![]() USS Ross on 29 May 2005
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History | |
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Name | Ross |
Namesake | Donald K. Ross |
Ordered | 8 April 1992 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 10 April 1995 |
Launched | 22 March 1996 |
Commissioned | 28 June 1997 |
Homeport | Norfolk |
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Motto | Fortune Favors Valor |
Nickname(s) | Quad Cruiser |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
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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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R |
USS Ross (DDG-71) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the second Navy ship to be named Ross, the first Navy ship named for Medal of Honor recipient Donald K. Ross and the 21st destroyer of her class. The first Ross, DD-563, was named for David Ross, a captain in the Continental Navy.