USS O'Brien (DD-975)
USS O'Brien at sea | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | O'Brien |
| Namesake |
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| Ordered | 26 January 1972 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 9 May 1975 |
| Launched | 8 July 1976 |
| Acquired | 14 November 1977 |
| Commissioned | 3 December 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 24 September 2004 |
| Stricken | 24 September 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Loyalty, Unity, Freedom |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 9 February 2006 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Spruance-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 8,040 long tons (8,170 t) full load |
| Length | |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
| Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
USS O'Brien (DD-975) was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was named for Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers: Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph. The O'Briens were crew members on board the sloop Unity, which captured HMS Margaretta at the entrance to Machias harbor on 12 June 1775. O’Brien was decommissioned on 24 September 2004, and was later sunk as part of a training exercise in 2006.