Major Nicholas is a veteran of the Battle of Nassau, Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton. The ships sponsor is Elizabeth M. Tryon, a descendant of Major Samuel Nicholas. 18 talking about this. The ship in the background is the guided missile destroyer USS Close-up of the USS NICHOLAS at Naval Base Norfolk, Va. on November 9, 2008. Media in category "USS Nicholas (FFG-47)" The following 79 files are in this category, out of 79 total. NICHOLAS is the ship moored outboard with the hullnumber painted over.The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the NICHOLAS laid up at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on October 17, 2016. The U.S.-led exercise includes participating units from Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United Kingdom.May 25, The guided-missile frigate is currently in port of Anatalya, Turkey, as part of exercise Anatolian Sun. On March 3, 1776, as Senior Marine Officer in the Continental Navy, Nicholas led a small expeditionary force of some 234 Marines and 50 Sailors in the capture of forts Montague and Nassau in the Bahamas. USS Nicholas (FFG 47) is named for Major of Marines Samuel V. Nicholas (1774-1790), the first officer commissioned in the Continental Naval Service, November 28, 1775, as Captain of the Marines. USS Nicholas (DD/DDE-449) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy, which served through most of World War II, and for 27 years and two more wars after. USS NICHOLAS was the thirty-seventh ship in the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class of frigates and the third ship in the Navy named for Major of the Marines Samuel V. Nicholas. This is the official, command sponsored, page for USS NICHOLAS (FFG 47). Nicholas served from 1775 to 1783. USS Nicholas (FFG 47) is named for Major of Marines Samuel V. Nicholas (1774-1790), the first officer commissioned in the Continental Naval Service, November 28, 1775, as Captain of the Marines. This is the first APS East mission involving an international staff and two APS platforms executing the mission. It was the first visit of a U.S. naval ship to the city since 1996. February 17, The guided-missile frigate arrived in Port Est, Reunion, for a two-day port visit.February 21, USS Nicholas pulled to Port Louis, Mauritius, for an Africa Partnership Station East port visit.March 1, The Nicholas arrived in Port Victoria, Seychelles, to conduct maritime security training and cultural exchanges.April 1, USS Nicholas captured suspected pirates after exchanging fire, sinking a skiff and confiscating a suspected mother ship, while operating west of the Seychelles.May 5, FFG 47 recently pulled into Djibouti for a routine port call.August 25, 2011 The guided-missile frigate departed Naval Station Norfolk to avoid the approaching Category 3 Hurricane Irene.
During these operations, USS Nicholas safely conducted over 174 boardings of merchant vessels to inspect for illegal cargo shipments.During her 1995 deployment in the Adriatic, she was assigned to the Standing Naval Forces Atlantic, again operating in support United Nations resolutions in Operation Sharp Guard. USS NICHOLAS was the thirty-seventh ship in the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class of frigates and the third ship in the Navy named for Major of the Marines Samuel V. Nicholas. Last homeported at Naval Base Norfolk, Va., the NICHOLAS held a decommissioning ceremony there on March 10, 2014. This was in support of United Nations sanctions against the governments of Iraq and the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Anatolian Sun 2006.jpg 1,000 × 651; 388 KB. This marks the first time that all three of the major maritime CTFs in the region have been commanded by officers from nations other than the U.S. or U.K. CTF-152 is responsible for conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the central and southern Persian Gulf.April 27, 2007 FFG 47 departed New Orleans, La., after a four-day port call. USS Nicholas (FFG-47), Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate The third USS Nicholas (FFG 47) was laid down as Bath Iron Works hull number 388 on 27 September 1982 and launched on 23 April 1983. Three ships in the US Navy have borne the name NICHOLAS USS Nicholas DD-311, USS Nicholas DD-449 and USS Nicholas FFG-47. August 14, FFG 47 recently departed Copenhagen, Denmark, after a four-day port visit.September 26, The Nicholas pulled to Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, for a historic port call, the first by a foreign ship since one from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914.October 14, USS Nicholas departed Naval Station Rota, after a scheduled port visit, to begin SANSO 03, a four-day, multilateral maritime interdiction training exercise in the Mediterranean.June 28, Approximately 2,000 service members from eight countries are in the final stages of Shark Hunt 2005, a nearly month-long exercise in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea combining air, surface and sub-surface platforms to practice anti-submarine warfare (ASW) techniques. Sponsor at her commissioning there on 10 March 1984 was the same Mrs. Edward B. Tryon who sponsored the second Nicholas (DD 449) in 1942. Arrived in Faslane, Scotland, on April 20.May 2, FFG 47 pulled into Helensburgh, Scotland, for a scheduled port visit after participated in the Joint Warrior 081, a two-week United Kingdom-led multi-national warfare exercise; Inport HMNB Portsmouth from May 5-6.December 26, The guided-missile frigate departed Civitavecchia, Italy, after a four-day port call.January 5, 2010 FFG 47 arrived in Djibouti, Djibouti, for a scheduled port visit.January 11, The Nicholas, along with High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2), pulled to Mombasa, Kenya, to participate in maritime exchanges. Additionally she located and rescued 16 Albanian citizens from a capsized lifeboat.July 7, The guided-missile frigate departed St. Petersburg, Russia, after a four-day port visit. Brief stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to refuel on July 18.