USS Dewey (DDG-45)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Dewey |
Namesake | George Dewey |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 10 August 1957 |
Launched | 30 November 1958 |
Acquired | 2 December 1959 |
Commissioned | 7 December 1959 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 1990 |
Stricken | 20 November 1992 |
Identification | DLG-14/DDG-45 |
Motto | Pax Propter Vim |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 15 April 1994 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Farragut-class guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 5,800 tons |
Length | 512.5 ft (156.2 m) |
Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament |
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USS Dewey (DLG-14/DDG-45) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of George Dewey, the United States' only Admiral of the Navy.[1] She was the third of four ships whose namesake was Admiral Dewey.[2] The ship's motto was The First and Finest.