USS Russell (DDG-59)

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 Russell ( DDG -59 ) is a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke-class in the fleet of the United States Navy. It is named after John Henry Russell and his son, John H. Russel junior.

History

DDG -59 was added in 1990 in order. On 24 July 1992, the keel was laid at Ingalls Shipbuilding, one and a half years later, the destroyer was launched. This was followed by the final outfitting and sea trials, the shipyard, the official commissioning ceremony at the Navy took place in 1995.

In 1996 the Russell fought for the first time, she was involved in the anti- Iraq Operation Desert Strike.

2000 moved the Russell with a battle group to the USS John C. Stennis (CVN -74 ), after returning in July docked a ship to the first overhaul. The next installation was followed in October 2001 and led the Russell in the Indian Ocean, where they after a crash rescued all four crew members of a Rockwell B-1B Lancer on December 21.

In 2004 the ship at some exercises with navies in Southeast Asia. 2006 operated the Russell in the western Pacific Ocean with USS Abraham Lincoln ( CVN -72) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV -63 ), including in the context of exercise Valiant Shield. Beginning of 2007 was the destroyer as part of the battle group to the USS Ronald Reagan ( CVN -76). On 21 February 2008, Russell returned together with her sister ship USS Decatur ( DDG -73) radar and orbital data for the launch of the satellite USA 193 by the cruiser USS Lake Erie ( CG -70).

2008, Russell moved a second time with the Lincoln in the Indian Ocean. In June, the destroyer answered here in the Gulf of Aden to the distress call from a Somali ship that already drove unmotivated after a drive damage two days. On the 14-meter long ship there were 70 people, seven of whom received medical care at the Russell. The boat was then towed into Somali waters. From 28 June to 2 July, Russell took from the Mediterranean out with her sister ship USS Benfold (DDG -65), which drove in the Persian Gulf, at a communication test as part of the National Missile Defense part. In early 2010, the destroyer moved towards the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. On the operational plan were exercises with allied navies and with the carrier battle group led by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN -69).

In September 2011, Russell began a solo drive in the Western Pacific.