Divers Gallery :: Naval Sea Systems Command

USS Maine (SSBN 741) comes into Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where she later hosted tours in celebration of 100 years of US Navy submarines and the 200th anniversary of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The sub was commissioned at Portsmouth in 1995 and returned home to be welcomed by a flotilla of pleasure boats and salutes of cannon fire as it navigated the Piscataqua River to Pier 11 at the shipyard. [Photo by Chief Journalist Dave Fliesen]

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The Civil War-era sloop of war Constellation is moored in the Baltimore, Md., Inner Harbor. Naval Reservists inspected the ship on June 17, 2000, to monitor the condition of this historic American naval asset. [Photo by Dick Cole]

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The destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) underwent extensive repairs at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, in Portsmouth, Va. following a collision at sea with a foreign vessel in February of 1999. Reminiscent of battle-damaged ships it repaired a half century ago, this NAVSEA shipyard replaced the ship's bow and its inoperable 5-inch gun, closed a 21-foot hole in its side, replaced electrical components and did other major work, considerably under the original repair estimate and ahead of schedule. Radford underwent sea trials only three months after repairs began. [Photo by: Mel Gipson, Norfolk Naval Shipyard]

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The screw of the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer McCampbell (DDG 85) just prior to her July 2, 2000 christening at Bath Iron Works. McCampbell is the 35th of 58 Arleigh Burke class destroyers currently authorized by Congress, and is equipped with the latest weapons, electronics, helicopter support facilities, and propulsion, auxiliary and survivability systems, these destroyers will carry out the Navy's missions well into the next century. Four gas-turbine engines power the 9,195-ton ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots. [US Navy photo]

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The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, McCampbell (DDG 85) is launched at Bath Iron Works following her July 2, 2000, christening ceremony at the shipyard in Bath, Maine. McCampbell was named in honor of the late Navy Capt. David McCampbell (1910-1996) - the Navy's top ace with 34 confirmed aerial victories and recipient of the Medal of Honor. [U.S. Navy photo]

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The new guided-missile destroyer Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) fires high energy Extended Range Guided Munition (ERGM) test rounds in support of a structural test firing during bravo shipbuilder's trials on July 25-26 off the northeastern Georges Bank near Maine. This marked the first time this newly modified gun system had been fired at sea. A total of 132 rounds were fired during this test event. [©2000 Brian R. Wolff/IIPI, All rights reserved] For high resolution image and to obtain rights to use this image, please contact Brian Wolff through: click here

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USS Denver (LPD 9) departed Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) on July 27 "all smiles" and eager to return to its homeport in San Diego.

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Sailors aboard USS Nashville (LPD 13) carry aboard new innerspring mattresses on August 22, 2000 - just in time for their next underway exercise. The new mattresses are comparably priced with current foam mattresses, but are expected to have a much longer life span, 7 years vice 3-5 years. They're also much more comfortable. [NAVSEA Photo]

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The U.S. Navy christened this Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer on June 24, 2000 at Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. DDG 84 was named in honor of Navy Vice Adm. John Duncan Bulkeley, (1911-1996). Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and numerous other decorations for his heroic actions during World War II. This illustration captures items from throughout his naval career. He’s pictured (top left) from his days as a Naval Academy Midshipman and as a Vice Admiral. The lower left corner shows PT 41 and the PT 35 motor torpedo boats, which Bulkeley commanded to evacuate Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Quezon from the Philippines. He destroyed several Japanese planes, surface combatants, and merchant ships. The ship pictured in the center right of the drawing is the destroyer USS Endicott (DD 495), which Bulkeley commanded during the invasion of Southern France – sinking the German Corvettes Nimet Allah and Capriola. Following the war, he became president of the Board of Inspection and Survey (as depicted top right). [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]

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The U.S. Navy launched this Arleigh Burke class destroyer on July 2, 2000 at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Me. DDG 85 honors the Navy’s top flying ace: Capt. David McCampbell (1910-1996). He scored 34 confirmed aerial victories while serving as commander of Air Group 15 aboard USS Essex (CV 9) during the Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19, 1944) and the Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 24, 1944). His brave actions and leadership earned him the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and Silver Star. The aircraft in the illustration represents the Grumman F6F “Hellcat” fighter which he used to shoot down 34 enemy aircraft during WWII. [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]

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The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) on Aug. 19, 2000 at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Me. The ship is named in honor of Pfc. Oscar P. Austin, USMC, (pictured top left) who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his courage in Vietnam. His ribbons are shown below the illustration with a rubbing of his name from the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. The 2 helicopters in this illustration offer improved Anti-Submarine Warfare capability for USS Oscar P. Austin, which is the first of the Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class Aegis destroyers. [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]

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Pentagon leaders honored the Navy's past and present deep sea divers on Oct. 21 and gave "four stars" to a new film about one of the Navy's diving heroes. Due to open nationwide Nov. 10, "Men of Honor" tells the story of retired Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African-American to become a Navy diver. [Photos by Capt. Keith Arterburn, NAVSEA Public Affairs].

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Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding to deliver the principal address for the christening of a new Aegis guided missile destroyer named for General David M. Shoup. The new ship, SHOUP (DDG 86), honors the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, a Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions during landings on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, in the Pacific in 1943.

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The 14th guided missile destroyer built for the US Navy by Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp., in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USS Lassen (DDG 82), was delivered to the Navy by Ingalls on February 5, 2001, and departed Pascagoula on April 13, 2001. She was commissioned in Tampa, Florida on April 21, 2001. [Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding]

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As plankowner commissioning crewmembers "man the rails," two U.S. Navy Seahawk (SH-60B) undersea warfare helicopters orbit USS LASSEN (DDG 82) during the ship's April 21, 2001, commissioning ceremony in Tampa, Florida. DDG 82, the 14th Aegis guided missile destroyer produced for the Navy by Northrop Grumman Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, joined the US Pacific Fleet during the commissioning, attended by more than 4,000 guests. [Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding]

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