USS James E. Williams (DDG-95)
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| Image:USS James E. Williams;Wms6.jpg | |
| Career | Image:Naval Jack of the United States.svg |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 6 March 1998 |
| Laid down: | 15 July 2002 |
| Launched: | 25 June 2003 |
| Commissioned: | 11 December 2004 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2006. |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20.1 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) |
| Range: | 4400 NM at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 32 officers and 348 enlisted |
| Armament: | • 1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles • 1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns • 2 × 3 Mk 46 torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Motto: | Lead from the Front |
USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Petty Officer 1st Class James Eliott Williams (1930–1999), a Medal of Honor recipient.
Williams was laid down on 15 July 2002 by the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard and launched on 25 June 2003. On 11 December 2004, Williams was commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina, sponsored by Elaine Weaver Williams, Petty Officer Williams' widow.
Commander Philip Warren Vance, a 1986 graduate of the United States Naval Academy took command. She joined the Atlantic Fleet, Destroyer Squadron 22 and is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
On 17 February 2006, CDR Vance was relieved by CDR Ian Michael Hall as Commanding Officer of USS James E. Williams. CDR Hall is a graduate of William & Mary and the former commander of USS Raven (MHC-61).
On 17 October 2006, Williams completed its first deployment conducting anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia as part of the maritime security operations.
[edit] References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
[edit] External links
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- nvr.navy.mil: USS James E. Williams
- navysite.de: USS James E. Williams
| Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Flight I ships: Arleigh Burke | Barry | John Paul Jones | Curtis Wilbur | Stout | John S. McCain | Mitscher | Laboon | Russell | Paul Hamilton | Ramage | Fitzgerald | Stethem | Carney | Benfold | Gonzalez | Cole | The Sullivans | Milius | Hopper | Ross |
| Flight II ships: Mahan | Decatur | McFaul | Donald Cook | Higgins | O'Kane | Porter |
| Flight IIA ships: 5"/54 variant: Oscar Austin | Roosevelt | 5"/62 variant: Winston S. Churchill | Lassen | Howard | Bulkeley | McCampbell | Shoup | Mason | Preble | Mustin | Chafee | Pinckney | Momsen | Chung-Hoon | Nitze | James E. Williams | Bainbridge | Halsey | Forrest Sherman | Farragut | Kidd | Gridley | Sampson | Truxtun | Sterett | Dewey | Stockdale | Gravely | Wayne E. Meyer |
| List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |
