USS Sampson (DDG-102)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Sampson |
| Namesake | Rear Admiral William T. Sampson |
| Ordered | 13 September 2002 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 20 March 2005 |
| Launched | 16 September 2006 |
| Commissioned | 3 November 2007 |
| Homeport | Everett, Washington |
| Motto | "Through Courage and Arms" |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,200 tons |
| Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed | 30+ knots (55+ km/h) |
| Complement | 383 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
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USS Sampson (DDG-102) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was authorized in 2002 and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship named to honor Rear Admiral William T. Sampson.
She was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. At her christening on 16 September 2006, the principal address was delivered by Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and the vessel was christened by Clara Parsons, great-granddaughter of R.Adm. Sampson and daughter of William Sterling Parsons, as the ship's sponsor. Commander Philip Roos is the ship's first commanding officer.
She was commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 November 2007.
Operational history
On 29 December 2014, the USS Sampson was dispatched to the Java Sea to search for Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 that disappeared the day before.[1]
In 2016 the ship was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9, working with Carrier Strike Group 11.[2] She arrived at her new homeport, Naval Station Everett in Washington, on September 26, 2016.[3]
Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th Anniversary Celebrations
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) invited the United States Navy to send a vessel to participate in the RNZN's 75th Birthday Celebrations in Auckland over the weekend of 19-21 November 2016. The USS Sampson will be the first US warship to visit New Zealand in 33 years since the New Zealand nuclear-free zone came into effect and the US suspended its obligations to New Zealand under the ANZUS treaty. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key granted approval for the ship's visit under the New Zealand's anti-nuclear law, which requires that the Prime Minister has to be satisfied that any visiting ship is not nuclear armed or powered.[4]
It was announced on 15 November 2016 that following the 7.5–7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake the Sampson and other navy ships from Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore will instead proceed directly to Kaikoura to provide humanitarian assistance.[5]
In popular culture
- The ship is featured in the 2012 film Battleship where she is destroyed by the Red Stinger during the intense combat in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii with the USS John Paul Jones, the same class destroyer.
References
- ^ "With no trace of missing AirAsia jet, search resumes over wider area". CNN. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Carrier Strike Group Eleven". U.S. Navy. 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Winters, Chris (26 September 2016). "USS Sampson arrives at new Everett home port". The Everett Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "US warship USS Sampson heads to New Zealand". 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016 – via New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "US Warship may help rescue stranded Kaikoura tourists". Fairfax Media. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016 – via Stuff.co.nz.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.- Soundings, 20 September 2006, Vol. 33, No. 38, pages 12–13 – www.soundingsnews.com.
- http://www.sampson.navy.mil
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