USS Farragut on 14 September 2019
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History | |
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Name | Farragut |
Namesake | David Farragut |
Ordered | 6 March 1998 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 9 January 2004 |
Launched | 23 July 2005 |
Sponsored by | Susan Collins |
Commissioned | 10 June 2006 |
Homeport | Mayport |
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Motto | Prepared for Battle |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,200 tons |
Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
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Speed | 30+ knots (56+ km/h) |
Complement | 290 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Farragut (DDG-99) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth Navy ship named for Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870), and the 49th ship of the Arleigh Burke class.
Farragut's keel was laid down on 9 January 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened on 23 July 2005, with Senator Susan Collins of Maine as her sponsor. Farragut was commissioned on 10 June 2006 in Mayport, Florida.
Farragut is equipped with the "Smart Ship" data distribution and control system.