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USS BAINBRIDGE is the 18th Flight IIA ARLEIGH BURKE - class guided missile destroyer and the fifth ship in the Navy named after Commodore William Bainbridge.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: March 6, 1998 |
| Keel laid: May 7, 2003 | |
| Launched: October 30, 2004 | |
| Commissioned: November 12, 2005 | |
| Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | |
| Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters) | |
| Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters) | |
| Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load | |
| Speed: 32 knots | |
| Aircraft: two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters | |
| Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes | |
| Homeport: Norfolk, Va. | |
| Crew: approx. 380 |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS BAINBRIDGE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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USS BAINBRIDGE Construction Gallery:
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USS BAINBRIDGE Image Gallery:
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The photos below were taken by me and show the BAINBRIDGE at Naval Base Norfolk, Va., on November 9, 2008.
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