USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)
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 USS John S. McCain | |
| Career (US) | Image:Naval Jack of the United States.svg
<tr valign=top><td>Ordered:</td><td>December 13, 1988</td></tr> |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | September 3, 1991 |
| Launched: | September 26, 1992
<tr valign=top><td>Commissioned:</td><td>July 2, 1994</td></tr> |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2006.
<tr valign=top><td>Homeport:</td><td>Yokosuka, Japan</td></tr> |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Light: approx. 6,794.38 tons Full: approx. 8,885.66 tons |
| Length: | 505 ft (153.9 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20.1 m)
<tr valign=top><td>Draught:</td><td>31 ft (9.4 m)</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Propulsion:</td><td>4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)</td></tr> |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
<tr valign=top><td>Range:</td><td>4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 23 officers, 300 enlisted
<tr valign=top><td>Armament:</td><td>1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles |
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. It is part of the 7th Fleet.
The ship is named after John S. McCain, Jr. and John S. McCain, Sr., both Admirals in the United States Navy. John S. McCain Jr. commanded the submarines USS Gunnel and Dentuda. Subsequently he held a number of posts, rising to Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command before retiring in 1972. John S. McCain Sr. commanded the aircraft carrier Ranger (CV-4), and acted as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force through 1944.
See USS John S. McCain for other ships of this name.
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| 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 |
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