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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. 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== She was originally homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. 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.〔Emory S. Land Command History 1979〕 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. 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. In 1988, ''Emory S. Land'' was underway and deployed for 182 days. During the deployment, the ship steamed and circumnavigated the world. Port visits included Lisbon, Portugal; Naples, Italy, Port Said, Egypt; Muscat, Oman; Fremantle, Western Australia; and Rodman, 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.〔Emory S. Land Command History 1988〕 In 1991, with the departure of and the transition of to Submarine Squadron 6, USS ''Emory S. Land''s Supply Department assumed full responsibility for Submarine Squadron 8 supply support.〔Emory S. Land Command History 1991〕 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.〔(Globalsecurity.org )〕 ''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 June 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=COMSUBPAC announces changes of homeport )〕 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.〔Fellman, Sam, "(CO fired after sub tender hits channel buoy )", ''Military Times'', 15 July 2011.〕 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 Emory S. Land (AS-39)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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