United States Navy Ships
USNS Big Horn T-AO-198
United States Navy 'Big Horn' T-AO-198 is a 'Henry J. Kaiser' Class Fleet Replenishment Oiler and is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base at Torpoint on 23rd September 2018. Named after the Big Horn River in Wyoming, USNS Big Horn is the twelfth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class and was built at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana and launched on 2nd February 1991. She entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service under the control of the Military Sealift Command with a primarily civilian crew on 21 May 1992. Manned by a mixture of US naval and merchant navy personnel, USNS Big Horn has a maximum displacement of almost 43,000 tons and is powered by two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines which give the ship a maximum speed of 20 knots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XzJzw_I0g
Part 2: United States Navy 'Big Horn' T-AO-198 is a 'Henry J. Kaiser' Class Fleet Replenishment Oiler and is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base at Torpoint on 23rd September 2018. Named after the Big Horn River in Wyoming, USNS Big Horn is the twelfth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class and was built at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana and launched on 2nd February 1991. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOXwGEo8aw8
USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51)
Having visited Devonport, we see United States Navy Ship USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51), a 3,300 ton Safeguard Class Salvage Ship, as she leaves Devonport Naval Base at Devil's Point, Plymouth on 14th June 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jupHWOMlvMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jupHWOMlvMk
USS Donald Cook DDG-75
US Navy Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS Donald Cook DDG-75 is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base during a visit to Plymouth, United Kingdom and passes Devil's Point and Western Kings Battery as she heads out to sea on 12th March 2017. USS Donald Cook was commissioned on 4th December 1998 and was th 25th destroyer of this type to be completed, with a projected class total of 76 planned. She is part of the US Navy's Destroyer Squadron 60, and from 2014 has been based at Naval Station Rota, Spain. Weighing 8900 tons, the type has a length of 505 feet and beam of 66 feet, and has a range of 4400 nautical miles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzUVyaLy6Ok
Viewed from the Torpoint Ferry, USS Donald Cook DDG-75, an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer of the United States Navy heads up the River Tamar and passes Frigate Refit Complex (the largest covered dock in Europe) as she leaves Devonport Naval Base and heads from base to sea at 1830 on 15th September 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNivjyZ__xY
Leaving Plymouth, United States Navy Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS Donald Cook DDG-75 leaves Devonport Naval Base as she passes the Scott Memorial, Mount Wise as she heads from base to sea at 1830 on Sunday 29th September 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpnOmo5WumY
USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75
The American Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75 is seen anchored off Stokes Bay, in the Solent, during a visit to the United Kingdom on 6th October 2018. At almost 117,000 tons and almost 1100 feet in length, she has almost twice the displacement of our own HMS Queen Elizabeth. Normally based at NS Norfolk, Virginia, USS Harry S. Truman was launched on 7th September 1996 and commissioned in to the US Navy in July 1998 at a cost of $4.5 billion. She has a total complement of 5680, 3200 crew and 2480 air crew, and is powered by two Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors and four steam turbines which combined with four shafts develop 260,000 shp, giving the carrier a top speed of 30+ knots (over 35 mph). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS7LZsxyQBQ
USS New York LPD-21
During a visit to the UK, USS New York LPD-21, a 25,000 ton San Antonio class amphibious transport dock warship of the United States Navy, enters Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth, United Kingdom at Mount Wise on 13th November 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzPthuOzFhA
USS Paul Ignatius DDG-117
United States Navy Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer (9300 tons) USS PAUL IGNATIUS DDG-117 is seen in Plymouth Sound preparing to enter Devonport on 18th November 2022.
USS Porter DDG-78
USS Porter DDG-78, an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer of the United States Navy, is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth (UK) at Devil's Point, as she heads from base (7W) to sea at 0745 on 25th March 2019. Commissioned almost exactly 20 years ago on 20th March 1999, she was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula in Mississippi, USA, and with a displacement of 9000 tons is powered by four General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines which achieve a top speed in excess of 30 knots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rjlaNo7Bqs
USS San Jacinto CG-56
On 4th June 1994, almost 25 years ago, USS San Jacinto CG-56, an Aegis class cruiser of the United States Navy is seen entering Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth (UK), just one of several US warships that were in Devonport to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Normandy D Day landings. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkD7Dsc56Ww
USS Sioux City LCS-11
United States Navy Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS SIOUX CITY LCS-11 makes a rare visit to the UK and enters Devonport Naval Base (Plymouth, UK) at Devils Point as she heads from Sea to Base on 3rd September 2022.
United States Navy Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS SIOUX CITY LCS-11 leaves Devonport Naval Base (Plymouth, UK) at Mount Wise as she heads from Base to Sea on 7th September 2022.