 USS Porter undergoing sea trials. |
| Career
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| Ordered:
| 20 July 1994
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| Laid down:
| 2 December 1996
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| Launched:
| 12 November 1997
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| Commissioned:
| 20 March 1999
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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:
| 8,400 tons
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| Length:
| 505 ft
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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:
| 337 officers and enlisted
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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 triple 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 Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Porter is named after Admiral David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter.
For other vessels named Porter, see USS Porter.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
