USS Halsey (DDG 97)

USS HALSEY is the 47th ship in the ARLEIGH BURKE - class of Aegis guided missile destroyers and the second ship in the Navy named after Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: March 6, 1998
	Keel laid: January 17, 2003
	Launched: January 9, 2004
	Commissioned: July 30, 2005
	Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
	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: San Diego, Calif.
	Crew: approx. 380

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS HALSEY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Click here to read more about the Ship's Namesake - Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey

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USS HALSEY Image Gallery:

The photo below was taken by Charles Barton and shows the HALSEY at San Diego, Calif, on August 19, 2005.

The photos below were taken by me and show the HALSEY departing Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on March 10, 2008. The HALSEY got underway for operations with the PELELIU (LHA 5) amphibious strike group.

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