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| Name: | USS John S. McCain |
| Namesake: | John S. McCain, Jr. and John S. McCain, Sr. |
| Ordered: | 13 December 1988 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 3 September 1991 |
| Launched: | 26 September 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 2 July 1994 |
| Homeport: | Yokosuka, Japan |
| Motto: | Fortune Favors the Brave |
| Status: | In active service, as of 2009[update] |
| Badge: | _crest.gif) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Light: approx. 6,794.38 tons Full: approx. 8,885.66 tons |
| Length: | 505 ft (154 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (56+ km/h) |
| Range: | 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 Officers 38 Chief Petty Officers 210 Enlisted Personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• AN/SPY-1D Radar • AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar • AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar • AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array • AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures • MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System • AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys |
| Armament: |
1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked |
The USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is part of the Seventh Fleet, and she has her homeport at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan.
This warship is named after John S. McCain, Jr., and John S. McCain, Sr., both Admirals in the United States Navy. John S. McCain, Jr., commanded the U.S. Navy submarines USS Gunnel and USS Dentuda during World War II. Subsequently he held a number of posts, rising to Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command before retiring in 1972. John S. McCain, Sr., commanded the aircraft carrier Ranger (CV-4), and acted as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force during the latter stages of World War II. These men were the grandfather and father of John S. McCain III, former naval aviator captain, a U.S. Senator representing the state of Arizona, and the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election.
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Service
The USS John S. McCain's keel was laid down on 3 September 1991, at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. This warship was launched on 26 September 1992, sponsored by Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain. The John S. McCain was commissioned on 2 July 1994, at the Bath Iron Works. The former President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, was the ceremony's principal speaker.[1]
On 16 February 2007, the John S. McCain was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.[2]
On 11 June 2009, a Chinese submarine reportedly collided with the towed sonar array of the John S. McCain near Subic Bay, the Philippines. The incident caused damage to the array but was described as an "inadvertent encounter".[3]
In June 2009, the USS John S. McCain pursued the North Korean cargo ship Kang Nam 1 toward Burma in enforcement of the new United Nations resolution of an arms export embargo against North Korea. The vessel was suspected of carrying arms for the Burmese junta government. The Kang Nam 1 returned to North Korea without delivering its cargo to Burma.[4]
In July 2009, the destroyer berthed at Yokohama's international passenger terminal on a goodwill tour. The ship was opened to the public on July 22, 2009.[5]
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See also
References
- ^ "USS John S. McCain (DDG 56)". www.navysite.de. http://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg56.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ US Navy: Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E" Story Number: NNS070219-04, Release Date: 2/19/2007 11:10:00 AM
- ^ "Sub collides with sonar array towed by U.S. Navy ship". CNN.com. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/06/12/china.submarine/index.html.
- ^ "U.S. Destroyer Shadows N. Korean Ship". The New York Times. June 21, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/world/asia/22korea.html. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ Kyodo News, "U.S. destroyer visits Yokohama passenger pier", Japan Times, July 22, 2009, p. 2.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) |
- US Navy: USS McCain (Official website)
- Yokosuka Naval Base Community Website
- Global Security's page on John S. McCain
- USS John S. McCain News
- Fred Willshaw. "USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)". NavSource Naval History. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01056.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
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