USS Sampson (DDG-102)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sampson.
USS Sampson (DDG-102) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Funding for the Flight IIA (5"/62, one 20mm CIWS variant) ship was authorized in 2002 and her keel was laid on 20 March 2005. She is the fourth US Navy ship named to honor Rear Admiral William T. Sampson.
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USS Sampson at Pearl Harbor on 31 July 2010 | |
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Name | Sampson |
Namesake | William T. Sampson |
Ordered | 13 September 2002 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 20 March 2005 |
Launched | 16 September 2006 |
Commissioned | 3 November 2007 |
Homeport | Everett |
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Motto | Through Courage and Arms |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
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 (75,000 kW) |
Speed | over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 383 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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She was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. At her christening on 16 September 2006, the principal address was delivered by Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and the vessel was christened by Clara Parsons, great-granddaughter of Rear Admiral Sampson and daughter of William Sterling Parsons, as the ship's sponsor.