The USS Santa Barbara was decomissioned & taken to Brownsville Tx. It was scrapped in 2007
Only 2 Navy AE ships were named for explosives; USS Nitro (AE-23) and USS Pyro (AE-24), both of which were post WWII Suribachi class AE's. WWII AE's were converted merchant ships, typically built on type C-2 hulls. Most other AE's are named for volcanoes, e.g., the Kiluaea class, named for Mt. Kiluaea in Hawaii, is the lead ship of the class the Santa Barbara belongs to. The USS Santa Barbara is no exception, but is named for 3 related reasons: 1. A historically active volcano named Santa Barbara on Terceira Island in the Azores. 2. The City of Santa Barbara is named for Saint Barbara. 3. Saint Barbara (Santa Barbara) is the patron Saint of those who work with cannons and explosives.
USS Liberty incident happened in 1967.
USS Hartford grounding happened in 2003.
USS Iowa turret explosion happened in 1989.
USS Monocacy incident happened on 1918-01-17.
Capture of USS Chesapeake happened on 1813-06-01.
Sinking of USS Housatonic happened on 1864-02-17.
Capture of USS President happened on 1815-01-15.
USS Stark incident happened on 1987-05-17.
USS Panay incident happened on 1937-12-12.
The USS Cole bombing happened on the 12th of October in the year 2000 at 11:18 AM. You can read more about the USS Cole bombing online at the Wikipedia website.
The complete history of the USS Dolphin can be found in the "Related Links" Section below