USS Hawaii (SSN-776)
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History
- January 2008 – maiden deployment.
- May 2008 – post-shakedown availability.[4]
- 4 December 2008 – US Navy announces USS Hawaii will be home ported at Pearl Harbor in 2009.[5]
- 8 May 2009 – US Navy announces the ship has earned the U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation for their work in disrupting drug trafficking from 20 February to 17 April 2008.[6]
- 10 July 2009 – The sub transits the Panama Canal en route to new homeport at Pearl Harbor.[7]
- 23 July 2009 – The sub reaches Pearl Harbor.[8]
- 30 March to 5 May 2010 – The sub receives a $2.5 million refit in a drydock in Pearl Harbor.[9]
- August 2010 – The boat leaves for her first Western Pacific cruise, under temporarily assignment to Seventh Fleet,[10] making her the first Virginia-class submarine to enter the Western Pacific.[11]
- February 2011 – The boat returns from her first Western Pacific cruise.[12]
- August 2024 - The ship arrives at HMAS Stirling, Perth, Australia to conduct the first combined U.S.-Australian submarine tendered maintenance period with the crew of submarine tender USS Emory S. Land.[13]
See also
References
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- ↑ Electric Boat Corporation's News Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ USS Hawaii (SSN 776) Arrival Ceremony Template:Webarchive, 16 July 2009
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- ↑ US Navy press release, Virginia-Class Sub Bound for Pearl Harbor, 5 December 2008. Retrieved on 13 Dec 2008
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- ↑ Kakesako, Gregg K., "USS Hawaii Nearing New Pearl Harbor Home", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11 July 2009.
- ↑ Associated Press, "Sub Hawaii arrives at Pearl Harbor homeport", Military Times, 23 July 2009.
- ↑ Kakesako, Gregg K., "Navy Completes Challenging Retrofit of Sub", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 6 May 2010.
- ↑ COMSUBPAC Public Affairs, "USS Hawaii Departs for Western Pacific DeploymentScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore", 25 Aug, 2010.
- ↑ Submarine USS Hawaii first of its class to enter Western Pacific
- ↑ COMSUBPAC Public Affairs, "USS Hawaii Returns from Western Pacific Deployment Template:Webarchive", 24 February 2011.
- ↑ Lt. Cmdr. Rick Moore, "USS Hawaii (SSN 776) joins USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) in First-ever Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Maintenance Availability in Australia", August 22, 2024
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External links
- US Navy page for USS Hawaii
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- Arrival of USS Hawaii heralds new era in Pacific
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