USS Chafee

USS Chafee on 7 June 2008
History
United States
NameChafee
NamesakeJohn Chafee
Ordered6 March 1998
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down12 April 2001
Launched2 November 2002
Commissioned18 October 2003
HomeportNaval Station San Diego
Identification
MottoCommanding the Seas
Honors and
awards
See Awards
Statusin active service
BadgeThe crest of USS Chafee
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam66 ft (20 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed>30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement350 officers and enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Chafee (DDG-90) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in United States Navy. She is named for Senator John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922–1999), a Marine veteran of Guadalcanal who also served as the Secretary of the Navy. Chafee was laid down by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine on 12 April 2001, launched on 2 November 2002 and commissioned on 18 October 2003 in Newport, Rhode Island, the home state of the ship's namesake.[1]