USS Halsey (DDG-97)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Halsey.
USS Halsey (DDG-97) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It is the second ship to be named after admiral William Halsey Jr.
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USS Halsey at Pearl Harbor on 14 February 2013 | |
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Name | Halsey |
Namesake | William Halsey, Jr. |
Ordered | 6 March 1998 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi |
Laid down | 13 January 2002 |
Launched | 9 January 2004 |
Commissioned | 30 July 2005 |
Homeport | Naval Station San Diego |
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Motto | Hit Hard Hit Fast Hit Often |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,300 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 | 257 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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