USS O'Kane (DDG-77)

8315 tons

154 m

20 meters

9.5 meters

26 officers, 315 teams

Two propellers, each driven over 4 gas turbines; 100,000 shaft horsepower

31 knots

90 VLS cells, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 1 artillery 127 mm

The USS O'Kane (DDG -77 ) is a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke-class. The United States Navy has named the ship after Rear Admiral Richard O'Kane, a U- boat commander in World War II.

History

DDG -77 was ordered in 1994 and laid in March 1997 at Bath Iron Works in Kiel. Already in March the following year, the unit was able to walk from the stack. After the final outfitting and sea trials, the shipyard O'Kane could be put into service in October 1999.

In July 2001, the destroyer began with the USS Carl Vinson (CVN -70) its first mission, which was completed in January 2002 after missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In the summer of the ship took part in the exercise RIMPAC. 2003 moved the O'Kane because of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Middle East and was involved in land attack by Tomahawk cruise missiles.

2005 the destroyer operated, again with the Carl Vinson, the Horn of Africa, 2006, she participated a second time at RIMPAC. In early 2007, the ship ran out as part of the group led by the USS John C. Stennis (CVN- 74) and in August took part in the exercise Valiant Shield. 2008, O'Kane was reinstated as part of the exercise RIMPAC. In 2009 she took part in exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces. In July 2010, the destroyer moved to the Middle East, including in the framework of the National Missile Defense.