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USS McFaul (DDG-74)
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| Ordered: | 21 January 1993 |
| Laid down: | 26 January 1996 |
| Launched: | 18 January 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 25 April 1998 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,400 tons |
| Length: | 505 ft (153.9 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20.1 m) |
| Draught: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 296 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 29 cell, 1 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 90 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5/54 in (127/54 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | Cannot embark rotary wing aircraft, but is equipped with a flight deck that allows a single SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to conduct underway replenishment. |
| Motto: | Courage, Honor, Sacrifice |
USS McFaul (DDG-74) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul, a Navy Seal who was killed in action on December 20, 1989, while serving in Panama. [1] McFaul was awarded a posthumous Navy Cross for attempting to rescue a platoon mate at the cost of his life. [2]
- 22 August 2005 - McFaul was involved in a minor collision with USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Both ships suffered minor damage, and no injuries were reported. Both ships returned to their homeport at Naval Station Norfolk under their own power.
- On 16 February 2007, McFaul was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [3]
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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