USS Wayne E. Meyer

For other ships with the same name, see USS Wayne.

USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer, known as the "Father of Aegis". She carries the 100th AEGIS Weapon System to be delivered to the United States Navy.^[2]

USS Wayne E. Meyer on 19 June 2017
History
United States
Name	Wayne E. Meyer
Namesake	Wayne E. Meyer
Awarded	13 September 2002
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	17 May 2007
Launched	19 October 2008
Sponsored by	Anna Mae Meyer
Acquired	10 July 2009
Commissioned	10 October 2009
Homeport	Pearl Harbor
Identification	MMSI number: 369970036 Callsign: NFOA Pennant number: DDG-108
Motto	One Powerful Legacy
Honors & awards	See Awards
Status	in active service
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General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 tons
Length	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	exceeds 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	312 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

Construction

Wayne E. Meyer is the 58th destroyer in her class. She was built by Bath Iron Works, and was christened by sponsor Anna Mae Meyer, wife of Admiral Meyer, and launched on 18 October 2008. She completed sea trials in June 2009, and was delivered to the Navy in July 2009.^[1] She was commissioned on the Delaware River, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 10 October 2009.

Ship history

Wayne E. Meyer arrived at her homeport in San Diego, California, on 4 December 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Wayne E. Meyer made her maiden deployment as part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from 29 July 2011 until 27 February 2012. She made port calls in Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Bahrain, Dubai, and the Philippines.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2017, Wayne E. Meyer, and her sister ship Michael Murphy, were part of Destroyer Squadron 1, and along with Lake Champlain and Carl Vinson formed Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1), during a deployment to the western Pacific. In April of that year, CSG-1 cancelled a scheduled port call in Australia, in response to increasing tensions between the United States and North Korea over the latter's nuclear weapons program.^[3]

In September 2018 Wayne E. Meyer and O'Kane completed homeport swaps. Wayne E. Meyer arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam on 13 September, and O'Kane got underway for her new homeport of San Diego.^{[citation needed]}

In popular culture

• Wayne E. Meyer was featured in the episode "Destroyer Disaster" of the Food Network show, Dinner: Impossible.^[4]
• Wayne E. Meyer was used in the filming of Season 2 Episode 5, "Achilles", of the TNT Network show The Last Ship.^[5]

Awards

• Navy Unit Commendation - (Sep 2011–Jan 2012, Jul 2012–May 2013)
• Navy E Ribbon - (2013, 2014)
• Spokane Trophy - (2014)
• Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Conservation Award (Medium ship category) - (2017)^[6]
• Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award - (2024)

Gallery

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  Christening party for Wayne E. Meyer, at Bath Iron Works 18 October 2008
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  Stern view of Wayne E. Meyer prior to launching 18 October 2008