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:''Not to be confused with USS Connolly (DE-306).'' USS ''Conolly'' (DD-979), named for Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly USN, was a built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. ==History== ''Conolly'' was laid down 29 September 1975, launched 19 February 1977 and commissioned 14 October 1978. From August to December 1980, ''Conolly'' deployed as part of the Middle East Force. She deployed as part of this force again from October 1981 to February 1982. In September 1982, she deployed to the Mediterranean including operations off the coast of Lebanon. In June 1983 ''Conolly'' deployed again participating in UNITAS XXIV, an annual exercise working with partner navies in South America. ''Conolly'' made multiple port visits and worked with a variety of South American navies before returning home in December of the same year. ''Conolly'' was the flagship for the cruise, with the staff of Commander, South Atlantic (COMSOLANT), Rear Admiral Clint Taylor, USN, embarked. Due to equipment casualties in the engineering plant while on the east coast of Chile, the crew had to repair in place the pneumatic clutch-brake assemblies on the two forward gas turbine engines, the second repair having to be completed at sea en route Montevideo, Uruguay. Once in port, the damaged LM-2500 Gas Turbine Main Engine was replaced in 82 hours, using a large floating crane in the port facility. In addition to the UNITAS cruise, ''Conolly'' left Brazil in November and sailed, initially in company with , east to conduct a West African Training Cruise (WATC). ''Conolly'' visited Liberville, Gabon; Lagos, Nigeria; Monrovia, Liberia and finally Dakar, Senegal, before transiting west to Roosevelt Roads, PR for a refueling stop before returning to her homeport of Norfolk, VA in mid-December, 1983. While sailing from Brazil, ''Conolly'' was required to conduct a transfer of fuel, while underway, to the ''Jesse L. Brown'', so that ship would have sufficient fuel to make her port call in Equatorial Guinea. ''Conolly'' was the first ''Spruance''-class vessel to complete such a task, which was not an assigned capability for the ships. Approximately 30,000 gallons were sent to the ''Brown'' using 2½" fire hoses to deliver the fuel, taking about 4 hours. In February, 1984, ''Conolly'' sailed to Portland, ME, to enter a regular overhaul (ROH) at the newly opened Bath Iron Works facility. The overhaul lasted 10 months, during which ''Conolly'' was fitted with the Tomahawk Weapons System. Also installed was the MK 15 Close in Weapons System and the Mk 23 Target Acquisition System. During the yard period, Commander Harry Maixner was relieved by Commander Gary Voorheis as Captain of the ship. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Conolly (DD-979)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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