USS Truxtun (DDG-103)

USS Truxtun (DDG 103) on 21 September 2012
History
United States
NameTruxtun
NamesakeThomas Truxtun
Awarded13 September 2002
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down11 April 2005
Launched17 April 2007
Christened2 June 2007
Acquired24 October 2008
Commissioned25 April 2009
HomeportNorfolk
Identification
MottoPursue Attack Vanquish
Statusin active service
Notes
General characteristics
Class & typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,200 tons
Length510 ft (160 m)
Beam59 ft (18 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion2 × shafts
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement380
Sensors &
processing systems
  • AN/SPY-1D radar
  • AN/SPS-67(V)2 surface-search radar
  • AN/SPS-64(V)9 surface-search radar
  • AN/SQS-53C sonar array
  • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer currently in service with the United States Navy. She is named for American Naval hero Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822), one of the first six commanders appointed by George Washington to the newly formed U.S. Navy. She is the sixth U.S. naval warship to bear his name.