USS O'Bannon (DD-987)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 15 January 1975 |
| Laid down: | 21 February 1977 |
| Launched: | 25 September 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1979 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2005. |
| Homeport: | NS Mayport, Florida |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,494 tons full load |
| Length: | 529 ft waterline; 563 ft overall (161, 172 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
| Draft: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500–30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp (60 MW); 2 × shafts. |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nm (11,000 km) at 20 knots; 3,300 nm at 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 inch (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters. |
| Aircraft: | 2 × SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
| Motto: | Strike Shamrock |
USS O'Bannon (DD-987), an Spruance-class destroyer, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon (1776–1850), an early hero of the US Marine Corps.
O'Bannon was laid down on 21 February 1977 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 25 September 1978; and commissioned on 15 December 1979.
As of 2005, O'Bannon is captained by Commander Troy A. Stoner, homeported at NS Mayport, Florida, and is the flagship of Destroyer Squadron 14.
See USS O'Bannon for other ships of the same name.
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