USS Farragut (DDG-99)

The Farragut on the side of George Washington
Overview
Order	March 6, 1998
Keel laying	January 9, 2004
Launch	July 23, 2005
1. Period of service
Commissioning	June 10, 2006
Technical specifications
displacement	9200 tons
length	156 meters
width	20 metres
Draft	9.5 meters
crew	32 officers, 350 men
drive	2 propellers, driven by 4 gas turbines; 100,000 wave horsepower
speed	31 knots
Armament	96 VLS cells 2 triple torpedo launchers 1 127 mm gun 1 Phalanx CIWS 2 25 mm guns

The USS Farragut (DDG-99) is a destroyer in the United States Navy and belongs to the Arleigh Burke class . The ship's namesake is David Glasgow Farragut , a well-known naval officer from the 19th century.

history

The Farragut was commissioned in 1998. The ship was built by the Bath Iron Works shipyard , which belongs to the General Dynamics group. The keel of the destroyer was laid on January 9, 2004 in the BIW dock in Bath , Maine . Construction took a year and half, launching was on 23 July 2005. On this day also was launching ceremony held. Godmother was Maine Senator Susan Collins .

After the first test drives, the Farragut was officially put into service on June 10, 2006 and stationed at the naval base Naval Station Mayport in Florida .

In 2008 the Farragut deployed alongside the USS George Washington (CVN-73) for exercise Partnership of the Americas . In early 2010 she ran alongside the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) . The destination of the trip was the Middle East, where the combat group supported the US forces in Iraq and the fight against pirates off Somalia . On February 21, 2010, a Farragut helicopter prevented pirates from boarding the MV Barakaale , and later the destroyer brought down the pirates' boat. On March 31, 2010, she brought up the ship from other pirates who had attacked the MV Evita . The pirate ship was sunk by the Farragut . Only a few days later, on April 16, the destroyer's helicopter prevented pirates from boarding the MV Thor Traveler .

In June 2012 the Farragut moved again alongside the Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Mediterranean and Arabian waters. From September 1st to 4th, 2012, the Farragut was on a visit to the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven . The destroyer's visit was related to the ship's participation in the Northern Eagle maneuver . On January 9, 2020, an incident occurred in the north of the Arabian Sea when Farragut, in the 5th US fleet, was pushed to starboard by a Russian military ship, which could have led to a collision.

Armament

For defense against approaching missiles, the ship received the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) anti - aircraft missiles, which are fired from the Vertical Launching System . For further air defense, a close-in-weapon system in the form of the Phalanx MK 15 RAM was subsequently installed behind the aft chimney structure , which was not originally intended for construction from DDG 85 (Block IV).

Web links

Commons : USS Farragut  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Farragut's Official Website (English).