USS Pinckney (DDG-91): Ship profile
USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy that is homeported at NS San Diego, and assigned to Destroyer Squadron 23.
USS Pinckney (DDG 91): PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (July 8, 2008) The guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) leaves Pearl Harbor to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Moriatis
Pinckney was laid down on July 16, 2001 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, at Pascagoula, Miss. and was launched on June 26, 2002 to be commissioned on May 29, 2004 at Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme.
She is named for Cook First Class William Pinckney (1915–1975), who received the Navy Cross for his courageous rescue of a fellow crewmember onboard Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz.
USS Pinckney History:
USS Pinckney made her maiden deployment February of 2005 and made port visits to Guam, Singapore, Australia, Fiji and Hawaii. During this deployment the 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.
On 16 February 2007, Pinckney was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.
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.
USS Pinckney (DDG 91): Pacific Ocean (July 25, 2006) – The guided-missile destroyers USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and USS Shoup (DDG 86) sail in formation during the Rim of Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2006. Eight nations participated in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Walter T. Ham IV
General Characteristics:
Fleet: Pacific
Homeport: San Diego, CA
Displacement: 9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draught: 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)
Crew complement: 32 officers and 348 enlisted
Armaments:
- 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 tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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Sources: U.S. Navy and Wikipedia
