USS PORTER (DDG 78)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		DDG 51				UIC:		21952
Status:		Active, in commission				Fleet:		U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET
Date status Changed:		03/20/1999				Homeport:		ROTA, SPAIN
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:		Battle Force
Builder:		Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		07/20/1994				Commission Date:		03/20/1999
Keel Date:		12/02/1996				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		11/12/1997				Decommission Date:
Age (since Launch)		23.2				Years from Commission to Decommission:
Delivery Date:		01/11/1999				InService Date:
Age (since Delivery)		22.0				Out Service Date:
						Stricken Date:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		505 ft				Waterline Length:		466 ft
Extreme Beam:		66 ft				Waterline Beam:		59 ft
Max Navigational Draft:		32 ft				Draft Limit:		24 ft
Light Displacement:		6824 tons				Full Displacement:		8960 tons
Dead Weight:		2136 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, steel superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		2
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Gas Turbines
Accommodations:			Officers:		26
			Enlisted:		330
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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