USS Milius
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USS Milius (DDG-69) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. It is the first United States Navy Ship named after a POW/MIA from the Vietnam War. She is named after Captain Paul L. Milius, a Naval Aviator presumed killed following the crash of his aircraft over Laos in February 1968. Captain Milius's daughter, Annette, became the sponsor and later christened the ship named in honor of her father.
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USS Milius on 20 May 2003 | |
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Name | Milius |
Namesake | Paul L. Milius |
Ordered | 8 April 1992 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 8 August 1994 |
Launched | 1 August 1995 |
Sponsored by | Annette Milius |
Christened | 28 October 1995 |
Commissioned | 23 November 1996 |
Homeport | Yokosuka[1] |
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Honours and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
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Length | 505 ft (154 m) |
Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R |
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