USS Gonzalez on 6 June 2008
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Gonzalez |
Namesake | Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez |
Ordered | 16 January 1991 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 3 February 1994 |
Launched | 18 February 1995 |
Acquired | 14 June 1996 |
Commissioned | 12 October 1996 |
Homeport | Norfolk |
Identification |
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Motto | Beyond the Call |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 505 ft (154 m) |
Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R |
USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War.