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| On 26 May 2010 USS San Jacinto's VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure) team rescued 5 Yemenis hostages from 13 suspected pirates. The master stated his dhow had been under pirate control for one day only. The VBSS team detained the pirates on the dhow without conflict.<ref>U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet |http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=53739</ref> | On 26 May 2010 USS San Jacinto's VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure) team rescued 5 Yemenis hostages from 13 suspected pirates. The master stated his dhow had been under pirate control for one day only. The VBSS team detained the pirates on the dhow without conflict.<ref>U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet |http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=53739</ref> | ||
| On 13 October 2012, ''San Jacinto'' was involved in a collision with the nuclear submarine ] off the coast of northeastern Florida.<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy Says Submarine, Aegis Cruiser Collide|url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/13/us/ap-us-navy-sub-collision.html?ref=aponline&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 October 2012|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The cruiser suffered damage to its sonar dome.<ref>Martinez, Luis, ], "", ], 13 October 2012</ref> ''San Jacinto'' would have been unable to join ] and the ] to the ], had they deployed on schedule, due to the emergency dry docking.<ref>{{cite web | author= American Forces Press Service |title= USS Truman, USS Gettysburg Deployment Delayed | url= http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=119218 |work= ] | date= 6 February 2013| accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref> | On 13 October 2012, ''San Jacinto'' was involved in a collision with the nuclear submarine ] off the coast of northeastern Florida.<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy Says Submarine, Aegis Cruiser Collide|url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/13/us/ap-us-navy-sub-collision.html?ref=aponline&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 October 2012|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The cruiser suffered damage to its sonar dome.<ref>Martinez, Luis, ], "", ], 13 October 2012</ref> ''San Jacinto'' would have been unable to join ] and the ] to the ], had they deployed on schedule, due to the emergency dry docking.<ref>{{cite web | author= American Forces Press Service |title= USS Truman, USS Gettysburg Deployment Delayed | url= http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=119218 |work= ] | date= 6 February 2013| accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref> The cruiser has undergone approximately $11 million in repairs since the accident.<ref>Reillly, Corinne, "", '']'', (reprinted in '']'', 17 June 2014</ref> | ||
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 USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
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| Name | USS San Jacinto |
| Namesake | Battle of San Jacinto |
| Operator |  United States Navy |
| Ordered | 20 June 1983 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 24 July 1985 |
| Launched | 14 November 1986 |
| Commissioned | 23 January 1988 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto | Victory is Certain |
| Nickname(s) | San Jac |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
| Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
| Length | 567 feet (173 m) |
| Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
| Draught | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
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| Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
USS San Jacinto (CG-56) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution.
The "San Jac" was built at Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned 23 January 1988 by then vice-president George H. W. Bush in Houston, Texas. She completed her fitting out and work-ups, then deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in late May 1989, returning in November. While San Jacinto and her sister ship Leyte Gulf were underway off the Virginia coast performing testing of CEC, the Iraqi army invaded and occupied Kuwait. The next day, Leyte Gulf detached and headed back to Mayport, Florida. The day after, San Jacinto returned to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia, to prepare for the massive sortie to the Middle East.
After CINCLANT had all their ships provisioned, barely five days later, San Jacinto headed for the Mediterranean. Other ships in the battle group included USS America (CV-66), Philippine Sea, and USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67).
She fired the opening shots of Operation Desert Storm with the launch of two BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles, firing a total of 16 missiles during the 43-day war. She was also the first ship of her class to be deployed with a full load of 122 missiles. While stationed in a search area at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in the Red Sea, her Visit/Boarding/Search/Seizure teams inspected several dozen ships for contraband being smuggled for the Iraqi government. The crew came to call that duty station 'San-Jacircles' or 'San-Jac in the Box'.
San Jacinto was assigned to Carrier Group Two.
During the 2000–2001 deployment of Carrier Group Two, San Jacinto had aboard Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 42 (HSL-42) Det 8 with two SH-60B Seahawks.
On 26 May 2010 USS San Jacinto's VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure) team rescued 5 Yemenis hostages from 13 suspected pirates. The master stated his dhow had been under pirate control for one day only. The VBSS team detained the pirates on the dhow without conflict.
On 13 October 2012, San Jacinto was involved in a collision with the nuclear submarine USS Montpelier off the coast of northeastern Florida. The cruiser suffered damage to its sonar dome. San Jacinto would have been unable to join Carrier Strike Group Ten and the USS Harry S Truman to the Persian Gulf, had they deployed on schedule, due to the emergency dry docking. The cruiser has undergone approximately $11 million in repairs since the accident.
Notes
- Meisner, Arnold (1991). Desert Storm: Sea War. Motorbooks International, p. 49. ISBN 0-87938-562-6
- "World Navies Today: US Navy Aircraft Carriers & Surface Combatants". Hazegray.org. 10 March 2003.
- Curtis A. Utz and Mark L. Evans (July–August 2002). "The Year in Review 2003, Part 2" (PDF). Naval Aviation News. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy. p. 43. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
LAMPS MK III Major Ship Deployments, 2001
- U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet |http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=53739
- "Navy Says Submarine, Aegis Cruiser Collide". The New York Times. Associated Press. 13 October 2012.
- Martinez, Luis, ABC News, "Navy Sub, Cruiser Collide Off Florida", Yahoo! News, 13 October 2012
- American Forces Press Service (6 February 2013). "USS Truman, USS Gettysburg Deployment Delayed". American Forces Press Service. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- Reillly, Corinne, "'Sub, dead ahead!' New Navy report dissects collision at sea", The Virginian-Pilot, (reprinted in Stars and Stripes, 17 June 2014
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.