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USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) - Definition |
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| Career
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| Ordered:
| 6 March 1998
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| Laid down:
| 7 May 2003
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| Launched:
| 13 November 2004
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| Commissioned:
| 12 November 2005
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| Decommissioned:
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| Status:
| In workups
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 9,200 tons
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| Length:
| 509 ft 6 in
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| Beam:
| 66 ft
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| Draught:
| 31 ft
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp
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| Speed:
| 30+ knots
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 380 officers and enlisted
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| Armament:
| 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
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| Aircraft:
| 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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| Motto:
| COMPETENCE, DEDICATION, DISCIPLINE
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The fourth USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) is the 46th of 62 planned Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the United States Navy.
She was launched on 13 November 2004 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Susan Bainbridge Hay, Commodore William Bainbridge's great-great-great-granddaughter. Commander John M. Dorey is scheduled to be her first commanding officer.
See USS Bainbridge for other ships of this name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
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