 USS Nitze at sea |
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| Name: | USS Nitze |
| Namesake: | Paul Nitze |
| Ordered: | 6 March 1998 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works Corporation |
| Laid down: | 20 September 2002 |
| Launched: | 3 April 2004 |
| Commissioned: | 5 March 2005 |
| Motto: | "One Team, One Fight" |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | 6,600 tons light, 9,200 tons full, 2,600 tons dead |
| Length: | 509 feet 6 inches (155. Paul Henry Nitze ( January 16 1907 &ndash October 19 2004) was a high-ranking United States government official who helped shape Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Bath Iron Works (BIW is a Shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath Maine. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Characteristics The Arleigh Burke class are among the largest and most powerful destroyers ever built both larger and more heavily armed than many previous cruisers 3 meters) overall, 471 feet (143. 6 meters) waterline |
| Beam: | 66 feet (20. 1 meters) extreme, 59 feet (18 meters) waterline |
| Draft: | 31 feet (9. 4 meters) maximum, 22 feet (6. 7 meters) limit |
| Propulsion: | Four General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Complement: | 32 officers, 348 men |
| Armament: | One 32-cell, one 64-cell Mark 41 vertical launch systems, 96 RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles one 5/62 in (127/62 mm) gun, two 25 mm, four 12. The General Electric LM2500 industrial and marine Turboshaft Gas turbine is a derivative of GE Aircraft Engines ' CF6-6 aircraft engine A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary Engine that extracts energy from a flow of Combustion gas A Vertical Launching System ( VLS) is a type of Missile -firing system used aboard the Submarines and surface vessels of several navies around the The RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-1MR/SM-2MR is a medium range Surface-to-air missile (SAM originally developed for the United States Navy (USN The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM is a long-range all-weather subsonic cruise missile The RUM-139 VL-ASROC is an anti-submarine missile in the ASROC family currently built by the Lockheed Martin company for the U 7 mm guns two Mark 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | Two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Nitze (DDG-94), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Paul Nitze, who served as Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon B. Johnson and as chief arms control adviser in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Characteristics The Arleigh Burke class are among the largest and most powerful destroyers ever built both larger and more heavily armed than many previous cruisers Paul Henry Nitze ( January 16 1907 &ndash October 19 2004) was a high-ranking United States government official who helped shape The United States Secretary of the Navy ( SECNAV) is the Civilian head of the Department of the Navy.
Overview
The contract to build her was awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine on 6 March 1998 and her keel was laid down on 20 September 2002. Bath Iron Works (BIW is a Shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath Maine. Bath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. She was launched on 3 April 2004 sponsored by Elisabeth "Leezee" Porter, Nitze's wife. The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Nitze, 97 years old, was present at the christening, thus adding the destroyer to the rapidly growing list of military vessels named after living Americans. The United States Navy has a long tradition that no vessel be named for a living person and an equally long tradition stretching back to the Continental Navy, of breaking Nitze was commissioned on 5 March 2005, with Commander Michael A. Commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hegarty in command.
While in command, Hegarty saw port visits in New York for Fleet Week, Mobile, AL for Mardi Gras, and several other high visabilty port visits. Commander Long is now the commanding officer having relieved Commander Robert N. Hein. Lieutenant Commander Carrigan is the Executive Officer. The ship is known as the "Cold Warriors. " This is in reference to Paul Nitze's involvement with the Cold War. Nitze, based out of Norfolk, VA, went on its maiden deployment on January 5, 2007 as part of the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group.
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