USS Porter (DDG-78)
_2007.jpg) USS Porter (DDG-78) |
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| Name: | USS Porter |
| Namesake: | David Dixon Porter |
| Ordered: | 20 July 1994 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 2 December 1996 |
| Launched: | 12 November 1997 |
| Acquired: | 11 January 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 20 March 1999 |
| Motto: | Freedom's Champion |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013[update] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t) Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t) |
| 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: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
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| 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: | Freedom's Champion |
USS Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Porter is named after Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter.
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Pirates[edit]
On 28 October 2007, Porter attacked and sank two pirate skiffs off Somalia after receiving a distress call from the tanker MV Golden Nori which was under attack from pirates.[1]
Upgrade[edit]
On 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that Porter would be upgraded during fiscal year 2013 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.[2]
Operation Nanook 2010[edit]
In August 2010 the Porter and the buoy tender USCGC Alder participated in Operation Nanook 2010 in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits.[3] This was the fourth annual Operation Nanook organized by the Canadian Government, but it was the first to host foreign vessels.
Collision 2012[edit]
On August 12, 2012, the Porter collided with the MV Otowasan, a Japanese oil tanker, near the Strait of Hormuz.[4] The collision ripped a 3 by 3 metres (9.8 ft × 9.8 ft) hole in the starboard side of the destroyer, forcing it to Jebel Ali, Dubai for repairs. No one on either ship was injured.[5][6][7] Initially Naval Forces Central Command did not provide details about the collision, saying that it was under investigation.[8][9]The ship's captain, Cmdr. Martin Arriola, was subsequently removed from command of the ship and replaced by Cmdr. Dave Richardson.[10][11] On 12 October 2012, the Porter rejoined Carrier Strike Group Twelve for its transit through the Suez Canal following extensive repairs to the ship costing $700,000.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ^ "U.S. warship sinks two pirate skiffs". CNN. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- ^ "MDA announces next 6 BMD ships", Navy Times, 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Canada Command – OP Nanook". Canadian Forces. 2010-08. Retrieved 22 September 2010. mirror
- ^ "U.S. destroyer, oil tanker collide". CNN. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ Associated Press, "U.S. Navy ship collides with tanker off Hormuz", Japan Times, 14 August 2012, p. 2
- ^ "Collision in the Strait of Hormuz". Information Dissemination. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ "PORTER Collision: 1st Hand Report". CDR Salamander. Google. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Update: No Injuries In Strait Of Hormuz Collision". NNS120811-11. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs. August 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ Barbara Starr (12 August 2012). "Navy: U.S. destroyer collides with oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz". CNN. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ "Skipper of US Navy ship removed from job". Washington Post. August 30, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ Sam Fellman (30 August 2012). "Destroyer CO fired in wake of tanker collision". Navy Times. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex R. Forster, USN (October 14, 2012). "USS Porter Rejoins Enterprise Carrier Strike Group". NNS121014-04. Enterprise Carrier Strike Group Public Affairs. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ^ Hixenbaugh, Mike, "After $700,000 In Repairs, Navy Ship Is Back In Action", Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 24 October 2012
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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