USS Milius

	USS Milius Milius at sea in 2003
History
United States
Name	USS Milius
Namesake	Commander Paul L. Milius
Ordered	8 April 1992
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	8 August 1994
Launched	1 August 1995
Sponsored by	Annette Milius
Christened	28 October 1995
Commissioned	23 November 1996
Homeport	Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan
Motto	Alii Prae Me - "Others Before Me"
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
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	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	33 commissioned officers; 38 chief petty officers; 210 enlisted personnel;
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPY-1D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA); AN/SPY-6(V)1 AESA 3D radar (Flight III); AN/SPS-67(V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 – DDG-118); AN/SPQ-9B surface search radar (DDG-119 onwards); AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 – DDG-86); BridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onwards); 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar; Mk 46 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA); Mk 20 electro-optical sight system (Flight III); AN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system:; AN/SQS-53C sonar array; AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II, IIA); TB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onwards); AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures; Mk 36 Mod 12 decoy launching systems; Mk 53 Nulka decoy launching systems; Mk 59 decoy launching systems;
Armament	Guns:; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 mk 45 mod 1/2 (lightweight gun); 2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system; 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns; Missiles:; 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher; 1 × 29-cell, 1 × 61-cell (90 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):; RIM-66M surface-to-air missile; RIM-156 surface-to-air missile; BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile; RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC; Torpedoes:; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:; Mark 46 lightweight torpedo; Mark 50 lightweight torpedo; Mark 54 lightweight torpedo;
Aircraft carried	1 × Sikorsky MH-60R

USS Milius (DDG-69) is an Template:Sclass- Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. Her namesake is Commander Paul L. Milius (1928-1968) of U.S. Navy squadron VO-67. His OP-2E aircraft, callsign Sophomore 50, was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Laos on 27 February 1968 and he ordered his crew to bail out. Seven of the nine men aboard were rescued. The remains of the eighth crewmember, ATN2 John Hartzeim, who was wounded in the attack, were identified on 19 February 1999. Although he exited his aircraft, Commander Milius was never recovered. Commander Milius received the Navy Cross in 1968.

Ships history

In January 2005, Milius participated in Operation Unified Assistance. On 6 December 2006, the ship successfully launched a Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time in a test of the Block IV configuration. The launch took place in the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range off of California. The missile flew 869 miles before impacting its target on the land range at China Lake, California.^[5]

On 12 September 2007, the Embassy of the United States, Manila stated that the arrival of the destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Milius was a goodwill visit to strengthen Philippines–United States relations.^[6]

USS Milius in San Diego bay, February 7, 2017

Deployments

26 May 1998-September 1998 Maiden deployment
22 June 2000-December 2000 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
2 November 2002 – 2 June 2003 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
6 December 2004 – 6 June 2005 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
10 April 2007 – 8 October 2007 Scheduled Deployment with BHR ESG
December 2008-July 2009 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
18 May 2010 – 16 December 2010 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
11 January 2012 – 11 September 2012 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
20 October 2014 - 25 June 2015 West PAC- Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf

Awards

USS Milius has been awarded the Navy Battle "E" three times

01-Jan-2002 31-Dec-2002
01-Jan-2012 31-Dec-2012 ^[7]
01-Jan-2015 31-Dec-2015
PACFLT 2003 Retention Excellence Award Winner
PACFLT 2002 Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award

Ship awards

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Navy "E" Ribbon	with three Battle E devices
	National Defense Service Medal
	Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
	Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
	Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon	with one silver service star

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

^ "USS Milius Bids Farewell to San Diego and Begins Transit to Japan". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ "Mk46 MOD 1 Optical Sight System". Kollmorgen. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
^ Rockwell, David (2017-07-12). "The Kollmorgen/L-3 KEO Legacy". Teal Group. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
^ Hart, Jackie (2023-12-17). "Decoy Launch System Installed Aboard USS Ramage". navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
^ "Navy posts successful test of Raytheon's Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile", Aerotech News and Review, 2006-12-22
^ Inquirer.net, US warships arrive in RP Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
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External links

[1] "USS Milius Bids Farewell to San Diego and Begins Transit to Japan". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[2] "Mk46 MOD 1 Optical Sight System". Kollmorgen. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[3] Rockwell, David (2017-07-12). "The Kollmorgen/L-3 KEO Legacy". Teal Group. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.

[4] Hart, Jackie (2023-12-17). "Decoy Launch System Installed Aboard USS Ramage". navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[5] "Navy posts successful test of Raytheon's Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile", Aerotech News and Review, 2006-12-22

[6] Inquirer.net, US warships arrive in RP Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine

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