USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | 20 June 1996 |
| Laid down: | 10 May 1999 |
| Launched: | 21 June 2000 |
| Commissioned: | 8 December 2001 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.3 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 |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Motto: | Freedom's Torch |
USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley.
Bulkeley was laid down on 10 May 1999 by Ingalls Shipbuilding and launched on 21 June 2000 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was commissioned on 8 December 2001 and is currently homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
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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.
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