USS Donald Cook
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Donald Cook |
| Namesake | Donald Cook |
| Ordered | 19 January 1993 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 9 July 1996 |
| Launched | 3 May 1997 |
| Acquired | 21 August 1998 |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1998 |
| Homeport | Rota, Spain |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) Light: approx. 6,765 tons Full: approx. 8,900 tons |
| Length | 505 ft (154 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
| Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked |
USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.
Named for Donald Cook, a Vietnam War prisoner of war who died in captivity, the destroyer was commissioned in 1998. It was one of the first U.S. warships to come to the aid of the USS Cole after it was damaged by suicide bombers on 12 October 2000. In 2003, the ship fired Tomahawk missiles during Operation Iraqi Freedom.[citation needed]
The Donald Cook was featured in the "Super Fast Warship" episode of Build It Bigger.
On 16 February 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Donald Cook will be one of four ships to be homeported in Rota, Spain.[4]
On 24 February 2012, Donald Cook was awarded the 2011 Battle Efficiency "E" award.[5]
Upgrade
On 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that Donald Cook would be upgraded during fiscal 2012 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.[6]
Further reading
- Sanders, Michael S. (1999). The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-019246-1. (Describes the construction of Cook at Bath Iron Works.)
References
- ^ "Mk46 MOD 1 Optical Sight System". Kollmorgen. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Rockwell, David (12 July 2017). "The Kollmorgen/L-3 KEO Legacy". Teal Group. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Hart, Jackie (17 December 2023). "Decoy Launch System Installed Aboard USS Ramage". navy.mil. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Navy Names Forward Deployed Ships to Rota, Spain", United States Navy, 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Naval Surface Forces Announces 2011 Battle E Awardees", United States Navy, 1 March 2012.
- ^ "MDA announces next 6 BMD ships", Navy Times, 12 November 2009.
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