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USS Wayne E. Meyer
Guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Wayne.
USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer, known as the "Father of Aegis". She carries the 100th AEGIS Weapon System to be delivered to the United States Navy.[2]
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Name | Wayne E. Meyer |
Namesake | Wayne E. Meyer |
Awarded | 13 September 2002 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 18 May 2007 |
Launched | 19 October 2008 |
Sponsored by | Anna Mae Meyer |
Acquired | 10 July 2009 |
Commissioned | 10 October 2009 |
Homeport | Pearl Harbor |
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Motto | One Powerful Legacy |
Honors 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 | 312 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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