USS Decatur

USS Decatur (DDG-73) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for the former naval officer Stephen Decatur, Jr. This ship is the 22nd destroyer of her class. USS Decatur was the 13th ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 11 January 1996. She was launched on 10 November 1996 and was christened on 8 November 1996. On 29 August 1998 she was commissioned at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon.

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DDG-73; DDG-73
speed 31 knot, 
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, guided missile destroyer, United States Navy, Bath Iron Works, 

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1998-08-29T00:00:00Z

1998-08-29T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1996-01-11T00:00:00Z

1996-01-11T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1996-11-08T00:00:00Z

1996-11-08T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Destroyer, cruiser, make approach for replenishment DVIDS94574

USS Decatur in the Pacific

USS Decatur (DDG-73) Hong Kong

USS Decatur in the Pacific

US Navy 020518-N-4998R-001 Seaman Michael Adams

US Navy 020521-N-4998R-010 East Timor - Humanitarian effort

US Navy 030822-N-9885M-001 USS Decatur (DDG 73) steams towards the Coronado Bridge as she departs the comforts of home and begins her scheduled deployment

US Navy 031216-N-4374S-037 A U.S. Navy boarding team operation from the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) discovered an estimated two tons of narcotics with a street value of around eight to ten million dollars aboa

Defense.gov News Photo 031216-N-4374S-037

Over 50 bags of hashish are piled on the deck of Decatur (DDG 73) on December 16, 2003

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Destroyer, cruiser, make approach for replenishment DVIDS94574		Commons
commons	image		USS Decatur in the Pacific		Commons
commons	image		USS Decatur (DDG-73) Hong Kong		Commons
commons	image		USS Decatur in the Pacific		Commons
commons	image		US Navy 020518-N-4998R-001 Seaman Michael Adams		Commons
commons	image		US Navy 020521-N-4998R-010 East Timor - Humanitarian effort		Commons
commons	image		US Navy 030822-N-9885M-001 USS Decatur (DDG 73) steams towards the Coronado Bridge as she departs the comforts of home and begins her scheduled deployment		Commons
commons	image		US Navy 031216-N-4374S-037 A U.S. Navy boarding team operation from the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) discovered an estimated two tons of narcotics with a street value of around eight to ten million dollars aboa		Commons
commons	image		Defense.gov News Photo 031216-N-4374S-037		Commons
commons	image		Over 50 bags of hashish are piled on the deck of Decatur (DDG 73) on December 16, 2003		Commons