The efforts to extinguish the fire using the existing fire-fighting equipment were not successful and so the Brooklyn fire department was called for assistence. 45 minutes, but aboard the CONSTELLATION they could only be used for 20 minutes. Moments later a huge flame and a dark cloud of smoke could be seen above the carrier.Īn example for the density of the smoke was that a standard breathing apparatus can be used for approx. A fire started and the flames quickly grew up because of all the wooden materials stored in the hangar bay and on the flight deck. A forklift collided with that tank and the fuel ran out and flew into a lower deck where some workers were welding. The construction of the carrier was nearly 90% completed and in the hangar bay there was a tank with 502 gallons of fuel inside. Click here to get a view of the Deployments of USS CONSTELLATIONĬlick here for more CONSTELLATION Patches.Click here to read USS CONSTELLATION's History.WestPac and Arabian Sea Cruise Book 1997.SLEP and South American Transit Cruise Book 1990-93.WestPac Cruise Book 1971-72 and Cruise Bravo Cruise Book.Click here to see which USS CONSTELLATION memorabilia are currently for sale on ebay.It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information. This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS CONSTELLATION.
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82,200 tons full loadĪrmament: three Mk 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, three 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15 Length, overall: 1062,5 feet (323.8 meters)įlight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)ĭisplacement: approx. General Characteristics:īuilder: New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y. The carrier arrived there in mid-January 2015 and was subsequently broken up for scrap by International Shipbreaking Ltd. On August 8, 2014, the CONSTELLATION left Bremerton, Wash., under tow for Brownsville Tx. The arresting gear aboard has amassed an impressive 436,000 'traps', or landings. Since its commissioning, nearly 120,000 Sailors and Marines have served aboard the ship. Nicknamed 'America’s Flagship', USS CONSTELLATION was decommissioned on August 7, 2003, after 41 years, nine months and 11 days of naval service. Initially commissioned as attack aircraft carrier CVA 64, she was redesignated as multi-purpose aircraft carrier CV 64 on June 30, 1975. USS CONSTELLATION was the second ship in the KITTY HAWK - class and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. USS Constellation (CV 64) - formerly CVA 64.
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