USS Milius (DDG-69)

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The Milius in front of San Diego
The Milius in front of San Diego
Overview
Order April 8, 1992
Keel laying August 8, 1994
Launch August 1, 1995
1. Period of service flag
Commissioning November 23, 1996
Technical specifications
displacement

8315 tons

length

154 m

width

20 metres

Draft

9.5 meters

crew

26 officers, 315 men

drive

2 propellers, driven by 4 gas turbines; 100,000 wave horsepower

speed

31 knots

Armament

90 VLS cells
2 triple torpedo launchers
1 127 mm gun

The USS Milius (DDG-69) is a destroyer in the United States Navy and belongs to the Arleigh Burke class . It is named after the naval aviator Paul L. Milius , who enabled seven crew members of his reconnaissance aircraft to parachute out during the Vietnam War by staying in his place himself and keeping the aircraft collapsing.

history

DDG-69 was commissioned from Ingalls Shipbuilding in 1992 and laid down there in August 1994. On August 1, 1995, the ship was launched and was christened. After the final equipment and the first test drives, the Milius was officially put into service with the US Navy on November 23, 1996.

The Milius was first used in 1998 in the Arabian Sea. In 2000, the ship moved to the western Pacific, a year later she took part in several exercises and the Operation Noble Eagle . In 2003 the ship served as the flagship for ship inspections ( Commander, Maritime Interception Forces ) during Operation Iraqi Freedom . She was also involved in the downing of BGM-109 Tomahawk on targets in Iraq.

In 2005 Milius took part in Operation Unified Assistance , the relief mission after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake . In 2007 she moved to the Persian Gulf for seven and a half months as escort for USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) . In the summer of 2008, the ship took part in the RIMPAC maneuver in the waters off Hawaii. In 2009, the destroyer moved alongside the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Indian Ocean. In 2010 a solo trip to the Persian Gulf followed.

In the second half of 2018, the destroyer, previously stationed in San Diego , moved to its new home port of Yokosuka .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. US destroyer homeport shift bolsters Western Pacific missile defense and alliance with Japan, Janes, February 13, 2019