USS Charlotte (SSN-766) explained

USS Charlotte (SSN-766), a, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlotte, North Carolina. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 6 February 1987 and her keel was laid down on 17 August 1990. Sponsored by Mrs. Mary McComack, she was launched on 3 October 1992 and commissioned on 16 September 1994. She arrived at her homeport of Naval Station Pearl Harbor on 17 November 1995.[1]

History

On 29 November 2005, Charlotte arrived in Norfolk, Virginia, having taken the northern route from Pearl Harbor, under the Arctic ice cap. Along the way, she surfaced at the North Pole through 61 inches of ice, a record for a .[2]

On 24 October 2007, Charlotte returned to Pearl Harbor from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after nearly two years in a Depot Modernization Period.[3]

Charlotte has completed a total of five Western Pacific deployments.[4] [5] [6] In February 1998, she was deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of a multinational military buildup of naval, air, and land forces that included more than 30 American warships and two carrier battle groups.[7] Charlotte and the other American and British warships were deployed as a deterrent in case Iraqi President Saddam Hussein failed to honor his commitment to the United Nations to allow arms inspectors into Iraq.[8] She completed a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific on 13 May 2016.[9]

Charlotte participated in RIMPAC 2022.[10]

Awards

Charlotte in fiction

In Tom Clancy's 1994 book Debt of Honor, USS Charlotte is sunk by the Japanese sub Harushio along with her sister ship .

USS Charlotte also makes an appearance in Dan Brown's 2001 novel Deception Point, where it plays an important role taking covert missions to the Arctic.

USS Charlotte is featured alongside sister ship in the 2013 John Ringo novel Under A Graveyard Sky.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rodgers . Justin . USS Charlotte Visits Sasebo During Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment . Submarine Force Pacific . U.S. Navy . 11 September 2018 . 6 January 2016.
  2. Web site: USS Charlotte Achieves Milestone During Under-Ice Transit. 2007-10-25. Dave Ozeck, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs. 13 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070913030600/https://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=21223. dead.
  3. Web site: USS Charlotte Returns to Pearl Harbor. Cynthia Clark. 25 October 2007.
  4. photograph . Cooke . Steven . 040527-N-1995C-043 . 11 September 2018 . 27 May 2004.
  5. Web site: Gutridge . Ronald . USS Charlotte Returns from Western Pacific Deployment . Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet . 11 September 2018 . 1 June 2011.
  6. Web site: Swink . Jason . USS Charlotte Returns to Pearl Harbor . America's Navy . 11 September 2018 . 3 October 2013.
  7. News: U.S. Strength in the Persian Gulf . 11 September 2018 . The Washington Post . 24 February 1998.
  8. News: McIntyre . Jamie . U.S. keeping troops in Gulf, just in case . 11 September 2018 . CNN. 24 February 1998.
  9. Web site: USS Charlotte returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam . Navaltoday.com . 11 September 2018 . 16 May 2016.
  10. News: USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 1, 2022 . 9 August 2022 . news.usni.org . 1 August 2022.

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