USS Farragut DDG-99...Latest Class of Destroyers

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USS Farragut DDG-99 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Unfortunately I was not allowed to photograph the Combat Information Center (CIC) :(.

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MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)- 64 of the 96 missile launch cells.
http://www.dykstra.us/images/IMG_0728.jpg

Making sure I am a good boy, :rolleyes:.
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MK-45 5 inch fully automated gun.
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Prepared for battle.
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[FlyingPhotog]

Very nice...

I assume from the amount of rust she's not fully in service?
Has she been out for builders trials and shakedown yet?

[J_TULLAR]

hmm...how did you get permission to photograph so close??? Im in the navy and my old carrier and destroyers would never allow this...strange

[FlyingPhotog]

WAG on my part: He works for the shipyard...?

[WMWARD2]

Wholly cow! They sure are a lot nicer now. I would love to see a CIC on this ship.

[rockabilly808]

awesome shots

[sherman111]

Hi, some great shots. Is the paint job a special two tone job? Or is it anti radar reflective?

[JWright]

Very nice...

I assume from the amount of rust she's not fully in service?
Has she been out for builders trials and shakedown yet?

Seeing how she was christened in 2005, I would think that by now she's fully in service. It may be she's just returned from deployment and is scheduled for an availability.

Here's a shot of her at the builders (Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine) on the day of her christening. A historical note: She is the first Burke class destroyer to be commanded by a woman.

http://johnwright.smugmug.com/photos/30865478_2v7SU-L.jpg

[FlyingPhotog]

Seeing how she was christened in 2005, I would think that by now she's fully in service. It may be she's just returned from deployment and is scheduled for an availability.

Here's a shot of her at the builders (Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine) on the day of her christening. A historical note: She is the first Burke class destroyer to be commanded by a woman.

http://johnwright.smugmug.com/photos/30865478_2v7SU-L.jpg

Hehe... Yeah, I guess that would probably be the case. Must be in for a refit then...

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Very nice...

I assume from the amount of rust she's not fully in service?
Has she been out for builders trials and shakedown yet?

I believe the ship was commissioned in June of 2006, and it's maiden voyage was in June of 2007, I could be wrong.

Recently the ship arrived back at homeport on October 5th after a six month deployment (Perhaps the reason for the rust).

hmm...how did you get permission to photograph so close??? Im in the navy and my old carrier and destroyers would never allow this...strange

I was actually there with my Son's Navy Junior ROTC unit. We stayed at NAS Jacksonville Nov. 24th-26th, and toured Naval Station Mayport on the 25th. The SNSI (Senior Naval Science Instructor) of the unit is a retired LCDR and he was able to pull some strings. As you mentioned, and in talking with other SNSI's at the airshow on the 24th, this is rarely done and they were all wondering how we got permission because some of them tried and were denied.

Wholly cow! They sure are a lot nicer now. I would love to see a CIC on this ship.

The CIC is a pretty amazing thing to see and would have made some great photos in the dimly lit room with all the computer, sonar, radar screens. Unfortunately and understanably I was orderd to put my cameras away.

Hi, some great shots. Is the paint job a special two tone job? Or is it anti radar reflective?

I would imagine that could be a possibility (but I really do not know) since this ship has the latest in stealth technologies reducing it's radar signature to that of a tugboat.

[PhotosGuy]

reducing it's radar signature to that of a tugboat. Tugboat with an attitude! :D