USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)
9200 tons
156 meters
20 meters
9.5 meters
32 officers, 350 teams
Two propellers, each driven over 4 gas turbines; 100,000 shaft horsepower
31 knots
96 VLS cells, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 1 artillery 127 mm
The USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG -81 ) is a destroyer in the United States Navy and is one of the Arleigh Burke - class.
History
The Winston S. Churchill was at Bath Iron Works established in 1998 to Kiel and left in April 1999 from the stack. The unit was made in 2001 with the U.S. Navy in service.
The ship is named after Winston Churchill and christened by Lady Soames, the daughter of Churchill. The ship is (as of 2006 ) is the only standing with the U.S. Navy in service ship, which is named after a foreign citizen (even if Churchill the American honorary citizenship was bestowed ). In addition, the ship is only the fourth American warship which was named after an Englishman. In addition, the Churchill is the only U.S. warship on which a permanent officer of the Royal Navy is turned off.
On September 14, 2001, three days after the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 in the United States, passed the German destroyer Lütjens the Churchill and turned to the Americans with a front honor. In addition, the Stars and Stripes were led at half-mast and shown a banner reading We stand by you.
On 22 August 2005, the Churchill collided with her sister ship USS McFaul (DDG -74 ) off Florida, where both ships were only slightly damaged.
The end of 2005 broke the Churchill with the USS Nassau ( LHA - 4) Expeditionary Strike Group in the context of Norfolk to the east. On 22 January 2006, Churchill made in the Indian Ocean on a pirate ship, on 2 May 2006, the ride was over. In November 2007, Churchill again broke up in these regions, this time as part of the battle group led by the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN -75). 2010 was followed by another laying on the side of Truman. On this trip, the crew of the Churchill took a skiff with 85 Somalis on board, trying to reach Yemen. After a mechanical breakdown drove the skiff, while food and water boarded zuneige. With rigid craft supply means soldiers brought on board, but the engine could not be repaired. The crew then decided to tow the skiff back to Somalia. When, after a few hours another boat brought food to the skiff, the Somalis stormed all on one side, and then the skiff capsized. The two inflatable boats rescued 61 people from the water, 13 drowned, 11 more were taken as missing.
In June 2012, Churchill was on the side of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN -69) moved to the Mediterranean and Arabian waters.