USS Howard (DDG-83)
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Howard.
USS Howard (DDG-83) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient First Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard, USMC. This ship is the 33rd destroyer of her class. Howard was the 19th ship of her class to be built by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, and construction began on 8 December 1998. She was launched and christened on 20 November 1999. She was commissioned into the Navy on 20 October 2001.
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Name | Howard |
Namesake | Jimmie E. Howard |
Ordered | 20 June 1996 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 9 December 1998 |
Launched | 20 November 1999 |
Commissioned | 20 October 2001 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
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Motto | Ready for Victory |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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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 | exceeds 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 320 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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Howard is currently[when?] a member of Destroyer Squadron 15 and Carrier Strike Group Five.[citation needed]