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USS WAYNE E. MEYER DDG 108
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Narragansett Bay
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U.S. Navy
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September 26, 2009
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United States
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USS WAYNE E. MEYER DDG 108 is inbound Narragansett Bay on the morning of September 26th 2009
enroute to a port call at Navsta Newport's Pier 2. She is stopping over while enroute to Philadelphia
where she will be commissioned on October 10th 2009.
USS WAYNE E. MEYER (DDG 108)
The USS WAYNE E. MEYER is the 58th of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and carries
the 100th Aegis Combat System built. The ship will be able to conduct a variety of
operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and
power projection. The new destroyer honors the retired Navy Rear Admiral who led
the development of Aegis, the first fully integrated combat system built to defend
against air, surface and subsurface threats.
Class: BURKE Flight IIa As Built.
Displacement: 8373 Tons (Full)
Dimensions: 509' 5" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max)
Armament: 1x5"/62 RF, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, 90 VLS Cells, 2 SH-60B helicopters, 8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT
Machinery: 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed: 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots
Crew: 370
For more information about Admiral Meyer as well as the USS Meyer, please see the following links:
http://www.meyer.navy.mil/default.aspx
http://www.ussmeyer.org/
http://www.ussmeyer.org/ship-command.html
http://www.ussmeyer.org/ship-history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_E._Meyer
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