USS Sampson (DDG-102)

USS Sampson 2009
Overview
Order	September 13, 2002
Keel laying	March 20, 2005
Launch	September 16, 2006
1. Period of service
Commissioning	November 3, 2007
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

The USS Sampson (DDG-102) is a destroyer in the United States Navy and belongs to the Arleigh Burke class . It is named after Admiral William Thomas Sampson , who won a victory for the US Navy in the Spanish-American War at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba .

history

DDG-102 was commissioned in 2002 and was part of the first batch approved in the new millennium. The keel was laid in March 2005 at Bath Iron Works . It took around a year and a half to build. Accordingly, the launch and christening of the ship took place in September 2006. Godmother was Mrs. Clara Parsons, the great-granddaughter of the admiral.

This was followed by the final equipment of the ship at the pier and the shipyard test drives. The official entry into the US Navy fleet took place on November 3, 2007 in the port of Boston . The Sampson was then stationed in San Diego and operates in the Pacific Fleet. The first mission began in July 2009 as escort of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and led the destroyer into the Arabian Sea. In the summer of 2010, the Sampson took part in the multinational exercise RIMPAC , then in August 2011 in the Seattle Seafair .

Web links

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

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Official Homepage (Engl.)