USS Lassen (DDG-82)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Lassen.
USS Lassen (DDG-82) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Commander Clyde Everett Lassen. This ship is the 32nd destroyer of her class. Lassen was the 14th ship of this class to be built by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and construction began on 24 August 1998. She was launched and christened on 16 October 1999. On 21 April 2001, she was commissioned at the Florida Aquarium Pier in Tampa, Florida.
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USS Lassen on 17 November 2009 | |
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Name | Lassen |
Namesake | Clyde Everett Lassen |
Ordered | 6 January 1995 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 24 August 1998 |
Launched | 16 October 1999 |
Commissioned | 21 April 2001 |
Homeport | Mayport |
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Motto | From Courage, Life |
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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