USS Milius (DDG-69)

USS Milius (DDG-69)
USS Milius (DDG-69)
	Milius at sea in 2003
Name:	USS Milius
Namesake:	Commander Paul L. Milius VO-67
Ordered:	8 April 1992
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down:	8 August 1994
Launched:	1 August 1995
Sponsored by:	Annette Milius
Christened:	28 October 1995
Commissioned:	23 November 1996
Homeport:	Naval Base San Diego
Motto:	Alii Prae Me - "Others Before Myself"
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
Badge:
General characteristics
Class & 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 commissioned 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/SPG-62 Fire Control Radar; AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array; AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar; AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System;
Electronic warfare ; & 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 launching systems with 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles; 2 x Mk 141 Harpoon Missile Launcher SSM; 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:	2 Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters can be embarked

USS Milius (DDG-69) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. Her namesake is Commander Paul L. Milius (1928-1968) of U.S. Navy squadron VO-67. His OP-2E aircraft, callsign Sophomore 50, was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Laos on 27 February 1968 and he ordered his crew to bail out. Seven of the nine men aboard were rescued. The remains of the eighth crewmember, ATN2 John Hartzeim, who was wounded in the attack, were identified on 19 February 1999. Although he exited his aircraft, Commander Milius was never recovered. Commander Milius received the Navy Cross in 1968.

The motto of the ship is "Alii Prae Me" (Others before me). As of February 2016, the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 21.^[1]

Ships history[]

In January 2005, Milius participated in Operation Unified Assistance. On 6 December 2006, the ship successfully launched a Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time in a test of the Block IV configuration. The launch took place in the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range off of California. The missile flew 869 miles before impacting its target on the land range at China Lake, California.^[2]

On 12 September 2007, the Embassy of the United States, Manila stated that the arrival of the destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Milius was a goodwill visit to strengthen Philippines–United States relations.^[3]

Deployments[]

May 26, 1998-September 1998 Maiden deployment
June 22, 2000-December 2000 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
November 2, 2002 – June 2, 2003 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
December 6, 2004 – June 6, 2005 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
April 10, 2007 – October 8, 2007 Scheduled Deployment with BHR ESG
December 2008-July 2009 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
May 18, 2010 – December 16, 2010 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
January 11, 2012 – September 11, 2012 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf

Awards[]

USS Milius has been awarded the Navy Battle "E" two times

01-Jan-2002 31-Dec-2002
01-Jan-2012 31-Dec-2012 ^[4]
PACFLT 2003 Retention Excellence Award Winner
PACFLT 2002 Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award

Commanding Officers[]

The commanding officer (CO) of USS Milius is the United States Navy officer who is the most senior officer on ship. The CO is the ultimate authority over operations of Milius and her crew.

List of commanding officers[]

#	Name	Start of tenure	End of tenure
13	CDR Gilbert Ayan^[5]	000000002015-11-20-000020 November 2015	Present
12	CDR Michael J. Rak^[5]	000000002014-05-02-00002 May 2014	2015
11	CDR Stephen F. Shedd^[5]	000000002012-11-02-00002 November 2012	000000002014-05-02-00002 May 2014
10	CDR Nicholie Tanya Bufkin^[5]	000000002011-04-15-000015 April 2011	000000002012-11-02-00002 November 2012
9	CDR Robert Trevor King^[5]	000000002009-11-05-00005 November 2009	000000002011-04-15-000015 April 2011
8	CDR Kendall Gennick^[5]	000000002008-05-30-000030 May 2008	000000002009-11-05-00005 November 2009
7	CDR Edmund Burguillos Hernandez^[5]	000000002006-11-07-00007 November 2006	000000002008-05-30-000030 May 2008
6	CDR David James Sheridan^[5]	000000002005-05-12-000012 May 2005	000000002006-11-07-00007 November 2006
5	CDR John Stewart Mitchell III^[5]	000000002003-04-15-000015 April 2003	000000002005-05-12-000012 May 2005
4	CDR Jeffrey Allan Harley^[5]	000000002001-05-11-000011 May 2001	000000002003-04-15-000015 April 2003
3	CDR Thomas Sumner Rowden^[5]	000000001999-10-29-000029 October 1999	000000002001-05-11-000011 May 2001
2	CDR James Patrick (Jim) McManamon^[5]	000000001998-02-27-000027 February 1998	000000001999-10-29-000029 October 1999
1	CDR Daine E. Eisold^[5]	000000001996-11-23-000023 November 1996	000000001998-02-27-000027 February 1998

References[]

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

↑ http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/CDS21/Pages/Ourship.aspx
↑ "Navy posts successful test of Raytheon's Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile", Aerotech News and Review, 2006-12-22
↑ Inquirer.net, US warships arrive in RP
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[1] ttp://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/CDS21/Pages/Ourship.aspx

[2] "Navy posts successful test of Raytheon's Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile", Aerotech News and Review, 2006-12-22

[3] Inquirer.net, US warships arrive in RP

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