USS MOUNT WHITNEY ARRIVES IN GEORGIAN PORT OF POTI!!! NOW!!!

USS Mount Whitney arrives in Georgian port of Poti


05/09/2008 19:50 SEVASTOPOL, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - The third U.S. Navy vessel to bring humanitarian aid to Georgia arrived in the Black Sea port of Poti on Friday, a Russian navy source said.
The USS Mount Whitney, which passed through the Bosporus on Wednesday, brought various supplies, including blankets, hygiene kits and baby food to become the first NATO ship to arrive in Poti since the Russian-Georgian conflict.
Two previous ships, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas and USS McFaul docked in the Georgian port of Batumi.
The White House announced Thursday a $1 billion economic aid package for war-ravaged Georgia.
The Black Sea Fleet source also said the flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet was big enough to carry heavy weapons, which - the Russian military believes - is probably the main part of the delivery.
An intelligence source said Russia was scrutinizing the vessel. "Very soon it will be clear, what the ship has really brought to Georgia," the source said.
The Blue Ridge class ship is a command and control vessel, which, the source said, coordinates the group of NATO ships in the Black Sea also including two U.S., one Spanish, one German and one Polish vessel.
Lt. Col. John Dorrian, a spokesman for the US European Command, said Friday that Russian peacekeepers would not be allowed to examine the cargo as the port of Poti is on sovereign Georgian territory.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday that the overall deadweight of NATO ships can exceed the limit set by international agreements and added that no military action is planned against the vessels.
The U.S. aid is being provided to Georgia after it launched an assault on South Ossetia in an attempt to regain control over the republic, which split from Tbilisi in the early 1990s.
Moscow subsequently launched an operation to "force Georgia to accept peace," which was concluded on August 12. Since then more than 400 metric tons of U.S. aid has been shipped and flown to Georgia amid disputes over the NATO presence in the Black Sea and Moscow's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, a second separatist Georgian republic.

The real power house behind the Nato ships are these two ships.

Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102)


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Career (Spain)General characteristics

Juan de Borbón undergoing Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trials
Builder:	Izar
Laid down:	October 2001
Launched:	28 February 2002
Commissioned:	3 December 2003
Reclassified:	F-102
Homeport:	Ferrol, A Coruña
Fate:	Active in service as of 2007.
Displacement:	6250 tons (full load)
Length:	147 m (482 ft)
Beam:	18.6 m (61 ft)
Draught:	7.2 m (23.6 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × Caterpillar-NAVANTIA BRAVO-12 diesel engines
Speed:	29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:	5000 nmi at 18 knots
Complement:	Ship's company: 237 (200 Sailors, 37 Officers)

The Juan de Borbón is the second ship of the new F-100 class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy in 2003. It's named after Infante Juan de Borbón

[edit] History

• September 8, 2006 - Departs from Rota to escort the Spanish troops en route to Lebanon
  
• November 12, 2006 - Arrives to Rota, returning from Lebanon without incident.
  
• February 2007 - Participates in GALIBER 07 Exercises
  

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• Builder: Izar, Astillero Ferrol
  
• Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
  
• Shafts: 2
  
• Length: 147 m (482 ft)
  
• Beam: 18.6 m (61 ft)
  
• Draught: 4.75 (15 ft)
  
• Displacement: 6,250 tons (full load)
  
• Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
  
• Range: 5000 mi
  
• Cost: 600 million €
  
• Crew: 237 (37 officers)
  
• Armament:
  
  
  
  • 1 × 5-inch/54 Mk45 Mod 2 gun
    
  • 2 × CIWS FABA 20mm/120 Meroka gun
    
  • 6 × Mk41 8-cell VLS
    
    
    
    • SAM: 32 × Standard SM-2 Block IIIA
      
    • SAM: 64 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
      
    
    
  • SSM: 8 × McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile
    
  • ASW: 4 × 324 mm Mk32 Mod 9 triple Torpedo launchers with 12 Honeywell Mk46 mod 5 Torpedo
    
  
  
• Helicopter:
  
  
  
  • 1 × Sikorsky SH-60B LAMPS III Seahawk
    
  
  
• Electronics
  
  
  
  • Sonar: ENOSA-Raytheon DE 1160LF (I)
    
  • Radar: Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1F 3-D multifunction
    
  • Surface Radar: Raytheon SPS-67(V)4
    
  • Weapon Control: Aegis combat system, 2 × Raytheon SPG-62 Mk99 radar illuminator, 1 × FABA DORNA fire control
    
  • Navigation: Thales Scout
    
  
  
• Countermeasures
  
  
  
  • 4 × FMC SRBOC Mk36 flare launchers
    
  • SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures
    
  • ESM/ECM: Indra SLQ-380
    
  • CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 interceptor
    

Now the american version.


USS McFaul (DDG-74)


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USS McFaul (DDG-74)
Name:	McFaul
Namesake:	Donald L. McFaul
Ordered:	21 January 1993
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down:	26 January 1996
Launched:	18 January 1997
Acquired:	February 23, 1998
Commissioned:	25 April 1998
Status:	Active in service as of 2008
Class and type:	Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement:	Light: approx. 6,783 tons Full: approx. 8,915 tons
Length:	505 ft (154 m)
Beam:	66 ft (20 m)
Draft:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:	4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)
Speed:	30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range:	4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h)
Complement:	23 Officers 24 Chief Petty Officers 291 Enlisted Personnel
Sensors and processing systems:	• AN/SPY-1D Radar • AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar • AN/SPS-64(V)9 Surface Search Radar • AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array • AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
Electronic warfare and decoys:	• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures • MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System • AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
Armament:	1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles 1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm) 2 × 25 mm chain gun 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	Cannot embark rotary wing aircraft, but is equipped with a flight deck that allows a single SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to conduct underway replenishment.
Motto:	Courage, Honor, Sacrifice

USS McFaul (DDG-74) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul, a Navy Seal who was killed in action on December 20, 1989, while serving in Panama.^[1] McFaul was awarded a posthumous Navy Cross for attempting to rescue a platoon mate at the cost of his life.^[2]

Contents [hide] 1 Recent events 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External links

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[edit] Recent events


On 22 August 2005, McFaul was involved in a minor collision with USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Both ships suffered minor damage, and no injuries were reported. Both ships returned to their homeport at Naval Station Norfolk under their own power.
On 16 February 2007, McFaul was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.^[3]
On 24 August 2008, McFaul arrived in Batumi, Georgia, as part of Operation Assured Delivery to "deliver humanitarian relief supplies...as part of the larger United States response to the government of Georgia request for humanitarian assistance" in the wake of the 2008 South Ossetia war.^[4] McFaul offloaded nearly 155,000 pounds of supplies—including hygiene items, baby food and care supplies, bottled water, and milk—donated by the U.S. Agency for International Development.^[4][5]

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McFaul makes a hard turn to starboard in the Atlantic	Detail of damage from collision with USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) in 2005	Humanitarian supplies being loaded on McFaul August 20, 2008, at Souda Bay, Crete for delivery to Georgia	Humanitarian supplies, including Nutricia baby food, being loaded on McFaul, August 20, 2008, at Souda Bay, Crete for delivery to Georgia
McFaul sailors unloading supplies on August 24, 2008 at Batumi with Republic of Georgia Coast Guard vessel in the background

[edit] References

1. ^ "History". United States Navy, USS McFaul. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
   
2. ^ "Full Text Citations for Vietnam Era and Post Vietnam War Awards of the Navy Cross". HomeOfHeroes.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
   
3. ^ Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paula M. Ludwick (February 19, 2007). "Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E"". United States Navy. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
   
4. ^ ^{a b} "USS McFaul Brings Aid to Batumi, Georgia". U.S. Sixth Fleet (CNE-C6F) Public Affairs (2008-08-24). Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
   
5. ^ "US warship reaches Georgian port", BBC News (2008-08-24). Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
   

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
  

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