USS O'Bannon (DD-987)
.jpg) The USS O'Bannon (DD-987) in September 1990 |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | 15th January 1975 |
| Keel laying | February 21, 1977 |
| Launch | September 25, 1978 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | 15th December 1979 |
| Decommissioning | August 19, 2005 |
| Whereabouts | Sunk in 2008 as a target ship |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
8040 tons |
| length |
172 meters |
| width |
16.8 meters |
| Draft |
8.8 meters |
| crew |
19 officers, 315 sailors |
| drive |
2 propellers, driven by 4 gas turbines; 80,000 hp |
| speed |
32.5 knots |
| Armament |
2 × Mark 45 lightweight guns , 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS , 1 × RUR-5 ASROC (removed after conversion), 1 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow , 2 × AGM-84 Harpoon , 2 × torpedo tubes with Mark-46- Lightweight torpedoes , after conversion 2 × Armored Box Launcher , 1 × BGM-109 starter, 1 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile |
The USS O'Bannon (DD-987) was a the Spruance-class destroyer belonging destroyer of the US Navy , which was made in February 1977 in service. The ship remained in active service until August 2005 before it was sunk as a target ship on October 6, 2005 .
history
The O'Bannon was commissioned on January 15, 1972 as a unit of the Spruance class and laid down on February 21, 1977 in the shipyard of Ingalls Shipbuilding . The ship was launched on September 25, 1978 and entered service on December 15, 1979. The destroyer was named in honor of USMC officer Presley O'Bannon , who lived from 1776 to 1850.
The O'Bannon was originally stationed at Naval Base Charleston and was assigned to Naval Station Mayport due to the closure of the base , which remained home port until it was decommissioned in 2005. In the first years of service, the ship took part in various training missions, including the multinational maneuvers UNITAS , BALTOPS and MEF 3-97 . After several attempts to sell the ship to foreign navies, it was decided to finally sink it on October 6, 2008 as a target ship by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Group.
Web links
- Entry on O'Bannon on navsource.org (English)
- Entry on O'Bannon on navysite.de (English)