USS Russell (DDG-59)

USS Russell in Pearl Harbor.
Career (US)
Name:	USS Russell
Namesake:	Rear Admiral John Henry Russell, John Henry Russell, Jr.
Operator:	United States Navy
Ordered:	22 February 1990
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down:	24 July 1992
Launched:	20 October 1993
Commissioned:	20 May 1995
Homeport:	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Motto:	Strength in Freedom
Status:	in active service, as of 2011[update]
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement:	Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t) Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)
Length:	505 ft (154 m)
Beam:	66 ft (20 m)
Draft:	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:	4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)
Speed:	>30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:	4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h)
Complement:	33 Officers 38 Chief Petty Officers 210 Enlisted Personnel
Sensors and processing systems:	• AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar • AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar • AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar • AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array • AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
Electronic warfare and decoys:	• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures • MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System • AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
Armament:	1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles 1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm) 2 × 25 mm chain gun 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked

For other ships of the same name, see USS Russell.

USS Russell (DDG-59) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the second ship of the USN to carry the name Russell and is named for Rear Admiral John Henry Russell and his son, Commandant of the Marine Corps John Henry Russell, Jr..

In May 2004, Russell departed for a four-month deployment along with several ships including USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717), USS Salvor (ARS-52), USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) & USS McCampbell (DDG-85). The deployment was centered around an annual exercise called Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2004.

On 16 February 2007, Russell was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.^[1]

On 21 February 2008, Russell participated with the USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and the USS Decatur (DDG-73) in the interception and destruction of the dying US satellite US 193.

On 25 March 2008 an official blog of life on the Russell was started, entitled The Destroyermen.^[2] It included everyday info about the life of a sailor on board a US Navy destroyer, only included information that would normally be available through official channels. As of Augst 2011, the last update was posted August 2009.

In June 2008, Russell rescued about 70 people from a disabled boat in the Gulf of Aden.^[3]

Gallery

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  USS Russell in the South Pacific, February 2007

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  Fire Controlman from the USS Russell (DDG-59) helps put together care packages for San Diegans who were displaced from their homes due to the wildfires

References

1. ^ navy.mil
2. ^ destroyermen.blogspot.com
3. ^ ap.google.com

External links

• Official site
• Naval Vessel Register entry for USS Russell
• The Destroyermen, Life Aboard USS Russell, through the eyes of her crew