USS Russell (DDG-59)

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USS Russell off the coast of Hawaii.
USS Russell in Pearl Harbor.
Career (US)
Ordered: 22 February 1990
Laid down: 24 July 1992
Launched: 20 October 1993
Commissioned: 20 May 1995
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Motto: Strength in Freedom
Fate: Active in service as of 2008
Badge: Ship's crest
General characteristics
Class and type: Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement: Light: approx. 6,794.38 tons
Full: approx. 8,885.66 tons
Length: 505 ft (154 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Range: 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots
(8,100 km at 37 km/h)
Complement: 23 Officers
24 Chief Petty Officers
291 Enlisted Personnel
Sensors and
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/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
• AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		 • AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
• AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
• MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System
• AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
Armament:

1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles
1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm)
2 × 25 mm chain gun
4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked
For other ships of the same name, see USS Russell.

USS Russell (DDG-59) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the second ship of the USN to carry the name Russell and is named for Rear Admiral John Henry Russell and his son, Commandant of the Marine Corps John Henry Russell, Jr.

In May 2004, Russell departed for a four-month deployment along with several ships including USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717), USS Salvor (ARS-52), USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) & USS McCampbell (DDG-85). The deployment was centered around an annual exercise called Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2004.

On 16 February 2007, Russell was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.[1]

On 21 February 2008, Russell participated with the USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and the USS Decatur (DDG-73) in the interception and destruction of the dying US satellite US 193.

On 25 March 2008 an official blog of life on the Russell was started, entitled The Destroyermen.[2] It includes everyday info about the life of a sailor onboard a US Navy Destroyer, only including information that would normally be available through official channels.

[edit] References

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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USS Russell in the South Pacific, February 2007
USS Russell in the South Pacific, February 2007


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