USS Mahan (DDG-72)
 USS Mahan (DDG-72) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Name: | USS Mahan |
| Namesake: | Alfred Thayer Mahan |
| Ordered: | 8 April 1992 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down: | 17 August 1995 |
| Launched: | 29 June 1996 |
| Commissioned: | 14 February 1998 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Light: approx. 6,805 tons Full: approx. 8,939 tons |
| Length: | 505 ft (154 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW) |
| Speed: | >30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 Officers 38 Chief Petty Officers 210 Enlisted Personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar • AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar • AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar • AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array • AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures • MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System • AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys |
| Armament: |
1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked |
| Motto: | Built to Fight |
USS Mahan (DDG-72) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer currently in service with the United States Navy.
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[edit] Overview
The USS Mahan is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, and is one of the ships of the United States Fleet Forces Command.
[edit] Namesake
Like her predecessors, the USS Mahan is named after Alfred Thayer Mahan, a naval theorist on seapower. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name.
[edit] Service history
[edit] 1990s
The USS Mahan was commissioned on February 14, 1998.
[edit] 2000s
On February 16, 2007, Mahan was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.[1]
[edit] 2010s
During a 2011 Maritime Security Operation (MSO) deployment, the USS Mahan was dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea to conduct operations in Libya. Insitu Inc. announced that its ScanEagle been assisting U.S. and NATO Forces in their mission to protect civilians and reduce the flow of arms to Libya. During a 72-hour counter-terrorism surge supporting Operation Unified Protector (OUP), the ScanEagle UAS was operated organically aboard the USS Mahan (DDG-72) to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support. In strong winds, ScanEagle performed cooperatively with a host of U.S. and NATO participating forces. On this deployment ScanEagles second aboard the USS Mahan, the team achieved a 100 percent mission readiness rate, accruing 1,154 flight hours and 167 sorties. [2]
[edit] Controversy
[edit] Executive officer relieved of duty
On Friday, September 17, 2010, the Navy relieved Commander Charles Mansfield for misconduct by Captain Jeffrey Wolstenholme, Commander of Destroyer Squadron 22. Relief of Mansfield came after investigation into allegations that Mansfield struck a subordinate officer while the ship was underway, participating in a Composite Training Unit Exercise on July 9. Mansfield was taken for nonjudicial punishment proceeding on charges of assault and conduct unbecoming an officer. He was found guilty of both charges, said Lt. Cmdr. Bill Urban, a spokesman with Naval Surface Force Atlantic. The incident took place in the Mahan's combat direction center in front of several other sailors, Urban said. He declined to provide further details.[3]
[edit] References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here. This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here. This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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