Chancellorsville (CG 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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I -----. V........ -- f - - H ' ' rv-'W W' 'sf r'ff'f ,, Construction The construction of CHANCEL- LORSVILLE CCG 629 is the latest chapter in a five-decade success story at Ingalls Shipbuilding. Since 1938, the employees of Ingalls have been producing high quality ships for the U.S, Navy and Merchant Marine fleets. Since the early 19705, Ingalls has been the lead shipbuilder for five new classes of major surface warships for the U.S. Navy. By delivering 53 new warships since 1975, a significant portion of the major surface warships delivered to the U.S. Navy during the period, Ingalls has established a reputation as the nation's fore- most facility for the design and construction of U.S. Navy cruis- ers, destroyers and amphibious assault ships. Ingalls entered the Navy's Aegis program as lead shipbuilder for the Aegis cruiser class in 1978. Since 1983, Ingalls has delivered 12 cruisers, which are today serving our Navy, our Nation and the free World in areas of highest priority around the globe. Ingalls builds Aegis cruisers

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A. -.f..., Q V -'..- M .., Y ' Y 5 ' MP.iS'sa..ff::e.,j Q 'Ir 'ff iz 'if' General Jackson dealt a I , , 'S ' Hifi' crushing and irreparable . V L G 'A blow to the military , o, ll-e b gf .,.g u fe :- c , 2 S' ' ff10miHe0fMay 3rd, ' -I b'.l 7 Ile 9.i'.L.i1 it 1 : WMM Southern troops charged - -T Q ' ' 5334.215 t 2 against the fortified - ' A gig, gil? -fi, - T ' iylzg Pl '5 Federal lines one me G virgo. it e , Lf west of Chancellorsville. Q. 1: , Z' ,7 H f- ' A Confederate forces cap- A U lx ' im . l - 1 D L 13 'ff j QQ l R- ,J - tured the key to the 7- T 7,6 1 3 ' A Q-hx A x 1 5 battlefield at the outset, fe- Sf' - l,f',,4j.73 I 3 ' . Y 'A' 'bij' r when they occupied the ,a f q flliif I, v ii i'-QQ ' high known as st l H HaZe1 The Feder- .' v'f-it .tac , - fe ., ' a als abandoned this vital position with hardly a struggle. After several Staying General Jackson's advance, Saturday evening, May 2 with artillery placed across the Plank Road. hours of violent and Costly fight- General Hooker back to a new Rappahannock River at Bank's ing in the Woods, Confederate position a mile I101'tl1 of Chancel- FOI'd. infantry joined hands with their lorsville. During the night of May 4th- comrades to the east and drove Meanwhile, the Union troops at 5th, as General Sedgwick was Fredericksburg hastily crossing the river, General Ag X ' ' W 'G ' W under General Hooker, safe in a snug retreat , gs ivwgf-,355 M8553 John Sedgwick north of Chancellorsville, called a if , , Q had pushed meeting of his corps commanders. Fig Af ,se of through the In a feeble explanation for his , ' - 0' Qi wiiftewlexeie 'X thin Confeder- actions, General Hooker told them Y -, V v M K 'xo . ate lines en- that his main responsibility was ,E 55 5 W I Q I :fig . trenched there. to protect Washington, and that V 5' vb 557 gi? . 5' General Lei: d therefcare hshhad no rghtdto I .4 i ' i , ,.,, F . mmm: 3 ' was compe e Jeopar ize e army. e en liHT.22'Q1M 53L,,'5l ' ' to halt his vic- wanted to know if the corps com- oQ::X,,5Wl',. . g -.ff I1 ,c'E,,,,,m,,,, . torious army manders would vote to stay and .wifi , .T ' 'ij 5 I 1 ' qs, Ago , HM, near Chancel- fight, or retreat across the river. Q. V 4 55 2' ig A ' ,,j.'52'f5!v ' fl 0 wl ,I Q lorsville and Although a majority voted to stay ' A A , agllgggish'-' send substan- and fight, General Hooker took I, ,' 'Q5gY'gg'?cf ' -, RQ tial reinforce- upon himself the responsibility of .p i-Ti. 1' fi, f Q- ffl f ments east withdrawing the army to the V T L 5--:L ' ' toward Freder- other side of the river. l ,-fl' f i, , icksburg. After General Lee's great victory had Kg ft?-iw Ti 0 me l extensive one very strong noteworthy effect: y V bg . V' V , V-ii , 0 fighting near It removed any lingering objection 'JHZIYZ M 4 A l Salem Church on the part of the Richmond ' ' '- My -3 V on May 3rd administration to his proposed K II WI ' V - , - - 3153: ' c ef 'ia-l 1, Y and 4th, Gen- eral Sedgwick was thrown back across the invasion of Pennsylvania. Thus, the battle of Chancellorsville led directly to Gettysburg, the turn- ing point of the war.

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using efficient modular shipbuild- ing techniques pioneered by the shipyard in the 1970s and en- hanced in recent years through the development of Product- Oriented Shipbuilding Technology CPOSTJ. As embodied in CG 62, modular shipbuilding and POST techniques resulted in a large ship built in four hull and superstruc- ture modules which were joined to form the complete ship. Propul- sion equipment and heavy ma- chinery, piping, ductwork, and electrical cabling were installed in the ship as the modules were built-prior to launch-and much earlier than would be the case in conventional shipbuilding. The ship s launching was as unique as her construction. CG 62 moved over land via Ingalls wheel-on-rail transfer system and onto the shipyard s launch and recovery drydock The drydock was ballasted down and CG 62 floated free She was then moved to her outfitting dock in prepara tion for the traditional christening ceremony and completion of out fitting and testing