USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
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| History | |
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| Ordered | 13 September 2002 |
| Builder | NGSS Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 11 April 2005 |
| Launched | 2 June 2007 |
| Motto | "Pursue Attack Vanquish" |
| Status | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 9,200 tons |
| Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed | 30+ knots (55+ km/h) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer currently under construction. Her keel was laid down on April 11 2005. DDG-103 suffered a major electrical fire during construction at NGSS Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi May 20 2006 engulfing two levels and causing damaged believed to be in the millions of dollars. She was chistened on June 2, 2007 at NGSS Ingalls in Pascagoula Mississippi. [1]
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.