<< Combat Index home << US Surface Ships: Destroyers United States Military Surface Ships: DDG 83 (USS HOWARD) Aegis Guided Missile Destroyers, ARLEIGH BURKE Class Flight 1 DDG 51 ARLEIGH BURKE DDG 52 BARRY DDG 53 JOHN PAUL JONES DDG 54 CURTIS WILBUR DDG 55 STOUT DDG 56 JOHN S. MCCAIN DDG 57 MITSCHER DDG 58 LABOON DDG 59 RUSSELL DDG 60 PAUL HAMILTON DDG 61 RAMAGE DDG 62 FITZGERALD DDG 63 STETHEM DDG 64 CARNEY DDG 65 BENFOLD DDG 66 GONZALEZ DDG 67 COLE DDG 68 THE SULLIVANS DDG 69 MILIUS DDG 70 HOPPER DDG 71 ROSS Flight 2 DDG 72 MAHAN DDG 73 DECATUR DDG 74 MCFAUL DDG 75 DONALD COOK DDG 76 HIGGINS DDG 77 O'KANE DDG 78 PORTER Flight 2A DDG 79 OSCAR AUSTIN DDG 80 ROOSEVELT DDG 81 WINSTON CHURCHILL DDG 82 LASSEN DDG 83 HOWARD DDG 84 BULKELEY DDG 85 MCCAMPBELL DDG 86 SHOUP DDG 87 MASON DDG 88 PREBLE DDG 89 MUSTIN DDG 90 CHAFEE DDG 91 PINCKNEY DDG 92 MOMSEN DDG 93 CHUNG-HOON DDG 94 NITZE DDG 95 JAMES E. WILLIAMS DDG 96 BAINBRIDGE DDG 97 HALSEY DDG 98 FORREST SHERMAN DDG 99 FARRAGUT DDG 100 KIDD USS HOWARD Details Type Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) Class ARLEIGH BURKE Official Name USS HOWARD Pennant Number 83 Nickname n/a Motto Ready For Victory Builder Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Contract Award Date 06/20/1996 Keel Laying Date 12/09/1998 Launch Date 11/20/1999 Delivery Date 06/22/2001 Commission Date 10/20/2001 Planning Yard Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine NAVSEA PMS 400 Custodian US Navy Status Active duty Homeport San Diego, CA Mailing Address (port) FPO, AP, 96667-1274 UIC 21999 Type Commander SURFPAC (Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific) Fleet Command n/a Group Command NAVSURFFORPAC (Naval Surface Force, Pacific) Squadron Command DESRON 7 (Destroyer Squadron Seven) Aircraft (2) SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS III) Radar Systems AN/SPY-1D (four panel array) (1) AN/SPS-64(V) Navigation (3) AN/SPG-62 Fire Control Illuminators Sonar Systems (1) AN/SQS-53C Hull Mounted Sonar (1) SQQ-89(V)10 ASW Combat System Electronic Warfare Systems (1) AN/SLQ-32(V)3 (2 Antennas) (1) AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE Torpedo Countermeasures Weapon Systems (2) MK-41Vertical Launching System (VLS) - 96 cell total -- Standard Missile (Surface-to-Air) -- Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (2) MK-32 SVTT Triple Tube Torpedo Launchers (6) MK-36 MOD 6 SRBOC Chaff Launchers (1) MK-45 MOD 2 - 5"/54 Cal. Cannons (2) CIWS Phalanx Block 1B, 20mm 6-barrel mounts (4) M2HB, 50 Cal. Machine Guns (4) M60, 7.62mm Machine Guns Description of Coat of Arms: Not yet available. Please contact webmaster if you have (official) relevant information. Click on photos to enlarge - all photos USS HOWARD Photos: US Navy More photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Photos below contributed by M. Sullivan

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