USS JAMES E WILLIAMS (DDG 95)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		DDG 51				UIC:		23148
Status:		Active, in commission				Fleet:		U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET
Date Status Changed:		12/11/2004				Homeport:		NORFOLK, VA
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:		Battle Force
Builder:		Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		03/06/1998				Commission Date:		12/11/2004
Keel Date:		07/15/2002				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		06/25/2003				Decommission Date:
Age (since Launch)		15.5				Years from Commission to Decommission:
Delivery Date:		08/23/2004				In-Service Date:
Age (since Delivery)		14.3				Out of Service Date:
						Stricken Date:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		510 ft				Waterline Length:		471 ft
Extreme Beam:		66 ft				Waterline Beam:		59 ft
Max Navigational Draft:		32 ft				Draft Limit:		22 ft
Light Displacement:		7134 tons				Full Displacement:		9515 tons
Dead Weight:		2381 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, steel superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		2
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Gas Turbines
Accommodations:			Officers:		30
			Enlisted:		282
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			US NAVY
Planning Yard:			General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
Nuclear Planning Yard:
Ships Program Manager:		PMS 400
Comments:
Last Updated:		06/27/2018
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