USS O'Brien (DD-975)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 9 May 1975 |
| Launched: | 8 July 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 3 December 1977 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 September 2004 |
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| Struck: | 24 September 2004 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,040 tons full load. |
| Length: | 529 feet waterline; 563 feet overall. |
| Beam: | 55 feet. |
| Draught: | 29 feet. |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp; 2 x shafts. |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles at 20 knots; 3,300 nautical miles at 30 knots. |
| Complement: | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 5-inch 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 x 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 x quadruple Harpoon missile canisters. |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
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USS O'Brien (DD-975) is a Spruance class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi. It was named for Captain Jeremiah O’Brien USN and his five brothers: Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph. The O'Briens were crew members on board the sloop Unity, which captured HMS Margaretta at the entrance to Machias harbor on 12 June 1775. O’Brien was decommissioned on 24 September 2004
External Links
- USS O'Brien webpage (http://www.navysite.de/dd/dd975.htm)