USS Winston S. Churchill
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), in 2008 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Winston S. Churchill |
| Namesake | Winston S. Churchill |
| Ordered | 6 January 1995 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 7 May 1998 |
| Launched | 17 April 1999 |
| Commissioned | 10 March 2001 |
| Homeport | Mayport |
| Identification |
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| Motto | In war: Resolution; In peace: Good Will |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,496 long tons (9,648 t) (Full load) |
| Length | 509.5 ft (155.3 m) |
| Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
| Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 32 officers, 348 enlisted |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32(V)3 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named after Sir Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She is the 18th ship of the class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Construction began on 7 May 1998, and the vessel launched and christened on 17 April 1999. On 10 March 2001, she was commissioned during a ceremony at Town Point Park in Norfolk, Virginia.