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Community Build Session 3
Build Session 3 of our "Community Build Contest" has officially ended.
Don't forget to record your progress with your best images, and have them uploaded and posted into your individual blogs by 9/01/08, EST, to be eligible for this sessions points!
Community Build
LCP EAST to Temporarily Cease Production
Loose Cannon Productions East will have to cease production for the next 30 to 60 days. Tropical Storm Fay caused a limb to fall on and damage David Angelo’s house. David says that while the damage is minor, the water damage to the structure will have to be addressed.
Gator’s Masks and More Closed for Hurricane Gustav
Kenny Loup announces that due to the impending landfall of Hurricane Gustav, Gator’s Masks and More will be closed until postal service resumes in Calcasieu Parish. Hurricane Gustav is supposed to make landfall tomorrow afternoon south of New Orleans and the head north west across the state and then into Texas. The storm’s track will take it just north of Calcasieu Parish and Gator’s Masks and More headquarters. Kenny says that he will use time to stock up on ingredients as the swamp critters flee the rising storm water.
This Day in U.S. Naval History
1781 - French fleet traps British fleet at Yorktown, Va.
1925 - Cmdr. John Rodgers and crew of four in PN-9 run out of fuel on first San Francisco to Hawaii flight. Landing at sea, they rigged a sail and set sail for Hawaii.
1941 - U.S. assumes responsibility for trans-Atlantic convoys from Argentia, Canada, to the meridian of Iceland.
1942 - Establishment of Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Vice Adm. Aubrey W. Fitch.
1942 - First Seabee unit to serve in a combat area, 6th Naval Construction Battalion, arrives on Guadalcanal.
1945 - USS Benevolence (AH 13) evacuates civilian internees from two internment camps near Tokyo, Japan.
General Dynamics Delivers Submarine New Hampshire to U.S. Navy Ahead of Schedule
General Dynamics Electric Boat today delivered the New Hampshire (SSN-778), the nation's newest and most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine, to the U.S. Navy eight months ahead of schedule. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.
At a brief shipyard ceremony, Electric Boat President John Casey gave credit to the Navy, the shipbuilders and the supplier base for achieving the early delivery date. "This ship is a tangible reflection of the skill and craft of thousands of industry and shipyard workers. And it clearly demonstrates the nation's commitment to a strong national defense," he said.
"As a result of numerous production and process improvements, Electric Boat is delivering New Hampshire to the Navy in 71 months, 16 months fewer than the lead ship," Casey continued. "Put another way, we reduced the time between when the ship enters the water and when it is delivered from 14 months on the first ship of the class to less than 6 months on the New Hampshire."
New Hampshire is the fifth ship of the Virginia Class, the Navy's first major class of combatant ships designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind. Virginia-class submarines embody warfighting and operational capabilities required to dominate the littorals while maintaining undersea dominance in the open ocean.
"Like the previous ships of the class, New Hampshire has been designed specifically to incorporate emergent technologies that will provide new capabilities to meet new threats," Casey said. "This enables the Virginia Class to make unique and significant contributions to national security for decades to come," he said.
Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding have received contracts to build the first 10 submarines of a planned 30-ship Virginia Class under a teaming agreement that splits the construction workload between the two shipyards.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 84,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2008 revenues of approximately $29.5 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.
Virginia-class characteristics
--Displacement: 7,835 tons
--Length: 377 feet
--Beam: 34 feet
--Payload: 40 weapons; special operations forces; unmanned undersea vehicles
--Weapons Launch: Four 21-inch torpedo tubes; 12 vertical-launch system tubes
--Weapons: Tomahawk land-attack missiles; Mark 48 advanced capability torpedoes
--Crew: 134 officers and enlisted men
Ships of the class
--USS Virginia (SSN-774)
--USS Texas (SSN-775)
--USS Hawaii (SSN-776)
--USS North Carolina (SSN-777)
--New Hampshire (SSN-778)
--New Mexico (SSN-779)
--Missouri (SSN-780)
--California (SSN-781)
--Mississippi (SSN-782)
--Minnesota (SSN-783)
--North Dakota (SSN-784)
Here’s the scores from the Top 5
Georgia Southern 21 – (1) Georgia 45
Youngstown St. 0 – (2) Ohio St. 43
(3) USC 52 – Virginia 7
Chattanooga 2 - (4) Oklahoma 57
Hawaii 10 - (5) Florida 56
Scores of interest
Appalachian State 13 - (7) LSU 41
McNeese State 27 - North Carolina 35
Military Academy Scores
Towson 13 – Navy 41
Army 7 – Temple 35
Air Force 41 - Southern Utah 7
Photo of the Day
Fuel lines connect the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) to the guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
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