USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
USS Truxtun (DDG 103) on 21 September 2012 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Truxtun |
| Namesake | Thomas Truxtun |
| Awarded | 13 September 2002 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 11 April 2005 |
| Launched | 17 April 2007 |
| Christened | 2 June 2007 |
| Acquired | 24 October 2008 |
| Commissioned | 25 April 2009 |
| Homeport | Norfolk |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Pursue Attack Vanquish |
| Status | in active service |
| Notes | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,200 tons |
| Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
| Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 380 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × 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.