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Danny Minervini, Tom's son and Brian's nephew, and his fellow sailors on the San Jancinto would soon find out! Brian wanted to be able to present the sailors on Danny's ship, the San Jancinto CG-56, with FMBA t-shirts when they pulled into their home port in Norfolk,Virginia from their recent deployment.
In order to carry out its mission, San Jacinto is equipped with the most advanced naval weapons system in the world. AEGIS, a computerized, quick reaction, air defense system, provides extraordinary capabilities against attacking aircraft and missiles. The heart of the AEGIS system is the SPY-1A radar, which automatically detects and tracks virtually everything flying out to and beyond 200 miles.
San Jacinto also has the most advanced underwater surveillance system available today. Our trio of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) equipment consists of a hull-mounted SONAR, an acoustic array SONAR, which is towed like a tail behind the ship, and helicopters that can fly out to locate ships or submarines over 100 miles away.
San Jacinto's Vertical Launching System can launch both long range surface-to-surface Tomahawk cruise missiles, rocket thrown torpedoes, and the Standard Surface-to-Air Missile. Two 5" gun mounts are used against threatening ships and boats or to bombard shore targets, and also against threatening aircraft.
Paul Palombi from Trenton, stepped in and offered some funds from his successful t-shirt sales to help fund the shirts for Brian's nephew. Brian sold some shirts to his fellow firefighters in North Hudson Fire and Rescue and.....
Danny Minervini and the sailors from the San Jancinto were greeted on the dock by a welcoming crew representing North Hudson Fire and Rescue and Weehawken Police Department.
Danny Minervini, Capt. Brian McGorty, Ship Commander,
