USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 6 March 1998 |
| Laid down: | 7 May 2003 |
| Launched: | 13 November 2004 |
| Commissioned: | 12 November 2005 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.3 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 (56 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 270 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Motto: | Competance, Dedication, Discipline |
The fifth USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) is the 46th of 62 planned Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the United States Navy.
She was launched on 13 November 2004 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Susan Bainbridge Hay, Commodore William Bainbridge's great-great-great-granddaughter. She was commissioned on 12 November 2005, with Commander John M. Dorey commanding.
Bainbridge is more than twice as long and displaces 20 times as much tonnage as her namesake a century earlier. She is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
The ship is currently under the command of CDR Stephen J. Coughlin as of 2007, with LCDR Thomas Singleton serving as the Executive Officer and Steven R. Rafter serving as Command Master Chief. See USS Bainbridge for other ships of this name.
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.