USS Ramage on 6 September 2008
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Ramage |
Namesake | Lawson P. Ramage |
Ordered | 21 February 1990 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 4 January 1993 |
Launched | 1 February 1994 |
Commissioned | 22 July 1995 |
Homeport | Mayport[1] |
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Motto | Par Excellence |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
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 Ramage (DDG-61) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship is named for Vice Admiral Lawson P. Ramage, a notable submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.
Ramage was laid down 4 January 1993 at the Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 11 February 1994, sponsored by Barbara Ramage (wife of the admiral), and commissioned 22 July 1995.