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Williamsburg native assumes command of Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group
Ford (CVN 78), CSG 12 includes Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, USS Normandy (CG 60), USS Mahan (DDG 72), USS McFaul (DDG 74), and USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79).
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DDG 51 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer
DDG 79 and Follow ships are built or are being built to the Flight IIA design. The Flight III baseline is planned for the second ship in FY16. Sixty two ships are currently operating in the Fleet.
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IIW Begins Fabrication On Aegis Flight IIA Destroyers
This ship, named Oscar iustin (DDG 79) after a marine who eceived the Congressional Medal of Honor for giving his life in Vietnam, is the 29th of 57 ships in this class currently planned by the Navy.
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Aegis Weapon System
Flight IIA, introduced in FY 94, consisted of DDG 79 and follow-on destroyers, which added a helicopter hangar with space for two multi-mission helicopters. AN/SPY-1D(V) introduced improvements in ...