USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)

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USS John S. McCain
USS John S. McCain
Career (US)
Ordered: December 13, 1988
Laid down: September 3, 1991
Launched: September 26, 1992
Commissioned: July 2, 1994
Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan
Motto: Fortune Favors the Brave
Fate: Active in service as of 2008
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: 23 Officers
24 Chief Petty Officers
291 Enlisted Personnel
Sensors and
processing systems:		 • AN/SPY-1D Radar
• AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SPS-64(V)9 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
1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm)
2 × 25 mm chain gun
4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked

USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. It is part of the 7th Fleet and homeported at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Maine.

The ship 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 submarines USS Gunnel and Dentuda. 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 through 1944. They are respectively the father and grandfather of John S. McCain III, former Naval aviator Captain, US Senator representing Arizona, and presumed Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 election.

On 16 February 2007, John S. McCain was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]

Contents

[edit] Ship gallery

McCain firing a missile
McCain firing a missile
McCain's Crest
John S. McCain and Australian destroyer HMAS Brisbane
John S. McCain and Australian destroyer HMAS Brisbane

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ US Navy: Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E" Story Number: NNS070219-04, Release Date: 2/19/2007 11:10:00 AM

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