USS Chancellorsville
 
1/18/2013 
Chancellorsville Sailors taking in all lines while pulling out from pier 10, Naval Base San Diego on Monday 
San Diego, CA - (from right to left) Seaman Bryan Buckner, Seaman Nina McCrory, Seaman Apprentice Matin Burge, Seaman Recruit Shelby Slone - Taking in all lines while pulling out from pier 10, Naval Base San Diego on Monday. (Photo by LTJG Alejandro Muela)
Chancellorsville Back at Sea 
By Lt.j.g. Alejandro Muela 
SAN DIEGO – The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) returned to Naval Base San Diego after spending five days underway conducting Advanced Capabilities Baseline (ACB-12) Sea Trials.

Chancellorsville left port on Monday for the first time in nearly a year since starting an Extended Dry-docking Selected Restricted Availability to install the Navy’s most advanced combat system. The crew, along with 76 navy and civilian ship riders, performed comprehensive tests and evaluations of new ACB-12 components.

Systems tested included: the MK 34 Gun Weapon System, which incorporates the new MK 160 Fire Control System, the MK 45 5”/62 Caliber gun, and the AN/SPQ-9B radar set; the Cooperative Engagement Capability system, which allows for high quality data sharing and integrated fire control; the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Undersea Warfare Combat System suite, adding the new Multi-Function Towed Array and upgrading the existing hull-mounted sonar; and the Aegis Weapons System Baseline 9A.

The crew also verified Chancellorsville’s sea-keeping and engineering plant reliability by conducting an underway replenishment, an anchoring, man overboard drills, damage control drills, and high-speed steering checks.

Chancellorsville is the lead ACB-12 ship and, as such, is setting the standard for the entire future Aegis Fleet to follow.
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