| USS Lassen (DDG-82) | |
|---|---|
 USS Lassen underway in the rough seas of the East China Sea. | |
| Career (USA) |  |
| Namesake: | Clyde Everett Lassen |
| Ordered: | 6 January 1995 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 24 August 1998 |
| Launched: | 16 October 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 21 April 2001 |
| Homeport: | Yokosuka, Japan |
| Motto: | From Courage, Life |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| 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+ knots (55+ km/h) |
| Complement: | 320 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: |
1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5″/62 (127mm/62), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns, 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes[1] |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Lassen (DDG-82) is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was homeported in San Diego until she shifted homeport to Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan in August 2005, where she remains as of March 2013.
Lassen is named for Clyde Everett Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his courageous rescue of two downed aviators while commander of a search and rescue helicopter in Vietnam.
On 15 February 2009 at 12:25 pm, Lassen collided with a Japanese 14-ton pleasure boat in Yokosuka harbor. Four people fishing on the pleasure boat, which was at anchor, were reportedly uninjured.[2] On 23 March 2009 the Japan Coast Guard filed a case against both the destroyer's and the fishing boat's captains with local prosecutors for professional negligence that endangered traffic.[3]
On 1 July 2009, Fox News Channel reported that Lassen was tracking the North Korean ship Kang Nam, suspected of carrying contraband.
Commanding Officers[]
The commanding officer (CO) of the of the USS Lassen (DDG-82), is the United States Navy officer who is the most senior officer on ship. The CO is the ultimate authority over operations of the Lassen and her crew.
List of commanding officers[]
| # | Name | Start of tenure | End of tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | CDR Scott Christop McClelland[4] | 7 June 2012 | |
| 7 | CDR Walter Clark Wrye IV[4] | 17 December 2010 | 7 June 2012 |
| 6 | CDR Hung Ba Le[4] | 23 April 2009 | 17 December 2010 |
| 5 | CDR Anthony Louis Simmons[4] | 29 November 2007 | 23 April 2009 |
| 4 | CDR Marshall Brent Brown[4] | 31 May 2006 | 29 November 2007 |
| 3 | CDR Kerry Spencer Gilpin[4] | 29 July 2004 | 31 May 2006 |
| 2 | CDR Hugh Denny Wetherald[4] | 5 September 2002 | 29 July 2004 |
| 1 | CDR Sean Eugene O'Connor[4] | 21 April 2001 | 5 September 2002 |
References[]
- ↑ "Welcome Aboard". USS Lassen DDG-82. US Navy. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080107121207/http://www.lassen.navy.mil/site+pages/Welcome+Aboard.aspx. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
- ↑ Kyodo News, "U.S. military ship has minor collision with small boat in Yokosuka"
- ↑ Japan Times, "Port collision sent to prosecutors", 24 March 2009, p. 2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01082.htm
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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USS Lassen in drydock in Yokosuka, with the sonar dome visible, January 2007
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