USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
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_during_the_christening_ceremony.jpg) USS Truxtun (DDG 103) during christening ceremony, 2 June 2007. |
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| Career (USA) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Truxtun |
| Namesake: | Commodore Thomas Truxtun |
| Awarded: | 13 September 2002[1] |
| Builder: | NGSS Ingalls[1] |
| Laid down: | 11 April 2005[1] |
| Launched: | 17 April 2007[1] |
| Christened: | 2 June 2007 |
| Acquired: | 24 October 2008[1] |
| Commissioned: | 25 April 2009 (ceremony)[2] |
| Homeport: | Naval Station Norfolk[1] |
| Motto: | "Pursue Attack Vanquish" |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013[update] |
| Notes: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons[1] |
| Length: | 510 ft (160 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)[3] |
| Speed: | >30 knots (56 km/h)[3] |
| Range: | 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• AN/SPY-1D Radar • AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar • AN/SPS-64(V)9 Surface Search Radar • AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
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| Armament: | 1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes 1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Her keel was laid down on 11 April 2005 and she was launched on 17 April 2007.[1] Her commissioning ceremony was held 25 April 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina with Commander Timothy Weber as her first commanding officer. She is named for American Naval hero Thomas Truxtun.[2]
DDG-103 suffered a major electrical fire during construction at NGSS Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi 20 May 2006 engulfing two levels and causing damage believed to be in the millions of dollars.[4] She was christened on 2 June 2007 at NGSS Ingalls in Pascagoula Mississippi[5] and was sponsored by Susan Scott Martin and Carol Leigh Roelker, descendants of Thomas Truxtun.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "USS Truxtun". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Roughead Delivers Principal Address at Truxtun Commissioning". Navy News Service. 25 April 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Navy To Commission Guided Missile Destroyer Truxtun". Navy News Service. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ USS Truxtun Damaged In Weekend Fire At Northrop Grumman Shipyard. Geoff Fein. Defense Daily. Published 23 May 2006.
- ^ "New Truxtun joins distinguished line". Leigh Coleman. Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS) Published 3 June 2007.
- ^ Northrop Grumman-built Truxtun (DDG 103) Christening Commemorates a Founding Father of the U.S. Navy. NGSS Press Release. 2 June 2007.
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