LHA-9, USS 팔루자로 명명

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아메리카급 강습상륙함 LHA-9의 함명이 USS 팔루자로 명명됐습니다. 

아메리카급은 USS 아메리카, USS 트리폴리함이 현재 취역중이며, LHA-8 USS 부갠빌이 2019년 3월 건조에 들어갔고 LHA-9 USS 팔루자는 12월 건조 시작 예정입니다. 

팔루자 전투는 2004년 이라크 전쟁 중 벌어진 전투로 4월과 11~12월 벌어졌으며 연합군 병력 사망 100여 명, 부상 600여 명을 기록한 치열한 전투였습니다. 이 전투는 베트남전 당시 후에 시 공방전 이후 가장 치열한 전투였으며, 후에 시 전투는 타이콘데로가급 순양함 CG-66 USS 휴시티의 함명으로 기려지고 있습니다. 

CG-66 HUE CITY의 HUE가 후에인 건 이제야 알았네요. 

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/13/secnav-names-next-big-deck-amphib-uss-fallujah

SECNAV Names Next Big Deck Amphib ‘USS Fallujah’

By: Heather Mongilio

December 13, 2022 5:53 PM

The hull of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Aug. 4, 2022. USNI News Photo

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named a future landing helicopter assault ship after the first and second Battle of Fallujah, the Navy announced Tuesday.

LHA-9, an America-class amphibious assault ship, will be called USS Fallujah, the Navy said in a news release. Del Toro announced the name at a promotion ceremony for Private 1st Class Chesty, the Marine Corps bulldog mascot.

“The name selection follows the tradition of naming amphibious ships after the U.S. Marine Corps battles, early U.S. sailing ships or legacy names of earlier carriers from World War II,” Del Toro said during the announcement. “It is an honor for me for our nation to memorialize the Marines, the soldiers and coalition forces that fought valiantly and those who sacrificed their lives during both battles of Fallujah.”

The two battles of Fallujah were fought in 2004 during the Iraq War. The first, occurring in April, was an effort to kill or capture insurgents thought to be responsible for the deaths of four U.S. contractors. The second, in November and December, was a U.S. attempt to retake control of Fallujah, according to the Navy announcement.

The Fallujah battles were part of Operation Phantom Fury, thought to be the bloodiest engagement of the Iraq War, with 100 coalition forces killed and another 600 injured.

The operation is also considered the “fiercest urban combat” for Marines since the Battle of Hué City in the Vietnam War. That battle lent its name to the former Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Hué City (CG-66), which was decommissioned in September after 31 years in service.

Fallujah‘s sponsor will be Donna Berger, the wife of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger.

“Under extraordinary odds, the Marines prevailed against a determined enemy who enjoyed all the advantages of defending in an urban area,” Berger said in the statement. “The Battle of Fallujah is, and will remain, imprinted in the minds of all Marines and serves as a reminder to our Nation, and its foes, why our Marines call themselves the world’s finest.”

The Navy awarded HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding the $2.4 billion contract to build LHA-9 in October. Ingalls is also building future USS Bougainville (LHA-8).

Fallujah will be the fourth America-class landing helicopter assault ship. The future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) is currently under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss.

https://mwi.usma.edu/urban-warfare-case-study-6-first-battle-of-fallujah/

Urban Warfare Case Study #6: First Battle of Fallujah - Modern War Institute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Fallujah

First Battle of Fallujah - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah

Second Battle of Fallujah - Wikipedia

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2000년대 전반 이 때가 미국이 9/11의 복수심에 불타기도 하고 뭐든 다 할 수 있다는 생각이 넘치던 때였죠. 중국 상대할 준비를 못하고 게릴라를 상대로 한 전쟁에서 힘을 너무 뺐고...

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이라크까지 밀고 들어간 게 문제.. 후세인이 눈치가 조금만 있었어도 세계사가 바뀌었을 텐데 ㅜㅜ