USS Rafael Peralta
USS Rafael Peralta on 30 June 2017 | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Rafael Peralta |
| Namesake | Rafael Peralta |
| Ordered | 26 September 2011 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 30 October 2014 |
| Launched | 31 October 2015 |
| Sponsored by | Rosa Maria Peralta |
| Christened | 31 October 2015 |
| Acquired | 3 February 2017 |
| Commissioned | 29 July 2017 |
| Homeport | Yokosuka |
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| Status | in active service |
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| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) |
| Length | 513 feet (156 m) |
| Beam | 66 feet (20 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar and helipad |
USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Restart) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The destroyer can operate with a Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), as an element of a Surface Action Group (SAG), or independently. The ship can conduct a variety of missions in support of national military strategy. From peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, 115 will be capable of carrying out Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), Undersea Warfare (USW), Surface Warfare (SW), and Strike Warfare (STW) in multi-threat environments.
The $679.6 million contract to build her was awarded on 26 September 2011 to Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine. On 15 February 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's named to be Rafael Peralta in honor of Marine Rafael Peralta, who was petitioned for the Medal of Honor for shielding several Marines from a grenade in November 2004 during the Iraq War; however, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross instead.