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USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)
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| Ordered: | 19 January 1993 |
| Laid down: | 9 July 1996 |
| Launched: | 3 May 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 4 December 1998 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,315 tons |
| Length: | 505 ft (153.9 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20.1 m) |
| Draught: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 337 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 29 cell, 1 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 90 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5/54 in (127/54 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked |
| Motto: | Faith Without Fear |
USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the United States Navy.
Named for Donald Cook, a Vietnam War prisoner of war who died in captivity, the destroyer was commissioned in 1998. It was one of the first U.S. warships to come to the aid of the USS Cole after it was damaged by suicide bombers on October 12, 2000. In 2003, the ship fired the first Tomahawk missile during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The USS Donald Cook was featured in the "Super Fast Warship" episode of Build It Bigger.
- Sanders, Michael S. (1999). The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-019246-1. (Describes the construction of Cook at Bath Iron Works.)
- "USS Donald Cook Official Web-Site"
- USS Donald Cook webpage
- DDG-75 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com
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