This was stopped up and down in three layers to eye-bolts with marlines, and secured by iron dogs, then concealed behind 1 in (25 mm) deal-boards, painted black to match the upper hull's color. This chain cladding was placed along Kearsarge's port and starboard midsection down to her waterline, for protection of her engines and boilers, when the upper portions of the cruiser's coal bunkers were empty. Kearsarge departed … The photos below were taken by me and show the KEARSARGE at Naval Base Norfolk, Va., on May 6, 2012. When Washington is captured by the Army of Northern Virginia, Abraham Lincoln reluctantly concedes the Confederacy's independence. In addition, 17 of Kearsarge's crew received the Medal of Honor for valor during this action: The medals were awarded on 31 December 1864. Additionally, Kearsarge is fully equipped with state-of-the-art command and control (C&C) systems for flagship command duty, and her medical facilities are second in capability only to the Navy's hospital ships, USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy. Even if the shells had been delivered by Alabama's more powerful 100-pounder Blakely pivot rifle, the impacts were more than 5 ft (1.5 m) above the waterline and would therefore have missed her vital machinery. The two 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines and five Scotch boilers, connected to two propeller shafts, produced a total of 11,674 indicated horsepower (8,705 kW), and gave a maximum speed of 16.816 knots (19.352 mph; 31.143 km… Italian navy Ship-of-the-Line Lt. Domenico Iovino, left, speaks with U.S. Navy Capt. Kearsarge was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1894. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) completed a fast cruise Dec. 11, 2020 in preparations for contractor sea … Subsequent ships were later named Kearsarge in honor of the ship. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) completed a fast cruise Dec. 11, 2020 in preparations for contractor sea trials and operations at sea and after a nearly one-year hiatus. USS Kearsarge Le Kearsarge en 1920 Autres noms Crane Ship No. Simultaneously, helicopters can be lifted from the hangar deck to the flight deck by two deck-edge elevators and loaded with supplies from three massive cargo elevators. Trustworthy. Ship 13 (Bldg. Kearsarge was recommissioned on 15 May 1879 for four years of duty in the North Atlantic ranging from Newfoundland to the Caribbean Sea and the coast of Panama. The battle between Kearsarge and Alabama is commemorated by the United States Navy with a battle star on the Civil War campaign streamer. The media team aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), however, has created something entirely different—a show that puts a clever new spin on command information and morale. The new 1,550 long tons (1,570 t) steam sloop-of-war was launched on 11 September 1861; she was sponsored by "Mrs. McFarland," the wife of the editor of the Concord Statement, and was commissioned on 24 January 1862, with Captain Charles W. Pickering in command. Kearsarge was built at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire under the 1861 American Civil War emergency shipbuilding program. With the g… Naval War Coll., Newport, RI. • She was the 6th ship (barracks) to be built at RTC Great Lakes. Il est nommé d'après le sloop de guerre USS Kearsarge (1861).Sa quille est posée aux chantiers Newport News Shipbuilding de Virginie, le 30 juin 1896. This hull armor had been installed more than a year before (in just three days), while Kearsarge was in port at the Azores. Steven Collingwood on Jan 26, 2020 00:19 (11 months ago) They are in the process of replacing them with F-35Bs, some units still have the Harriers though. Blue and gold are colors traditionally associated with the Navy and symbolize the sea and excellence. Named in honor of USS Kearsarge, a sloop-of-war that gained fame hunting Confederate raiders during the American Civil War. Instead, each warship sailed for its home country. Kearsarge was commissioned in March 1946. Roberts, Arthur C., M. D., "Reconstructing USS Kearsarge, 1864," Silver Springs, MD, Vol. The new 1,550 long tons (1,570 t) steam sloop-of-war was launched on 11 September 1861; she was sponsored by Mrs. McFarland, the wife of the editor of the Concord Statement, and was commissioned on 24 January 1862, with Captain Charles W. Pickering in command. USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was a United States Navy ship, named after the sloop-of-war Kearsarge.Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Virginia, on 30 June 1896.She was launched on 24 March 1898, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow (née Maynard), the wife of Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, and commissioned … Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}13°32′N 80°03′W / 13.533°N 80.050°W / 13.533; -80.050 (Wreck of USS Kearsarge), The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1894, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Kearsarge_(1861)&oldid=1001518697, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. supersante on Nov 06, 2019 08:20 (1 year ago) She returned to Portsmouth on 12 November and was decommissioned in the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 1 December 1886. Often, very dry, SITE TV programming features training in the form of videos, command messages, and PowerPoints. The ship deployed Sailors and Marines in a relief effort in Bangladesh following Cyclone Sidr and provided support for President George W. Bush's January 2008 visit to Israel. Soon after, she was hunting for Confederate raiders in European waters. From 4 September to 13 December, she carried Professor Asaph Hall's scientific party from Nagasaki, Japan, to Vladivostok, Russia, to observe the transit of Venus. Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph), 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high, JAN2003-JUL2003North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean, JAN2003-JUL2003Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf. Soon after, she was hunting for Confederate raiders in European waters. She was recommissioned four months later on 1 April 1865 and sailed for the coast of Spain on 14 April in an attempt to intercept CSS Stonewall. Kearsarge was the only ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire. [8] On 22 March, V-22 Ospreys from Kearsarge conducted a successful TRAP operation to recover the crew of a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle after it crashed in Libya due to a mechanical failure during a combat mission. The warship was christened on 16 May 1992, and commissioned on 16 October 1993. After cruising the Mediterranean Sea and the English Channel south to Monrovia, Liberia, Kearsarge was decommissioned on 14 August 1866 in the Boston Navy Yard. Her officers and crew made it safely ashore. 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It was made using 720 ft (220 m) of 1.7 in (43 mm) single-link iron chain, and covered hull spaces 49 ft 6 in (15.09 m) long by 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) deep. SEP2007-FEB2008Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf, On 6 August 2008, This page was last edited on 15 January 2021, at 01:27. The United States Coast Guard, Navy, and the British Royal Navy utilized an HC-130 aircraft, a fast response cutter, and Navy helicopters. Additionally, Kearsarge has qualified for the following medals and unit awards: Combat Action Ribbon, Humanitarian award, Navy Unit Commendation (three awards), Meritorious Unit Commendation (one award), Battle Efficiency "E" Award (seven awards),[25] National Defense Service Medal (two awards), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal (with bronze star), Armed Forces Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (five awards), and the NATO Medal.[26]. Since her commissioning, she has performed these missions all over the world, including evacuating non-combatants from Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 31 May 1997 and rescuing Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady from Serb-controlled territory in Bosnia on 8 June 1995. It premiered at The Lowry. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 7112): USS Marvin G Shields (FF-1066) 3420 Sailor Drive, Great Lakes, IL 60088-3520 Ship 12 (Bldg. The war is implied to end in mid-June, as USS Kearsarge is mentioned as having been waiting for CSS Alabama to emerge from the French port city of Cherbourg when word of the war's end reached Europe. Alabama was the first to open fire, while Kearsarge held her reply until she had closed to less than 1,000 yd (0.91 km). Unknown at the time to Captain Semmes aboard the Confederate raider, Kearsarge had been given added protection for her vital machinery, by chain cable, mounted in three separate vertical tiers, along the port and starboard of her midsection. 36K likes. Liverpool writer Jimmy McGovern's 2007 play, King Cotton, culminates with the battle between Kearsarge and Alabama. They had a displacement of 11,540 short tons (10,470 t), an overall length of 375 feet 4 inches (114.40 m), a beam of 72 feet 3 inches (22.02 m) and a draft of 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m). [4] On President Harrison's orders, she sailed to Navassa Island in 1891 to investigate labor conditions there. • The first ship was a “sloop of war” from the Civil War era. Subsequent ships were later named Kearsarge in honor of the ship.[1]. One hour after she fired her first salvo, Alabama had been reduced to a sinking wreck by Kearsarge's more accurate gunnery, and by its powerful 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore pivot guns. [11], Following a three-day delay due to bad weather, Kearsarge deployed from Naval Station Norfolk on 11 March 2013 for a scheduled eight-month deployment. L’USS Kearsarge (BB-5) est un cuirassé Pré-Dreadnought de l'US Navy de classe Kearsarge construit à partir de 1896 par Newport News Shipbuilding en Virginie et mise en service en 1900. Laid down: 1861 Launched: 11 September 1861 Commissioned: 24 January 1862 Decommissioned: 26 November 1864 Recommissioned: 1 April 1865 Decommissioned: 14 August 1866 These giant modules, each weighing thousands of tons, were joined together on land to form the completed ship's hull. The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the KEARSARGE at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair Facility near the end of a five-month Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA). Kearsarge was recommissioned on 16 January 1868 and sailed on 12 February to serve in the South Pacific, operating out of Valparaíso, Chile. This armor belt was hit twice during the fight: first, in the starboard gangway by one of Alabama's 32-pounder shells, which cut the chain armor, denting the hull planking underneath, and by a second shell of the same warhead-rating exploded, breaking a link of the chain, and tearing away a portion of the deal-board covering. In August 2007, the ship visited the port of Valletta, Malta on the way to a six-month deployment to Iraq (5th Fleet AOR). 44, #4; Vol. Kearsarge was recommissioned on 8 December 1873 and departed on 4 March 1874 for Yokohama, Japan, arriving there on 11 May. Steaming on opposite courses, the ships moved in seven spiraling circles on a southwesterly course, as each commander tried to cross his opponent's bow to deliver deadly raking fire. She continued to watch over American commercial interests along the coast of South America until 17 April 1869. Clive Cussler, an American adventure novelist and marine archaeologist, wrote the 2001 novel Valhalla Rising, in which Kearsarge is attacked by a submerged vessel and run aground, causing her wreck. She departed New York on 21 August 1883 to cruise for three years in the Mediterranean, then Northern European waters, and finally along the west coast of Africa. Kearsarge's keel was laid down on 6 February 1990[3] at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The USS Kearsarge Ship-11: • The USS Kearsarge (Ship 11) was commissioned July 2004. Kearsarge was built at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, under the 1861 American Civil War emergency shipbuilding program. [12] One of her MV-22s exercised in a joint operation with HMS Illustrious. 11 December 2020. In 2006, 2008, and again in 2017, USS Kearsarge served as the principal attraction for New York's "Fleet Week". In this alternate scenario, the USS Kearsarge never met the CSS Alabama in battle. The swords (one a Navy cutlass and the other a Marine mameluke) are crossed, to denote cooperation and teamwork, as well as the combined combat mission of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. [14], Kearsarge participated in Ft. Lauderdale's 2018 Fleet Week.[15]. Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Timothy Dunkel removes a mounting bracket aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). The shipyard lies on the border of Maine and New Hampshire. This is a great gift for those that have made the transition from civilian USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is the fifth vessel to be named in honour of the sloop-of-war, which became famous during the American Civil War. Harry Turtledove, American alternate history novelist, wrote the 1992 novel The Guns of the South in which time-traveling South African white nationalists successfully re-arm the Confederate States Army with AK-47 assault rifles in early 1864, thus enabling the Confederacy to rout Union forces in every land campaign of the year. The air cushion landing craft can "fly" out of the dry well deck, or the well deck can be flooded so that conventional landing craft can float out on their way to the beach.[4]. 1 Type Cuirassé Classe Kearsarge Histoire A servi dans United States Navy Constructeur Newport News Shipbuilding Chantier naval Newport News Shipbuilding à Newport News (Virginie) Commandé 2 janvier 1896 Quille posée 30 juin 1896 Lancement 24 mars 1898 Commission 20 février 1900 Statut Désarmé (10 mai 1920) Converti … According to the US Naval Academy Museum, after the battle with Alabama the shell was removed and the stern post was replaced. She then sailed to Gibraltar to join the blockade of Confederate raider CSS Sumter, forcing the ship's abandonment there in December of 1862. She is the fifth ship to bear that name, but the fourth to serve under it, as the third was renamed Hornet (CV-12) before launching (after the prior Hornet was sunk).[2]. Aug 9, 2018 - Explore Charles's board "USS Kearsarge" on Pinterest. Ship 11 (Bldg. Kearsarge is capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions. Kearsarge was built at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, under the 1861 American Civil War emergency shipbuilding program. Secretary of the Navy, "Sinking of the Alabama—Destruction of the Alabama by the Kearsarge," 1864 annual report in the library at the Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C., Navy Yard. KEARSARGE was redesignated as attack aircraft carrier CVA 33 on October 1, 1952, and antisubmarine warfare aircraft carrier CVS 33 in October 1958. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) completed a fast cruise Dec. 11, 2020 in preparations for contractor sea trials and operations at sea after a nearly one-year hiatus. Alabama went down by the stern shortly after Semmes struck his colors, threw his sword into the sea to avoid its capture, and sent one of his two remaining longboats to Kearsarge with a message of surrender, and a rescue appeal for his surviving crew. ... #11 Posted May 10, 2020. She was decommissioned at Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 15 January 1878. The amphibious nature of the combat operations of the present USS Kearsarge is represented by green and blue, alluding land and sea. [7] As of 20 March, AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft from Kearsarge have been reported attacking Libyan targets as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The stars commemorate the battle stars the third Kearsarge received for Korean War and Vietnam War service. She departed Nagasaki on 3 September 1877, and via the Suez Canal, she visited Mediterranean ports before returning to Boston on 30 December. A Monorail system, moving at speeds up to 600 ft/min (3 m/s), transports cargo and supplies from storage and staging areas throughout the ship to a 13,600-square-foot (1,260 m2) well deck, which opens to the sea through huge gates in the ship's stern. On 19 August 2005, Kearsarge and USS Ashland were targeted by rockets while in port in Jordan. Feb 5, 2018 - Explore Jim Layes's board "Uss kearsarge" on Pinterest. See more ideas about Uss kearsarge, Kearsarge, Aircraft carrier. United States Navy USS Kearsarge - Ship 11 $21.95..... (picture shows front & back of coin) Custom selected by a sailor, for a sailor! March 11, USS Kearsarge departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled Middle East deployment, after a three-day delay due to bad weather. 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