USS Russell (DDG-59)
_departing_Pearl_Harbor_with_crew_manning_the_rails_040511-N-3019M-003.jpg) The Russell 2004 at Pearl Harbor |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | February 22, 1990 |
| Keel laying | July 24, 1992 |
| Launch | October 20, 1993 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | May 20, 1995 |
| 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 |
The USS Russell (DDG-59) is a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the fleet of the United States Navy . It is named after John Henry Russell and his son, John H. Russel junior .
history
DDG-59 was commissioned in 1990. On July 24, 1992, the keel of the ship was laid at Ingalls Shipbuilding , just under a year and a half later the destroyer was launched. This was followed by the final equipment and the shipyard test drives, the official commissioning with the Navy took place in 1995.
The Russell fought for the first time back in 1996 , taking part in Operation Desert Strike , which was directed against Iraq .
In 2000, the Russell moved with a combat group around the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) , after returning in July, the ship docked for the first overhaul. The next relocation followed in October 2001 and led the Russell into the Indian Ocean, where she rescued all four crew members of a Rockwell B-1B Lancer after a crash on December 21 .
In 2004 the ship took part in exercises with navies in Southeast Asia. In 2006, the Russell operated in the western Pacific with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) , including as part of exercise Valiant Shield . In early 2007, the destroyer ran out as part of the combat group around the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) . On February 21, 2008, the Russel and her sister ship USS Decatur (DDG-73) delivered radar and orbit data for the launch of the USA 193 satellite by the cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) .
In 2008, the Russell moved again with the Lincoln in the Indian Ocean. In June, the destroyer answered an emergency call from a Somali ship in the Gulf of Aden , which had already drifted for two days after being damaged. There were 70 people on the 14-meter long ship, seven of whom received medical care on the Russell . The boat was then towed into Somali waters. From June 28 to July 2, the Russell took part in a communication test as part of the National Missile Defense out of the Mediterranean with her sister ship USS Benfold (DDG-65) , which sailed in the Persian Gulf . At the beginning of 2010 the destroyer moved towards the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. Exercises with the Allied Marines and with the carrier combat group around the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) were on the mission plan .
In September 2011, the Russell began a solo voyage to the western Pacific.
