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Created: 2019-08-02 10:58:20 AM
Last Edited: 2019-08-12 10:39:40 AM

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USS Porter (2008/10/13)

Details/Construction
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Location:	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Hull #:
Design:	Arleigh Burke-class
Keel Layed:	1996/12/02	Launched:	1997/11/12	Commissioned:	1999/03/20

Propulsion
As built	Type:	4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines - >30 Knots	Output:
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	154 m (505 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	9000
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	20 m (66 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.4 m (31 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

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Name History

Registration History

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USS Porter (DDG-78)

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Description

On August 12, 2012, the Porter collided with the oil tanker Otowasan near the Strait of Hormuz. The collision ripped a 3-by-3-meter hole in the starboard side of the destroyer, forcing her to Jebel Ali, Dubai for repairs. No one on either ship was injured.

Disposition
Description/Location
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