| USS Porter (DDG-78) | |
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 USS Porter (DDG-78) | |
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| Name: | USS Porter |
| Namesake: | David Dixon Porter |
| Ordered: | 20 July 1994 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 2 December 1996 |
| Launched: | 12 November 1997 |
| Acquired: | 11 January 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 20 March 1999 |
| Motto: | Freedom's Champion |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2022[update] |
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| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
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| 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) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters can be embarked |
| Motto: | Freedom's Champion |
USS Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Porter is named after Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter.
Pirates[]
On 28 October 2007, Porter attacked and sank two pirate skiffs off Somalia after receiving a distress call from the tanker MV Golden Nori which was under attack from pirates.[1]
Upgrade[]
On 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that Porter would be upgraded during fiscal year 2013 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.[2]
Operation Nanook 2010[]
In August 2010 the Porter and the buoy tender USCGC Alder participated in Operation Nanook 2010 in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits.[3] This was the fourth annual Operation Nanook organized by the Canadian Government, but it was the first to host foreign vessels.
Collision 2012[]
USS Porter after the collision
On August 12, 2012, the Porter collided with the MV Otowasan, a Japanese oil tanker, near the Strait of Hormuz.[4] The collision ripped a 3 by 3 metres (9.8 ft × 9.8 ft) hole in the starboard side of the destroyer, forcing it to Jebel Ali, Dubai for repairs. No one on either ship was injured.[5][6][7] Initially Naval Forces Central Command did not provide details about the collision, saying that it was under investigation.[8][9] The ship's captain, Cmdr. Martin Arriola, was subsequently removed from command of the ship and replaced by Cmdr. Dave Richardson.[10][11] On 12 October 2012, the Porter rejoined Carrier Strike Group Twelve for its transit through the Suez Canal following extensive repairs to the ship costing $700,000.[12][13]
References[]
- ↑ "U.S. warship sinks two pirate skiffs". CNN. 29 October 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.pirates/index.html. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- ↑ "MDA announces next 6 BMD ships", Navy Times, 12 November 2009.
- ↑ "Canada Command – OP Nanook". Canadian Forces. 2010-08. http://www.canadacom.forces.gc.ca/daily/archive-nanook10-eng.asp?#050810. Retrieved 22 September 2010. mirror
- ↑ "U.S. destroyer, oil tanker collide". CNN. 12 August 2012. http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/world/us-japan-navy-ship-collision/index.html?hpt=hp_t3. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ↑ Associated Press, "U.S. Navy ship collides with tanker off Hormuz", Japan Times, 14 August 2012, p. 2
- ↑ "Collision in the Strait of Hormuz". Information Dissemination. 13 August 2012. http://www.informationdissemination.net/2012/08/collision-in-strait-of-hormuz.html. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "PORTER Collision: 1st Hand Report". CDR Salamander. Google. 14 August 2012. http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2012/08/porter-collision-1st-hand-report.html?m=1. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Update: No Injuries In Strait Of Hormuz Collision". NNS120811-11. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs. August 12, 2012. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=68963. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ↑ Barbara Starr (12 August 2012). "Navy: U.S. destroyer collides with oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz". http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/world/meast/bahrain-navy-collision/index.html?hpt=hp_t3. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ↑ "Skipper of US Navy ship removed from job". Washington Post. August 30, 2012. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/skipper-of-us-navy-ship-removed-from-job-after-collision-with-oil-tanker-near-strait-of-hormuz/2012/08/30/984133f2-f2b1-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html?wprss=rss_social-nation-headlines&Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ↑ Sam Fellman (30 August 2012). "Destroyer CO fired in wake of tanker collision". http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/08/navy-porter-co-arriola-fired-collision-083012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex R. Forster, USN (October 14, 2012). "USS Porter Rejoins Enterprise Carrier Strike Group". NNS121014-04. Enterprise Carrier Strike Group Public Affairs. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=70138. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ↑ Hixenbaugh, Mike, "After $700,000 In Temporary Repairs, Navy Ship Is Back In Action", Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 24 October 2012
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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