USS Emory S. Land (AS-39)

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USS Emory S. Land at Apra Harbor, Guam, in July 2010.
History
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Name: USS Emory S. Land
Namesake: Emory S. Land
Awarded: 20 November 1974
Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down: 2 March 1976
Launched: 4 May 1977
Commissioned: 7 July 1979
Homeport: Apra Harbor, Guam
Motto: "Tireless Worker of the Sea"
Nickname(s):Land of Opportunity
Honours and
awards:
Status: in active service
Badge: USS Emory S. Land AS-39 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type: Emory S. Land-class submarine tender
Tonnage: 9,067 LT  DWT
Displacement:
  • 13,911 long tons (14,134 t) light
  • 22,978 long tons (23,347 t) full load
Length: 649 ft (198 m)
Beam: 85 ft (26 m)
Draft: 26–29 ft (7.9–8.8 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × boilers
  • Steam turbine
  • 1 shaft
  • 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 250 Navy/150 Military Sealift Command (MSC)
Armament:

USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) is a United States Navy submarine tender and the lead ship of her class. She was named for Admiral Emory S. Land.

United States Navy Naval warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most capable navy in the world and it has been estimated that in terms of tonnage of its active battle fleet alone, it is larger than the next 13 navies combined, which includes 11 U.S. allies or partner nations. with the highest combined battle fleet tonnage and the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, and two new carriers under construction. With 319,421 personnel on active duty and 99,616 in the Ready Reserve, the Navy is the third largest of the service branches. It has 282 deployable combat vessels and more than 3,700 operational aircraft as of March 2018, making it the second largest and second most powerful air force in the world.

Submarine tender Type of ship that supplies and supports submarines

A submarine tender is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines.

Lead ship first built of a series or class of ships

The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable to military ships and larger civilian craft.

Contents

The ship provides food, electricity, water, consumables, spare parts, medical, dental, disbursing, mail, legal services, ordnance, and any parts or equipment repair that a submarine may require. To accomplish this, the ship has a physical plant similar to that of a small town, including 53 different specialized shops.

History

Following commissioning, she was originally homeported in Norfolk, Virginia at various D&S (i.e., destroyer and submarine) piers in support of the newly-established SubRon8 (Submarine Squadron Eight) for the new SSN-688 Class submarines (SSN-689, SSN-691, SSN-693, SSN-695, SSN-697, SSN-699). When she deployed from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard her first port of call was Oakland, California; from there she cruised to Acapulco, Mexico before arriving in port at Norfolk, Virginia. She spent time in refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Upon the commissioning of Submarine Squadron 8 on 4 August 1979, she became the squadron flagship. [1]

In September 1980, Emory S. Land deployed to the Pacific Fleet to provide services to the Indian Ocean Battle Group. She made two port calls in Spain, (Palma Majorca and Malaga) and Haifa, Israel before arriving in Diego Garcia. During the spring of 1981, she paid a 3-4 day port visit to Halifax along with one SubRon8 unit while moored at Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. In July 1986, Emory S. Land operated as Officer in Tactical Command of four United States ships and five foreign ships in transit from the Virginia Capes operating area to the New York Harbor where she participated in the International Naval Review and Fourth of July Statue of Liberty rededication ceremonies. In August 1987, Emory S. Land operated as the tactical and communications platform for Submarine Squadron 8 and Submarine Squadron 6 to work both with and against a surface combatant group.

United States Pacific Fleet Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy

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Virginia Capes

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New York Harbor harbour in the New York City area, USA

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In 1988, Emory S. Land was underway and deployed for 182 days. During the deployment, the ship steamed 26,011 nautical miles (48,172 km) and circumnavigated the world. Port visits included Lisbon, Portugal; Naples, Italy, Port Said, Egypt; Muscat, Oman; Fremantle, Western Australia; and Rodman Naval Station, Panama. During her 92 days anchored at a remote site off the coast of Oman, she tended the surface combatants of Joint Task Force Middle East and Carrier Battle Groups Golf and Charlie. Immediate superior in command (ISIC) for this period was Commander Task Force 73. [2]

Lisbon Capital city in Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal

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Emory S. Land tending USS Chicago and USS Pasadena at Guam, in 2017. USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) with USS Chicago (SSN-721) and USS Pasadena (SSN-752) alongside at Guam on 2 March 2017.JPG
Emory S. Land tending USS Chicago and USS Pasadena at Guam, in 2017.

In 1991, with the departure of USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) and the transition of USS Hunley (AS-31) to Submarine Squadron 6, USS Emory S. Land's Supply Department assumed full responsibility for Submarine Squadron 8 supply support. [3]

USS <i>Hunley</i> (AS-31)

USS Hunley (AS-31) was a submarine tender of the United States Navy launched on 28 September 1961 and commissioned 16 June 1962. The Hunley was designed to tend most of the long-term requirements of the Polaris Class of submarines. The ship achieved several records and milestones in its service. The Hunley was decommissioned from the regular navy, in 1995 transferred to the US Maritime Commission, and in 2007 sold as scrap to a metal recycling company in Louisiana. In September 2008, during Hurricane Gustav, the decommissioned ship broke free of its moorings in the New Orleans Inner Harbor, but caused little or no damage while adrift.

In July 1993, Emory S. Land served as the Commander, Submarine Group 2 flagship during a port visit to Boston, and was the host ship for a visit by the Commanding-In-Chief, Russian Northern Fleet and three visiting Russian ships.

Emory S. Land returned to its homeport 30 May 2007 after a seven-day visit to the nation of Montenegro. Emory S. Land is only the third U.S. Naval ship to visit Montenegro since the United States began diplomatic relations with the country in 2006. [4]

Upon turnover and relief of USS Simon Lake (AS-33), Emory S. Land served at La Maddalena, Italy as the sole permanently assigned vessel in Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet's Submarine Group 8 from May, 1999, until 30 September 2007, on which date she departed for Bremerton, Washington, where she underwent a conversion to a hybrid US Navy/Military Sealift Command crew. She departed Bremerton, Washington on 14 June 2010 and after port calls in Hawaii, Guam and Singapore, arrived in her new homeport of Diego Garcia on 14 August 2010. [5]

The ship's commanding officer, Captain Eric Merrill, was removed from command on 21 June 2011 after the ship struck a channel buoy at Mina Salman, Bahrain earlier that same month. The ship was damaged in the collision. [6]

On 23 December 2015, it was announced that Emory S. Land would change its homeport to Naval Base Guam. [7]

Awards

Since her commissioning, Emory S. Land has received four Meritorious Unit Commendations (1984, 1987, 2007, and 2012), the Navy Expeditionary Medal (1980), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1988), and eight Battle Efficiency Awards (1981, 1982, 1983, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2012, and 2013) in addition to numerous departmental awards. She was awarded a Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation in 1988. The ship won the Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial for Large Ship Food Service Excellence in 1985 and 1995, the Safety "S" award for 1995, and the Red "DC" in 1995.

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References

  1. ↑ Emory S. Land Command History 1979
  2. ↑ Emory S. Land Command History 1988
  3. ↑ Emory S. Land Command History 1991
  4. ↑ Globalsecurity.org
  5. ↑ "COMSUBPAC announces changes of homeport". Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  6. ↑ Fellman, Sam, "CO fired after sub tender hits channel buoy", Military Times , 15 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Second submarine tender to be homeported in Guam by Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs, 23 December 2015
  8. ↑ Google Books reference to USS Emory S. Land in novel Fire of the Raging Dragon
  9. ↑ UK Daily Mail (London) - Inside Trump's Air Force and Naval Bases on Guam, by Caroline Graham, August 12, 2017, referencing the novel Fire of the Raging Dragon, by Don Brown , and the U.S. Warship USS Emory S. Land (AS-39)

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