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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.
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 ...
DDG 54 I Bath Iron Works 12 March 1991 16 May 1992 19 March 1994 San Diego, California Active Stout DDG 55 I Ingalls Shipbuilding 8 August 1991 16 October 1992 13 August 1994 Norfolk, Virginia Active John S. McCain DDG 56 I Bath Iron Works 3 September 1991 26 September 1992 2 July 1994 Everett, Washington Active Mitscher DDG 57 I Ingalls ...
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]
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 contract to build the destroyer was awarded on 26 September 2011 to Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi. [7] [8] On 15 February 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship was to be named Ralph Johnson in honor of Marine Ralph H. Johnson, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for shielding two fellow Marines from a grenade in March 1968 during the Vietnam ...
Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group.The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the strike group's current flagship.Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and USS Princeton (CG-59), and Destroyer Squadron 9.
USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer , known as the "Father of Aegis" . She carries the 100th AEGIS Weapon System to be delivered to the United States Navy.