USS Bulkeley
USS Bulkeley on 15 June 2004 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Bulkeley |
| Namesake | John D. Bulkeley |
| Ordered | 20 June 1996 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 10 May 1999 |
| Launched | 21 June 2000 |
| Commissioned | 8 December 2001 |
| Homeport | Rota |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Freedom's Torch |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,200 tons |
| Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
| Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley. USS Bulkeley was the 15th ship of this class to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and construction began on 10 May 1999. She was launched on 21 June 2000 and was christened on 24 June 2000. On 8 December 2001 she was commissioned during a pierside ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City, New York, with Commander Carlos Del Toro in command. Del Toro later became the 78th Secretary of the Navy in 2021.