- USS Pinckney (DDG-91)
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Not to be confused with the similarly spelled USS Pinkney.
USS Pinckney (foreground) sails alongside the Spanish frigate Almirante Juan de BorbonCareer (United States) 
Name: USS Pinckney Namesake: William Pinckney Ordered: 6 March 1998 Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Laid down: 16 July 2001 Launched: 26 June 2002 Commissioned: 29 May 2004 Homeport: Naval Base San Diego Motto: Proud to Serve Status: in active service, as of 2011[update] Badge: 
General characteristics Class and type: Arleigh Burke class destroyer Displacement: 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) Beam: 66 ft (20 m) Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m) Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) Speed: >30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) Complement: 380 officers and enlisted Armament: 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubesAircraft carried: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Cook First Class William Pinckney (1915–1975), who received the Navy Cross for his courageous rescue of a fellow crewmember on board Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz.
Pinckney was laid down on 16 July 2001 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, at Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched on 26 June 2002; and commissioned on 29 May 2004 at Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme.
As of 2010, Pinckney is commanded by Commander Matthew M. McGonigle, homeported at NS San Diego, and assigned to Destroyer Squadron 23.
Ship history
USS Pinckney made her maiden deployment September 2005. During this deployment, she made port visits to Guam, Singapore, Australia, Fiji and Hawaii. During this deployment, Pinckney became the first ever guided-missile destroyer to refuel and replenish the Mark Five (MK V) high-performance combatant craft. She returned home after five months underway on 24 February 2006.[1]
On 16 February 2007, Pinckney was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.[2]
Pinckney departed San Diego on 2 April 2007 along with USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for a 6 month deployment. She returned home on 30 September 2007.[3]
References
- ^ USS Pinckney Returns From Historic Deployment. U.S. Navy
- ^ Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E". U.S. Navy
- ^ "Pinckney Returns Home". US Navy. 3 October 2007. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/10/mil-071003-nns05.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
External links
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight I ships Arleigh Burke · Barry · John Paul Jones · Curtis Wilbur · Stout · John S. McCain · Mitscher · Laboon · Russell · Paul Hamilton · Ramage · Fitzgerald · Stethem · Carney · Benfold · Gonzalez · Cole · The Sullivans · Milius · Hopper · Ross
Flight II ships Flight IIA ships 5"/54 variant5"/62 variantWinston S. Churchill · Lassen · Howard · Bulkeley · McCampbell · Shoup · Mason · Preble · Mustin · Chafee · Pinckney · Momsen · Chung-Hoon · Nitze · James E. Williams · Bainbridge · Halsey · Forrest Sherman · Farragut · Kidd · Gridley · Sampson · Truxtun · Sterett · Dewey · Stockdale · Gravely · Wayne E. Meyer · Jason Dunham · William P. Lawrence · Spruance · Michael Murphy
List of destroyers of the United States Navy · List of destroyer classes of the United States NavyCategories:- Arleigh Burke class destroyers
- Active destroyers of the United States
- Ships built in Mississippi
- 2002 ships
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