USS O’Kane (DDG-77), at Pearl Harbor on 7 February 2005
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History | |
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Name | O'Kane |
Namesake | Richard O'Kane |
Ordered | 20 July 1994 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 8 May 1997 |
Launched | 28 March 1998 |
Acquired | 19 May 1999 |
Commissioned | 23 October 1999 |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Motto | A Tradition of Honor |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 8,637 long tons (8,776 t) (Full load) |
Length | 505 ft (154 m) |
Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
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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) |
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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 O'Kane (DDG-77) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, starting on 8 May 1997. The ship was commissioned on 23 October 1999. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Richard O'Kane.