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USS Nitze

{{Short description|United States Navy destroyer}}

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| Ship image = File:US Navy 110423-N-ZI300-120 The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) is underway during the Atlantic phase of UNITAS 52.jpg

| Ship caption = USS Nitze on 23 April 2011

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| Ship country = United States

| Ship flag = {{USN flag|2008}}

| Ship name = Nitze

| Ship namesake = Paul Nitze

| Ship ordered = 6 March 1998

| Ship builder = Bath Iron Works

| Ship laid down = 20 September 2002

| Ship launched = 3 April 2004

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| Ship commissioned = 5 March 2005

| Homeport = Norfolk

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| Ship motto = Vision, Courage, Determination

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| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|369974000}}

  • Callsign: NCWR
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  • Hull number: DDG-94

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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyer

| Ship displacement = 6,600 tons light, 9,200 tons full, 2,600 tons dead

| Ship length = *{{convert|509|ft|6|in}} length overall

| Ship beam = *{{convert|66|ft}} extreme

  • {{convert|59|ft}} at waterline

| Ship draft = *{{convert|31|ft}} maximum

  • {{convert|22|ft}} limit

| Ship propulsion = Four General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, {{convert|100000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}

| Ship speed = Over {{convert|30|kn}}

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| Ship complement = 30 officers, 350 sailors

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USS Nitze (DDG-94) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Paul Nitze, who served as Secretary of the Navy under president Lyndon B. Johnson and as chief arms control adviser in the administration of president Ronald Reagan.

Service history

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The contract to build her was awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine, on 6 March 1998, and her keel was laid down on 20 September 2002. She was launched on 3 April 2004, sponsored by Elisabeth Porter, Nitze's wife. Nitze, who was 97 years old at the time, was present at the christening, thus adding the destroyer to the list of U.S. military vessels named after living Americans. Nitze was commissioned on 5 March 2005 in Norfolk, Virginia. Nitze, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, went on her maiden deployment in January 2007 as part of the {{USS|Bataan|LHD-5|6}} Expeditionary Strike Group, returning home on 3 July 2007.

On 12 September 2008, Nitze departed Norfolk for a seven-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group Two, led by {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}}, returning on 18 April 2009. In October 2009, Nitze was open to the public for tours in downtown Norfolk as part of the Navy Fleet Week celebration. She was moored at the Nauticus Museum and Half Moone Cruise terminal. During 1–5 July 2011, Nitze was docked in Eastport, Maine, for 4th of July celebrations.

File:US Destroyer Nitze.jpg displayed on the railing of her helideck, March 2009]]

From 12 March to 4 November 2012, Nitze completed her third deployment to the Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility with the {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} Battlegroup (CCSG 12). Nitze was deployed a fourth time, from 29 November 2013, to 15 July 2014, spending most of their time off the Horn of Africa conducting maritime security operations.

On 24 August 2016, Nitze was conducting a routine transit near the Strait of Hormuz, accompanied by {{USS|Mason|DDG-87|6}}, when the ship was approached by four small patrol craft of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The US Navy called the maneuver a "high speed intercept". After multiple attempts to contact the vessels, and then to warn them away, Nitze changed course to avoid closer contact. Two of the Iranian craft closed to {{convert|300|yd}} before finally slowing and moving off.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/24/politics/iranian-vessels-come-within-300-yards-of-us-destroyer/index.html |title=Iranian vessels conduct 'high-speed intercept' of US destroyer |date=24 August 2016 |last=Rizzo |first=Jennifer |publisher=CNN|access-date=25 August 2016}}

On 13 October 2016, following two missile attacks on Mason from Houthi-held territory in war-torn Yemen, Nitze attacked three radar sites which had been involved in the earlier attacks with Tomahawk cruise missiles; the Pentagon assessed that all three sites were destroyed.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37639565|title=Yemen conflict: US strikes radar sites after missile attack on ship|work=BBC News|date=13 October 2016|access-date=13 October 2016}}

Nitze was underway for First East Coast Carrier Strike Group SWATT November 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/298885/uss-nitze-ddg-94-underway-first-east-coast-carrier-strike-group-swatt |title=DVIDS - News - USS Nitze (DDG 94) Underway for First East Coast Carrier Strike Group SWATT |publisher=Dvidshub.net |date= |accessdate=2021-11-20}}

In July 2022, Nitze deployed as part of Destroyer Squadron 26 along with {{USS|Delbert D. Black|DDG-119|6}}, {{USS|Truxtun|DDG-103|6}}, and {{USS|Farragut|DDG-99|6}} embarked with Carrier Strike Group 10 led by {{USS|George H.W. Bush|CVN-77|6}}.{{cite news |title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 15, 2022 |url=https://news.usni.org/2022/08/15/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-15-2022#more-96578 |access-date=16 October 2022 |publisher=USNI News |date=15 August 2022}}{{cite news |title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 13, 2022 |url=https://news.usni.org/2022/10/13/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-oct-13-2022 |access-date=16 October 2022 |publisher=USNI News |date=13 October 2022}} As part of the deployment, the ship sailed in the Sea of Marmara in February 2023 making it the first U.S. warship to enter the Sea of Marmara since the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web|url=https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-02-07/turkey-russia-nitze-9066508.html|title=First US warship to transit near Black Sea since war in Ukraine departs Turkey|publisher=stripes.com|date=7 February 2023|access-date=18 February 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Mongilio |first1=Heather |title=U.S. Destroyer Operating Near the Black Sea for First Time Since Russia Invaded Ukraine |url=https://news.usni.org/2023/02/03/u-s-destroyer-operating-near-the-black-sea-for-first-time-since-russia-invaded-ukraine |website=USNI News |access-date=18 February 2023 |date=3 February 2023}} She returned to Norfolk on 5 April 2023 completing a nine-month long deployment.{{cite news |last1=Vandiesal |first1=Cryton |title=USS Nitze Returns from Deployment |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3353014/uss-nitze-returns-from-deployment/ |access-date=24 April 2023 |publisher=U.S. Navy Press Office |date=5 April 2023}}

Awards

References

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{{Naval Vessel Register}}

External links

{{Commons category|USS Nitze (DDG-94)}}

  • [http://www.public.navy.mil/surflant/ddg94/Pages/default.aspx USS Nitze’s Web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120359/http://www.public.navy.mil/surflant/ddg94/Pages/default.aspx |date=24 September 2015 }}
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2BMfEOTkTc USS Nitze fires Tomahawk missiles at Houthi radar sites (2016)]

{{Arleigh Burke class destroyer}}

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Category:Destroyers of the United States

Category:Ships built in Bath, Maine

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