USS Ross (DDG-71)

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 Ross ( DDG -71) is a destroyer of the American Arleigh Burke-class. It is named after Captain Donald K. Ross, who has distinguished himself during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

History

DDG -71 was approved in 1992 and placed in April 1995 at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Kiel. In March 1996, the ship was launched and christened by the widow of Ross died in 1992, Mrs. Helen Ross. The official commissioning ceremony in the fleet of the United States Navy took place in June 1997. After the first exercises Ross went to the post Shakedown Availability again in the yard.

After further training and practice drives in early 1999 began the first laying of Ross, with the battle group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt ( CVN -71) drove the destroyer during Operation Allied Force in the Mediterranean. After finishing the trip in September the next transfer followed in May 2000, when Ross participated in the exercise BALTOPS. During this time, Ross was also in Kiel. In 2001, the ship was involved in Operation Enduring Freedom.

2006 Ross drove in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Mediterranean. In February 2008, she moved as escort for the USS Nassau ( LHA -4) to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. 2010 was followed by a transfer as escorts the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN -75).

In 2014, USS Ross is his former home port, Naval Station Norfolk, for the time being the last time to leave and move into his new home base, the naval base of Rota.