead builder of five of the Navy's latest classes of surface combatants, Ingalls has delivered 68 major warships to the Navy over the past 20 years. In addition to its work on nine more Aegis destroyers, the Litton division is constructing the last two of six 40,500-ton Wasp (LHD-1)-class amphibious assault ships it has been contracted to build to date. DDG-61 is the first U.S. Navy warship named to honor World War II hero Vice Adm. Lawson Paterson Ramage, USN (1909-1990). In 1944, he became the first living submariner sub·ma·rin·er n. A member of the crew of a submarine. Noun 1. submariner - a member of the crew of a submarine crew - the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc. to earn the Medal of Honor Medal of Honor highest American military decoration for wartime gallantry. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Bravery . According to the medal citation, Ramage's vessel crippled or sank five Japanese ships in a convoy off Taiwan during a 46-minute predawn pre·dawn n. The time just before dawn. pre  dawn adj. surface engagement. The new Aegis destroyers are the Navy's major ongoing shipbuilding program, and will provide primary protection for the Navy's battle forces well into the 21st century. Ramage and her sister ships are equipped with a computer- controlled Aegis combat system The Aegis combat system is an integrated missile guidance system used by the United States Navy. It is both an integrated single ship system and a ship-to-ship network. The Aegis combat system is one of the most advanced and most capable defense systems currently in use. utilizing an advanced electronically scanned radar that can search in all directions simultaneously. The system is able to detect, track and engage hundreds of aircraft and missiles while continuously watching for new targets from wavetop to the stratosphere. Aegis destroyers mount a below-deck vertical missile-launching system capable of firing up to 90 Standard surface-to-air, Tomahawk surface-to-surface and antisubmarine missiles. Additionally, the ships mount eight Harpoon harpoon (härp  n`), weapon used for spearing whales and large fish. The early type was a flat triangular piece of metal with barbed edges and a socket for attaching a wooden handle, to the antiship missile launchers, torpedo tubes, two Phalanx phalanx, ancient Greek formation of infantry. The soldiers were arrayed in rows (8 or 16), with arms at the ready, making a solid block that could sweep bristling through the more dispersed ranks of the enemy. close-in weapon systems and a five-inch rapid-fire deck gun. The ships are also equipped with an antisubmarine warfare system, a bow-mounted sonar, a towed sonar array and an antisubmarine helicopter. Litton is a leader in worldwide technology markets for advanced electronic and defense systems, and a major designer and builder of surface combatant ships for the U.S. Navy and allied nations. CONTACT: Litton Industries Inc., Woodland Hills Robert Knapp, 818/598-5907 (office) 805/496-2453 (home) |
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