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USS Preble (DDG-88) - Definition and Overview |
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USS Preble cruising in the Arabian Sea
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| Career
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| Ordered:
| 13 December 1996
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| Laid down:
| 22 June 2000
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| Launched:
| 1 June 2001
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| Commissioned:
| 9 November 2002
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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:
| 9,200 tons
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| Length:
| 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
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| Beam:
| 66 ft (20 m)
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| Draught:
| 31 ft (9 m)
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 hp (75 MW)
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| Speed:
| 30 knots (56 km/h)
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 380 officers and enlisted
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| Armament:
| One 32-cell, one 64-cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
one 5 inch (100 mm), two 25 mm, four 12.7 mm guns
Two Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
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| Aircraft:
| Two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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| Motto:
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USS Preble (DDG-88) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
See USS Preble for other ships of this name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
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