USS Shiloh (CG-67)
{{Short description|US Navy guided missile cruiser}}
{{Other ships|USS Shiloh}}
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USS Shiloh (CG-67) is a {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|0}} guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.
With her guided missiles and guns, she is capable of facing and defeating threats in the air, on or under the sea, and ashore. She also carries two Seahawk LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, mainly for anti-submarine warfare (ASW).
History
=1990s=
On 3 September 1996, while in the {{USS|Carl Vinson||2}} carrier battle group, Shiloh launched six Tomahawk cruise missiles in Operation Desert Strike against Iraq.
=2000s=
She deployed with the Battle Group again in July 2002, and was among the first cruisers to launch missiles in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In March 2003 Shiloh was assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Group Three.{{cite web |url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/usa/surface.htm |title=World Navies Today: US Navy Aircraft Carriers & Surface Combatants |first=Andrew |last=Toppan |date=10 March 2003 |website=Haze Gray & Underway |access-date=24 May 2012}} The Shiloh returned to her homeport San Diego, California on 25 April 2003, ending an unusually long nine-month deployment.
In January 2005, she participated in Operation Unified Assistance, rendering aid to those who suffered from the 26 December 2004 tsunami off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia. Shiloh was one of the first American ships to arrive on scene.
On 22 June 2006, a Standard Missile Three (or SM-3) launched from Shiloh intercepted a multi-stage ballistic missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Hawaii.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=36116 |title=A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) |date=22 June 2006 |website=U.S. Navy |access-date=2010-04-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706010305/http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=36116 |archive-date=2006-07-06}}
In August 2006, she arrived on station at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan, replacing {{USS|Chancellorsville|CG-62|6}}, as part of a joint U.S.-Japanese ballistic missile defense program.{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060829/wl_nm/arms_japan_usa_dc_2 |title=U.S. missile defense ship arrives in Japan |first=Isabel |last=Reynolds |date=August 29, 2006 |website=Yahoo! News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901174137/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060829/wl_nm/arms_japan_usa_dc_2 |archive-date=1 September 2006}}
On 8 July 2009, Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Geathers fell from the ship's fantail into Tokyo Bay while rigging shore power cables. A two-and-a-half-day search failed to locate Geathers and he was declared missing and later was declared dead.{{cite news |url=http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=63704 |title=Navy calls off search for USS Shiloh sailor |first=Eric |last=Slavin |date=13 July 2009 |newspaper=Stars and Stripes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715002751/http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=63704 |archive-date=2009-07-15}} A Navy investigation, led by Rear Admiral Kevin Donegan, commander of Task Force 70, found that the accident was preventable, in part because Shiloh personnel had observed Geathers working without proper safety equipment, but had failed to intervene. Nevertheless, the report did not recommend disciplinary action against any of the ship's crewmembers.{{cite news |url=http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=67023 |title=Report: Sailor's overboard death was preventable |first=Eric |last=Slavin |date=6 January 2010 |newspaper=Stars and Stripes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106174310/http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=67023 |archive-date=2010-01-06}}
=2010s=
In June 2017, a gas turbine systems technician named Peter Mims thought to have been lost at sea was found after seven days hiding in the engine room.{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/15/politics/us-navy-sailor-found-uss-shiloh/index.html |title=US Navy loses sailor on ship for 7 days |first=Zachary |last=Cohen |date=June 17, 2017 |website=CNN |access-date=17 June 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/12/30/exclusive-how-peter-mims-spent-a-week-hiding-in-a-warships-engine-room/ |title=How Peter Mims spent a week hiding in a warship's engine room (EXCLUSIVE) |first=Geoff |last=Ziezulewicz |date=30 December 2017 |newspaper=Navy Times |access-date=2 January 2018}} Following the Mims incident, several sailors contacted the Navy Times about severe morale problems on the ship to which they attributed the Mims incident. The Navy Times requested "command climate surveys" through a Freedom of Information Act request.
These surveys, completed voluntarily by sailors on the ship, reported extensive morale problems universally blamed on the CO, Captain Adam M. Aycock. Among the complaints were widespread depression and suicidal tendencies, a dysfunctional ship that sailors felt was ill-prepared for combat, an overworked and deeply stressed crew, and a constant worry of extreme punishment for minor infractions. Sailors were dismayed that despite a significant number of the ship's crew filing severely critical complaints of Aycock's leadership in the command climate surveys, the only action taken by the Navy was to counsel him. Capt. Aycock was relieved of command after completing his full 26-month tour.{{cite news |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/10/09/i-now-hate-my-ship-surveys-reveal-disastrous-morale-on-cruiser-shiloh/ |title='I now hate my ship': Surveys reveal disastrous morale on cruiser Shiloh |first=Geoff |last=Ziezulewicz |date=11 October 2017 |newspaper=Navy Times}}{{cite news |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/10/09/uss-bread-and-water-punishment-loomed-over-a-demoralized-crew/ |title='USS Bread and Water': Old and rare punishment loomed over a demoralized crew |first=Geoff |last=Ziezulewicz |date=11 October 2017 |newspaper=Navy Times}}
=2020s=
In 2020, a US Navy budget plan proposed putting Shiloh, as well as her sisters {{USS|Monterey|CG-61|6}}, {{USS|Port Royal|CG-73|6}}, and {{USS|Vella Gulf|CG-72|6}}, on a path to early decommissioning, as they had not been modernized.{{cite web |url=https://news.usni.org/2020/02/10/navys-new-shipbuilding-plan-dead-on-arrival-lawmakers-say |title=Navy's New Shipbuilding Plan 'Dead on Arrival,' Lawmakers Say |last=Eckstein |first=Megan |date=10 February 2020 |website=USNI News |access-date=27 May 2020}}
In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2024.{{cite web |url=https://media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/10/2002549918/-1/-1/1/SHIPBUILDING%20PLAN%20DEC%2020_NAVY_OSD_OMB_FINAL.PDF |title=Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels |website=Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |date=9 December 2020 |access-date=2 February 2021 |page=16}}
In the US Navy's 2024 proposed budget, presented in 2023, Shiloh was proposed for retirement. Navy Undersecretary Erik Raven stated that this was due to the ship's "material condition, life remaining, cost, ... time to upgrade ... and the warfighting value."{{Cite news |first=Michael |date=15 March 2023 |last=Fabey |title=Pentagon budget 2024: US Navy targets ships for early retirement |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/pentagon-budget-2024-us-navy-targets-ships-for-early-retirement |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Janes |language=en}}
In September 2023, USS Shiloh departs Yokosuka, Japan after 17 years of forward-deployed service. She will be homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.{{cite news | url=https://www.cpf.navy.mil/Newsroom/News/Article/3518777/uss-shiloh-departs-yokosuka-japan-after-17-years-of-forward-deployed-service/ | title=USS Shiloh departs Yokosuka, Japan after 17 years of forward-deployed service | newspaper=U.S. Pacific Fleet }} Shiloh is projected to be inactivated during FY2026.{{cite web | last=Cavas | first=Chris | title=U.S. Navy's Cruiser Countdown | website=Naval News | date=9 June 2024 | url=https://www.navalnews.com/cavasships/2024/06/u-s-navys-cruiser-countdown/ | access-date=11 June 2024}}
Awards
Shiloh has earned the following awards during her service life:
- Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award winner for food service excellence US Navy for 1997.{{cite magazine |title= Ney and Hill Award Winners Announced | author=US Navy Supply Corps | magazine= The Navy Supply Corps Newsletter | publisher=US Navy Supply Systems Command, Navy Department | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5nHZuh49boC&pg=RA8-PA18 | access-date=23 June 2024 |year= 1997 | page= 18 |volume= 60 |issue= 2, March/April }}
- Battle Efficiency E Awards for: 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/124192/uss-shiloh-wins-battle-e|title=USS Shiloh wins battle E|publisher=dvidshub.net|date=4 April 2014|access-date=10 February 2023}} & 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3022516/uss-shiloh-receives-2021-battle-e/|title=USS Shiloh Receives 2021 Battle "E"|publisher=navy.mil|date=6 May 2022|access-date=10 February 2023}}
In popular culture
- The ship is featured prominently in the 2012 naval thriller, Fire of the Raging Dragon, by Don Brown.
References
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{{Naval Vessel Register}}
External links
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cg67 |title=Home |website=USS Shiloh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202232905/https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cg67/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2019-02-02}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.yokosukabase.com/ |title=Home |website=Yokosuka Naval Base Community |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018200535/http://www.yokosukabase.com/ |archive-date=2008-10-18}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg67.html |title=USS Shiloh (CG 67) |website=Navysite.de}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/cruisers/shiloh_cg_67/shiloh_cg_67.htm |title=USS Shiloh CG-67 Photo Gallery |website=Maritimequest}}
- {{cite web |url=http://fewl.net/2008/11/21/uss-shiloh-sailors-make-star-wars-fan-film |title=Shiloh sailors make Star Wars fan film |date=2008-11-21 |website=Fewl.net}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.yokosukabase.com/News/tabid/79/articleType/CategoryView/categoryId/25/USS-Shiloh.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209220337/http://www.yokosukabase.com/News/tabid/79/articleType/CategoryView/categoryId/25/USS-Shiloh.aspx |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 February 2013 |title=USS Shiloh News |website=Yokosuka Naval Base}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/04/1167/040167.htm |title=USS Shiloh (CG 67) |last1=Yarnall |first1=Paul R. |last2=Bateman |first2=Tom |date=25 January 2010 |website=NavSource |access-date=2010-04-03}}
- {{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=CG67}} |title=USS Shiloh (CG 67) |date=8 August 2007 |work=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO) |access-date=2010-04-03}}
{{Ticonderoga class cruiser}}
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Category:Ticonderoga-class cruisers