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USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) is the first Flight IIA Technology Insertion variant of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. [3] The $663 million contract to build her was awarded on 28 February 2012, to Bath Iron Works , of Bath , Maine.
DDG-116 to DDG-124 and DDG-127 will be "Technology Insertion" ships with elements of Flight III. [142] [143] For example, USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) and onwards have the AN/SPQ-9B, a feature of Flight III, instead of the AN/SPS-67. [144] Flight III proper began with the third ship procured in 2016, [145] USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). [146]
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
Destroyer Squadron 22, often abbreviated as DESRON 22, is a squadron of warships of the United States Navy.It is an operational component of Carrier Strike Group Two.The squadron was formed in March 1943, [1] and later was one of the first two squadrons of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
The group took its current form on 1 October 2004. On 29 July 2010, Rear Admiral Nora W. Tyson assumed command of the group, becoming the first woman to command a U.S. Navy carrier task group. The group's 2011 Mediterranean deployment marked the maiden deployment for the carrier USS George H.W. Bush and the guided-missile destroyer Truxtun .
USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The destroyer can operate with a Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), as an element of a Surface Action Group (SAG), or independently.
During the long production run, the class was built in three flights—Flight I (DDG-51–DDG-71), Flight II (DDG-72–DDG-78), and Flight IIA (DDG-79– ). [15] Ralph Johnson is a Flight IIA ship, and as such, features several improvements in terms of ballistic missile defence, an embarked air wing, and the inclusion of mine-detecting ability. [6]
USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) is an Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA Technology Insertion guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy, [6] the 71st overall for the class. The ship was named for United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen Jr. [ 7 ] the first African-American Marine Corps aviator [ 8 ] and the first ...