USS O'Bannon (DD-987)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS O'Bannon.
USS O'Bannon (DD-987), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon (1776–1850), an early hero of the US Marine Corps.
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USS O'Bannon in Souda Harbor on 3 March 2005 | |
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Name | O'Bannon |
Namesake | Presley O'Bannon |
Ordered | 15 January 1975 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 21 February 1977 |
Launched | 25 September 1978 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1979 |
Decommissioned | 19 August 2005 |
Stricken | 19 August 2005 |
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Motto | Discipline, Pride, Performance |
Fate | Sunk as target, 6 October 2008 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Spruance-class destroyer |
Displacement | 8,040 (long) tons full load |
Length | 529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall |
Beam | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
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Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
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O'Bannon was laid down on 21 February 1977 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 25 September 1978; and commissioned on 15 December 1979.