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OPERATION SOVEREIGN SWORDS​

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NAVY DEPLOYMENT​

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SECOND FLEET HEADQUARTERS
Vice Admiral Noah Irving​

Order of Battle	Personnel	Garrison
Second Fleet HQ Support Unit	250 Personnel	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Naval Intelligence	150 Personnel	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia

TASK FORCE 101
Vice Admiral Noah Irving​

SHIP CLASS	VESSEL	COMPLIMENT	HOME PORT
Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier	USS Nimitz*	Total: 6012 / Compliment: 3532 / Pilots: 250 / Support: 2,230	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Enterprise-class Aircraft Carrier	USS Enterprise	Total: 5800 / Compliment: 3000 / Pilots: 250 / Support: 1,550	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruiser	USS Ticonderoga	330	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruiser	USS Yorktown	330	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruiser	USS Vincennes	330	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruiser	USS Valley Forge	330	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Arleigh Burke	303	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Barry	303	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS John Paul Jones	303	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Jeff Sessions	Total: 323 / Compliment: 319 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Richard Shelby	Total: 323 / Compliment: 319 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Ted Stevens	Total: 323 / Compliment: 319 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Frank Murkowski	Total: 323 / Compliment: 319 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS John S. McCain	Total: 323 / Compliment: 319 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Jon Kyl	Total: 323 / Compliment: 319 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer	USS Ben N. Campbell	Total: 323 / Compliment: 319 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Spruance-class Destroyer	USS Spruance	Total: 334 / Compliment: 330 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Spruance-class Destroyer	USS Paul F. Foster	Total: 334 / Compliment: 330 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Spruance-class Destroyer	USS Kinkaid	Total: 334 / Compliment: 330 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Spruance-class Destroyer	USS Hewitt	Total: 334 / Compliment: 330 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Spruance-class Destroyer	USS Elliot	Total: 334 / Compliment: 330 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Spruance-class Destroyer	USS Arthur W. Radford	Total: 334 / Compliment: 330 / Pilots: 4	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Los Angeles-class Submarine	USS San Juan	110	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Los Angeles-class Submarine	USS Pasadena	110	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Los Angeles-class Submarine	USS Albany	110	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Los Angeles-class Submarine	USS Topeka	110	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Los Angeles-class Submarine	USS Miami	110	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Los Angeles-class Submarine	USS Scranton	110	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Supply-class Support Ship	USNS Supply	Total: 600 / Compliment: 592 / Pilots: 8	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Supply-class Support Ship	USNS Rainer	Total: 600 / Compliment: 592 / Pilots: 8	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Supply-class Support Ship	USNS Bridge	Total: 600 / Compliment: 592 / Pilots: 8	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Henry J. Kaiser-class Replenishment Oiler	USNS Henry J. Kaiser	129	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Henry J. Kaiser-class Replenishment Oiler	USNS Joshua Humphreys	129	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Henry J. Kaiser-class Replenishment Oiler	USNS Walter S. Diehl	129	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia

DETAILS
Nimitz-class - Fully Fueled; Aviation reserves fully fueled; Non-perishable food/water for 3 month journey; Standard armaments including: x3 NATO Sea Sparrow Launchers (x8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow loaded in each); x4 Phalanx CIWS; x2 RAM launchers (x21 missiles); Standard countermasures/decoys; Onboard: x500 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x500 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks;
Aircraft: x70 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and all of their necessary armaments and equipment; x5 EA-16G-Growler; x8 MH-60S; x5 Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye; x2 C-25 Greyhound;
Enterprise-class - Fully Fueled; Aviation reserves fully fueled; Non-perishable food/water for 3 month journey; Standard armaments including: x3 NATO Sea Sparrow Launchers (x8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow loaded in each); x3 Phalanx CIWS; x2 RAM launchers (x21 missiles); Standard countermasures/decoys; Onboard: x500 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x500 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks;
Aircraft: x70 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and all of their necessary armaments and equipment; x5 EA-16G-Growler; x8 MH-60S; x5 Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye; x2 C-25 Greyhound;
Ticonderoga-class - Fully Fueled; Non-perishable food/water for 3 month journey; x8 RGM-84 Harpoon missiles; x2 5 in 62 caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 lightweight gun; x2 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 gun; x4 .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun; x2 Phalanx CIWS Block 1B; x2 Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes (standard reserve of Mk 54 torpedoes); Onboard: x30 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x30 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks;
x2 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems containing: x20 RUM-139C (Mrk 54 Torpedo); x200 (Quad packed) RIM-162A ESSM; x40 RIM-161B (SM-3 block IA); x12 RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile; Standard countermeasures/decoys;
Countermeasures/decoys: Mark 36 SRBOC; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie;
Aircraft: x2 Sikorsky MH-60S.
Arleigh Burke-class (Flight II) - Fully Fueled; Non-perishable food/water for 3 month journey; x1 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk. 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun); x2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; x2 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun; x2 Mk 141 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launcher; x2 Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: x1 per tube + full standard storage of Mark 54 torpedoes on ship; Onboard: x30 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x30 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks;
90-cell Mk 41 VLS: x4 RUM-139C (Mrk 54 Torpedo); x100 (Quad packed) RIM-162A ESSM; x10 RIM-161B (SM-3 block IA); x51 RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile;
Countermeasures/decoys: AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures; MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System; MK 53 Nulka Decoy Launching System; AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys.
Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) - Fully Fueled; Non-perishable food/water for 3 month journey; x1 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk. 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun); x2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; x2 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun; x2 Mk 141 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launcher; x2 Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: x1 per tube + full standard storage of Mark 54 torpedoes on ship; Onboard: x30 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x30 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks.
96-cell Mk 41 VLS: x4 RUM-139C (Mrk 54 Torpedo); x100 (Quad packed) RIM-162A ESSM; x10 RIM-161B (SM-3 block IA); x57 RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile;
Countermeasures/decoys: AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures; MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System; MK 53 Nulka Decoy Launching System; AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys;
Aircraft: x2 Sikorsky MH-60S.
Spruance-class - Fully Fueled; Non-perishable food/water for 3 month journey; x2 5 in 54 caliber Mark 45 dual purpose guns; x2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; x1 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; x2 quadruple Harpoon missile canisters; x2 Mark 32 triple 12.75 in torpedo tubes (standard reserve of Mk 46 torpedoes); x1 21 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile; Onboard: x30 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x30 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks;
x1 61 cell Mk 41 VLS: x61 RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile;
Aircraft: x2 Sikorsky MH-60S.
Los Angeles-class - Fully Fueled; Non-perishable food/water for 3 month journey; x12 VLS tubes + x12 RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, x4 533 mm torpedo tubes + 13 Mk-48 torpedoes; Onboard: x30 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x30 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks.
Supply-class - Fully Fueled; Fully-stocked with non-perishable food/water for 6 month journey of the entire fleet (on top of the resources the respective ships already have); complete storage of usable fuel for aforementioned vessels; complete storage of aviation fuel for aforementioned aircraft; x2 Sikorsky MH-60S; Onboard: x100 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x100 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks.
Henry J. Kaiser-class Replenishment Oiler - Fully Fueled; Fully-stocked with non-perishable food/water for 6 month journey; complete storage of usable fuel for all conventionally-powered vessels for 6 month journey; complete storage of aviation fuel for all aircraft in the fleet for 6 month deployment; Onboard: x30 M4A1 Carbine and associated ammo and x30 M1911 and associated ammo in barracks.

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DEPLOYMENT ORDERS​

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CONTEXT​

After weeks of planning, the first major deployment of the United States was ready to proceed. President Gore authorized the Navy to deploy "Task Force 101" which effectively consisted of the entire Second Fleet of the United States Navy. The Navy recommended that the President not break up the deployment of America's carriers, but instead send both of them as a show of force and to prevent a separation of America's critical assets. This meant than an exceptional amount of armed escorts, as well as logistical support, would need to be sent along with the carriers.

ATLANTIC THEATER​

The deployment of Task Force 101 was done secretly from Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Virginia. After the ships were loaded, the deployment itself happened over the course of midnight to three in the morning when there was a minimal amount of civilian traffic in the area. Once at sea, the fleet would maintain a general level of readiness while drills were run on the various ships to simulate various scenarios. At all times there would be at least two E-2C Hawkeyes in the air (one from each carrier, rotating pilots after each flight) which would fly over the general vicinity of the fleet in order to use its radars to monitor the skies for any aircraft (the E-2Cs would be fully fueled and fly at the appropriate altitude and speed in order to properly operate. They would each be manned with: a pilot, co-pilot, radar officer, combat information center officer, aircraft control officer, and would land on their respective carrier before they were down to 10% of their fuel reserves). To assist the E-2Cs, all of the ships would use all of their passive and active radars and sonars to actively look and listen for threats (except for the submarines, which would only use their passive sonars to listen for outside activity; the submarines would maintain a depth of 1000 feet below sea level, but they would of course rise above that to safely be above the sea floor when necessary, and would avoid collision with each other). While out in the Atlantic, the formation would be large. The USS Arleigh Burke and USS Barry would lead ahead of the fleet by three miles, and travel at least 1000 feet apart - they would be actively looking for threats as the other ships, especially for subsurface threats. Meanwhile, the speed of the fleet would not exceed 20 knots for its trans-Atlantic journey, but individual ships (i.e. destroyers and cruisers) would increase their speed when necessary for defensive purposes. All of the ships would sail at a safe distance from each other with the carriers at the center of the formation, the cruisers forming a square around them (with considerably safe distance), the Arleigh Burke destroyers around this formation (except for the previously mentioned two), the oilers and supply ships following behind, the Spruances travelling in the back around the supply and oilers, and finally the submarines at least 1000 feet outside of the outer-perimeter ships. Throughout this operation, the oilers and supply ships would resupply the other vessels when needed (no ship would ever be allowed to get below 10% of their fuel reserves).

Task Force 1 sailed in the most direct route from the United States to the Straight of Gibraltar. From there, the USNS Henry J. Kaiser, USNS Joshua Humphreys, and USNS Walter S. Diehl would then break off from the fleet and head to Base d'aéronautique navale d'Aspretto (a French Navy Base) to replenish their fuel reserves. The French would be securely informed that the four oilers were coming to refuel. Meanwhile, the fleet would continue, but slow down if necessary, towards the south of Sardinia. After refueling, the oilers would rejoin the American fleet as they were before and would continue with the fleet to between Sicily and Malta and then south of Crete (roughly at 34.036377, 24.352030). This would be the rendezvous point. Throughout this entire journey, the United States would not enter the territorial waters of any country except for the United States or the United Kingdom.
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TRANSIT
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Jamie Connor Vaka

 

[Vaka]

The harbor master had been informed on the details of the arrival of the the USNS Henry J. Kaiser, USNS Joshua Humphreys, and USNS Walter S. Diehl. Naval Command at Base d'aéronautique navale d'Aspretto had issued orders for safety and speed to be top priorities for the harbor crews. The ships were brought in carefully and without incident. They were then attached to the fuel intake lines and the process of pumping each oiler's cargo tanks with 180,000 barrels of fuel. The refueling process takes about 2 hours per vessel if the tanks of the oiler are empty. The oilers would all be filled simultaneously. Word would be sent to the oilers whilst fueling continued that if they needed potable water, dry or refrigerated goods that pallets could be loaded with forklifts by the harbor crews. Once fueling and provisioning was completed the ships would be lead safely out of the Base d'aéronautique navale d'Aspretto on to their destination. A package was sent to the commanding officer of the USNS Henry J. Kaiser before the ships departed. The package contained a bottle of Jeroboam of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1945 and a note from Chief of Staff of the French Navy, Admiral Jean-Louis Battet that simply read.

“Leur donner l'enfer!”

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DEPLOYMENT ORDERS​

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EUROPEAN THEATER​

Task Force 101 successfully conducted the aforementioned operations, including refueling with the French which was a quick and successful maneuver. The oilers rejoined the American fleet and continued on to the aforementioned rendezvous point south of Crete. The Office of Naval Intelligence would securely contact the Royal Navy and Swedish Navy to inform them exactly where the American fleet would be heading south of Crete so that the various fleets could rendezvous. All of the previous mentioned precautions and operations, such as the flight of aircraft and the use of radars and sonars, would continue to be used. In addition, there would always be at least ten Super Hornets in the air at all times, full fueled and each one armed with x12 AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, as well as the full loaded of ammunition for their canons. The aircraft would circle around the fleet at about 45,000 feet and at normal cruising altitude, being sure to land to refuel before they ran out of fuel.
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TRANSIT
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TOP SECRET​

EUROPEAN THEATER​

Task Force 101 would move on from the rendezvous point to the location of approximately 33°55'12.0"N 30°42'45.7"E. All safety measures and aforementioned precautions would continue to be taken while the fleet sailed to this spot in order to prepare to be within the same general vicinity of the British and Swedish naval fleets. The Office of Naval Intelligence would securely inform the British, Swedish, and Russian navies that Task Force 101 would be at this location within twenty-four hours, and that they should prepare to launch a massive offensive. All of the previous mentioned precautions and operations, such as the flight of aircraft and the use of radars and sonars, would continue to be used. In addition, there would always be at least fifteen Super Hornets in the air at all times, fully fueled and each one armed with x12 AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, as well as the full loaded of ammunition for their canons. The aircraft would circle around the fleet at about 45,000 feet and at normal cruising altitude, being sure to land to refuel before they ran out of fuel - in which case another Super Hornet would take the previous one's place.
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TRANSIT
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