USS Nitze (DDG-94)
 The Nitze 2006 in front of the Statue of Liberty |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | March 6, 1998 |
| Keel laying | September 20, 2002 |
| Launch | April 3, 2004 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | March 5, 2005 |
| 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 |
The USS Nitze (DDG-94) is a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer . The ship is named after Paul H. Nitze , who held the post of United States Secretary of the Navy . What was unusual here was that the naming was announced during Nitze's lifetime and that he was personally present at the baptism.
history
DDG-94 was commissioned in 1998. The keel of the ship was laid in September 2002, and construction took around one and a half years. When the ship was launched on April 3, 2004, the ship was also christened, Nitze's wife Elisabeth Porter was the godmother. The Nitze was put into service on March 5, 2005.
In May 2006, the Nitze attended the 19th Annual Fleet Week New York City . In the fall, the destroyer then carried out exercises with the landing ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) . The so-called Composite Training Unit Exercise took place in the Atlantic off the coast of North Carolina . In May 2008 the Nitze took part in Fleet Week in New York under the leadership of the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) . In August, the destroyer moved alongside the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) towards the Mediterranean. In April 2011 the Nitze took part in the UNITAS exercise in the Atlantic. With the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) , the destroyer moved in 2012 towards the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.
On October 12, 2016, the USS Nitze with Tomahawk cruise missiles destroyed three radar stations on the Jeminite coast that were believed to have provided fire control data for previous missile attacks on the USS Mason .
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 in 2007/2008 , which was not originally intended for construction from DDG 85 (Block IV).
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- Official site (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Phil Stewart: US military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on US Navy ship. Reuters October 13, 2016