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DDG 81 - Winston S. Churchill (HULL 467)

Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer for the United States Navy
Length:
505'
Beam: 66'
Depth: 41'-10"
Draft: 20'-8 1/4"
Displacement: 6,605 (light ship), 8,422 (full load)
Other Data:
4 geared gas turbines, 100,000 horsepower, twin screws, twin rudders, steel superstructure, 2 stacks, 1 mast. 

Keel laid May 7,1998, launched April 17,1999, delivered October 13,2000. 

Complement of 32 officers and 351 enlisted.

The ship's sponsor is Mrs Janet Langhart Cohen (wife of former Secretary of Defense William Cohen), and the Lady Mary Soames (daughter of Sir Winston S. Churchill) is the honorary sponsor for the United Kingdom.

Winston S. Churchill

           
DDG 81 Sea Trials




DDG 81 Departing BIW - February 7, 2001

    
DDG 81 Fighting for Peace - March 23, 2003