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| Career
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| Ordered:
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| Laid down:
| 26 March, 1982
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| Launched:
| 26 February, 1983
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| Commissioned:
| 27 July, 1985
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Homeport:
| NS Norfolk, Virginia
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
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| Length:
| 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
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| Beam:
| 45 ft (13.7 m)
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| Draft:
| 22 ft (6.7 m)
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| Propulsion:
| 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller
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| Speed:
| 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
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| Range:
| 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
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| Complement:
| 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
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| Armament:
| One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
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| Aircraft:
| 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
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| Motto:
| Courage, Will, Determination
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| Nickname:
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USS Carr (FFG-52), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Paul H. Carr (1924–1944). Carr was awarded a posthumous Silver Star for his heroism on Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) during the Battle off Samar.
Carr was laid down on 26 March, 1982 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Seattle Division, Seattle, Wash.; launched on 26 February, 1983; sponsored by Mrs. Goldie Carr Bensilhe, GM3 Carr's widow; and commissioned on 27 July, 1985, Commander Robert J. Horne in command.
As of 2005, Carr is homeported at NS Norfolk, Virginia, and is part of Destroyer Squadron 2.
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