USS Bainbridge (DDG 96)

USS BAINBRIDGE is the 18^th Flight IIA ARLEIGH BURKE - class guided missile destroyer and the fifth ship in the Navy named after Commodore William Bainbridge.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: March 6, 1998
	Keel laid: May 7, 2003
	Launched: October 30, 2004
	Commissioned: November 12, 2005
	Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
	Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
	Propellers: two
	Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters)
	Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
	Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load
	Speed: 32 knots
	Aircraft: two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters
	Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes, two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems
	Homeport: Norfolk, Va.
	Crew: approx. 320

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS BAINBRIDGE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Click here to read more about the Ship's Namesake - Commodore William Bainbridge

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USS BAINBRIDGE Construction Gallery:

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USS BAINBRIDGE Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by me and show the BAINBRIDGE at Naval Base Norfolk, Va., on November 9, 2008.

The photos below were taken by me and show the USS BAINBRIDGE passing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel on her way to Naval Base Norfolk, Va, on October 28, 2010. The BAINBRIDGE is returning home after participating in exercise Joint Warrior held off Great Britain earlier in October. The last two photos show the BAINBRIDGE moored at Naval Base Norfolk on October 29.

The photos below were taken by me and show the USS BAINBRIDGE in the shipyard at Norfolk, Va., on May 6, 2012.

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