USS Philippine Sea on 22 February 2005
History
United States
NamePhilippine Sea
NamesakeBattle of the Philippine Sea
Ordered27 December 1983
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down8 April 1986
Launched12 July 1987
Commissioned18 March 1989
HomeportNorfolk
Identification
MottoEternal Vigilance
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTiconderoga-class cruiser
DisplacementApprox. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length567 feet (173 m)
Beam55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion
Speed32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters.

USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser on active service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea during World War II and is the second ship to bear the name. She has completed multiple deployments as part of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2001 to 2014.

Operational history

Philippine Sea was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Her keel was laid on 8 April 1986 and she was launched on 12 July 1987. Upon completion of her sea-trials after construction, Philippine Sea transferred to the Atlantic Fleet and was commissioned on 18 March 1989 in Portland, Maine. He initial homeport was Naval Station Mayport, Florida.

In 2003, the ship was assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Group 12.[1]

In 2010, the ship failed her initial Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) inspection.[2] On 7 May 2011, Philippine Sea departed Mayport for a scheduled overseas deployment to the U.S. Fifth Fleet and U.S. Sixth Fleet Area of Responsibility.[3] On 3 June 2011, Philippine Sea paid a port visit to Kiel, Germany, prior to participating with the multi-national exercise Baltic Operations 2011 (BALTOPS-2011). This exercise included naval units from the United States, Russian, Danish, Polish and French navies, and BALTOPS-2011 ended on 21 June 2011.[3][4][5] On 6 July 2011, Philippine Sea rescued 26 Filipino crew members from the Marshall Islands-owned, Liberian-flagged supertanker Brillante Virtuoso southwest of Aden, Yemen, after the ship's superstructure was set on fire following a reported attack by pirates using rocket-propelled grenades (RPG).[3][6][7] Philippine Sea transited the Suez Canal on 1 July 2011.[3]

The cremated remains of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, were buried at sea from the warship on 14 September 2012, in the Atlantic Ocean.[8]

Neil Armstrong's burial at sea on 14 September 2012

Starting on 23 September 2014, USS Philippine Sea fired Tomahawk missiles in the Persian Gulf at sites in Syria, targeting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's command-and-control centers, training camps and weapons depots. The operation was expected to last several hours, with the first explosions from Tomahawk missiles heard near Raqqa in northern Syria. The USS Philippine Sea was part of the USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group.[9] In May 2021, the cruiser's homeport was shifted to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.[10]

2023 Israel-Hamas war

On 14 October 2023, Lloyd Austin directed Dwight D. Eisenhower and her carrier strike group, which includes Philippine Sea, and destroyers Laboon, Mason and Gravely, to the eastern Mediterranean in response to Israel's war with Hamas.[11] This is the second carrier strike group to be sent to the region in response to the conflict, following Gerald R. Ford and her group, which was dispatched only six days earlier.[12]

United States–Houthi conflict (2023–present)

Main article: United States–Houthi conflict (2023–present)

See also: 2024 missile strikes in Yemen

On 12 January 2024, Philippine Sea, Mason and Gravely fired Tomahawk cruise missiles at Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing Three, embarked on the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower also participated in the strikes.[13]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Toppan, Andrew (10 March 2003). "US Navy Aircraft Carriers & Surface Combatants". World Navies Today. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ^ McMichael, William (20 December 2010). "Fla. cruiser, Va. frigate flunk INSURV". Navy Times. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) history". U.S. Carriers: United States Ships (USS) history and deployments. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Second Phase of BALTOPS 2011 Takes Place in Baltic Sea". NavyToday.com. June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Russia: Sea Phase of BALTOPS-2011 Finishes in Baltic Sea". NavyToday.com. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  6. ^ "USS Philippine Sea Rescues Brilliante Virtuoso Crew off Aden". Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  7. ^ "CMF Ship USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) rescues crew from Brilliante Virtuoso". Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Neil Armstrong Laid to Rest in Atlantic". NASA. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  9. ^ "US, Arab allies launch first wave of strikes in Syria". Fox News. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  10. ^ https://www.c2f.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/News-Stories/Article/3557502/philippine-sea-gravely-depart-norfolk-for-deployment/
  11. ^ Raddatz, Martha; Martinez, Luis (14 October 2023). "Exclusive: US to send 2nd aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean". ABC News. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Statement From Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on U.S. Force Posture Changes in the Middle E". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  13. ^ Mongilio, Heather (12 January 2024). "Ike's Carrier Air Wing 3, USS Gravely, USS Philippine Sea and USS Mason Struck Houthi Targets". USNI News. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  14. ^ "CG 58 Philippine Sea".

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