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USS Dewey - Definition

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Ordered: 13 September 2002
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Status: Authorized
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General Characteristics
Displacement: 9,200 tons
Length: 509 ft 6 in
Beam: 66 ft
Draught: 31 ft
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp
Speed: 30+ knots
Range:
Complement: 380 officers and enlisted
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
Aircraft: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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USS Dewey (DDG-105) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Dewey is named after Admiral George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

For other vessels named Dewey, see USS Dewey.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

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