USS Gonzalez
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USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) is an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War.
Service history
November 12, 1996 Gonzalez grounded on a coral reef at approximately 0800, off the island of Sint Maarten, damaging her sonar dome and several blades on both screws, costing $10 million in damage returning to service September 1997.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The ship took part in Operation Allied Force, firing Tomahawk cruise missiles at Serbian targets in 1999. Gonzalez also assisted a cruise ship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., after an abortive attack by pirates off the coast of Somalia in 2005.[1]
On 1 March 2006, the ship rescued the crew of an Iranian ship, whose engine and rudder were broken down since 18 February. The Iranian crew were returned to Iran. She was involved in the action of 18 March 2006 with suspected pirates, along with the cruiser Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. The two ships exchanged fire with the suspected pirates about Script error: No such module "convert". off the coast of Somalia. Initial reports indicated that one suspected pirate was killed and five others wounded.
On 17 July 2006, CNN reported that Gonzalez would be deployed to help in evacuation efforts of American citizens from Lebanon in the midst of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[2]
In May 2022, Gonzalez was homeported out of Naval Station Norfolk and a part of Destroyer Squadron 28, along with Carrier Strike Group 8 led by the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[3]
Gallery
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Gonzalez executing a high speed turn during builder's sea trials on 3 May 1996
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Gonzalez fires a Tomahawk cruise missile during Operation Allied Force on 31 March 1999
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The Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". underway with Gonzalez in the Atlantic Ocean on 17 May 2018
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Gonzalez departs Naval Station Norfolk on 10 September 2018
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Awards
- Battle "E" – (2019)
- James F. Chezek Memorial Gunnery Award (1998)
References
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- Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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