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| Career
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| Ordered:
| 19 January 1993
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| Laid down:
| 11 January 1996
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| Launched:
| 8 November 1996
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| Commissioned:
| 29 August 1998
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| Decommissioned:
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 8,315 tons
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| Length:
| 505.25 feet (154 meters)
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| Beam:
| 67 feet (20.4 meters)
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| Draught:
| 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
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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:
| 23 Officers
24 Chief Petty Officers
291 Enlisted Personnel
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| Armament:
| 1 x 29 cell, 1 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 90 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 Phalanx CIWS
2 x Mk 46 torpedo tubes
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| Aircraft:
| 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked
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| Motto:
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USS Decatur (DDG-73) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.
Decatur was involved in patrolling the Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz during December 2003. On 14 December she intercepted a dhow carrying about 1750Kg of marijuana, with an estimated street value of $8M to $10M US. US sources claimed that the drugs were being smuggled to raise funds for the operations of Al-Qaeda, but have so far refused to release the evidence on which this claim is based.
Other ships have been named USS Decatur.
Sources and External links
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
