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USS ''Green Bay'' (LPD-20) is a ''San Antonio''-class amphibious transport dock. She is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city and bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin. This ship is designed to deliver a fully equipped battalion of 800 Marines. The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana, on 30 May 2000 and her keel was laid down on 11 August 2003. ''Green Bay'' was christened on 15 July 2006 and commissioned on 24 January 2009 with Commander Joseph R. Olson, a native of Madison, Wisconsin, in command. Rose Magnus, the wife of the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Robert Magnus, served as the ship’s sponsor. ''Green Bay'' is assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet,〔(Commissioning ). City of Green Bay〕 and her home port was Naval Base San Diego.〔Liewer, Steve, "Navy's New Dock Ship To Be Based In San Diego", ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', 24 January 2009.〕 until 2015 when it was forward deployed to United States Fleet Activities Sasebo in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan 〔http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd20/Pages/uss-green-bay-departs-for-forward-deployment-to-7th-fleet.aspx#.VQZo0YZHaK0〕 The ship's name has resulted in a close connection to the people of Green Bay, Wisconsin and their professional football team, the Green Bay Packers. The ship's flight deck is named "Lambeau Field" after the name of the Packers' stadium. Green Bay businesses and residents presented the ship with a truckload of Packerland memorabilia for its 2009 commissioning. ==Service history== In 2009, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 (VX-31) and USS ''Green Bay'' tested the feasibility of using the ''San Antonio'' class LPDs for AV-8B Harrier IIs V/STOL attack aircraft in emergency situations. The AV-8Bs were used in numerous tests for the ''San Antonio'' class's aviation certification, as well testing the effect of exhaust heat on the flight deck.〔(New ship: Harrier's emergency option? )〕 The ship went on its first deployment in February 2011 with the three-ship Boxer Amphibious Ready Group. The group, comprising 4,000 sailors and Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed for seven months to the United States 5th and 7th Fleet areas in the Asian region.〔Fuentes, Gidget, "(Misconduct claims lead to Green Bay XO’s firing )", ''Military Times'', 13 July 2011.〕 In March 2011, the ship was scheduled to assisted in relief efforts after the massive 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan.〔.〕 It was rerouted into Operation Enduring Freedom areas and never made it to Japan. In May 2013, the ''Green Bay'' returned from an eight month deployment to the Middle East and Asia as part of the Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. In January 2015, the "Green Bay" was forward deployed to the 7th Fleet replacing the USS Denver in the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group homeported at United States Fleet Activities Sasebo 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 Green Bay (LPD-20)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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