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| Name: | USS Farragut |
| Namesake: | Admiral David Farragut |
| Operator: |  United States Navy |
| Ordered: | 6 March 1998 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 9 January 2004 |
| Launched: | 23 July 2005 |
| Sponsored by: | Senator Susan Collins |
| Christened: | 23 July 2005 |
| Commissioned: | 10 June 2006 |
| Homeport: | Naval Station Mayport, Mayport, Florida |
| Motto: | Prepared for Battle |
| Status: | In active service, as of 2009[update] |
| 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 (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 290 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | One 64-cell and one 32-cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, with 96 RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/62 gun, 2 × 25 mm guns, 4 × 12.7 mm guns, 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | Two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters, or one Sea Hawk and one gunship helicopter |
USS Farragut (DDG-99) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth Navy ship named for Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870), and the 49th ship of the Arleigh Burke-class.
The Farragut was laid down on 9 January 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened on 23 July 2005 at Bath Iron Works, with Senator Susan Collins of Maine as her sponsor.
The Farragut is also equipped with the Smart Ship data distribution and control system.
Farragut departed Naval Station Mayport for her maiden deployment on 7 April 2008 in support of the Partnership of the Americas 2008 (POA 08). She returned home after six months on 5 October 2008.[1]
References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
- USS Farragut at NavSource.org
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