Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
USS
Carney
(DDG-64)
is the 14th
Arleigh Burke
-class
destroyer
in the
United States Navy
. The
guided-missile destroyer
is the first to be named after
Admiral Robert Carney
, who served as
Chief of Naval Operations
during the
Eisenhower administration
.
Carney
was
laid down
in 1993 at
Bath Iron Works
in
Bath, Maine
. She was
launched
in 1994 with Betty Taussig, daughter of Admiral Carney, as sponsor. She was placed in
commission
in 1996, and is
homeported
in
Mayport, Florida
.
[4]
She has a range of 5,100 miles (4,400
nautical miles
), travels at a speed in excess of 30
knots
, and has a crew of 329.
[5]
She is armed with standard missiles,
Harpoon missile
launchers,
Tomahawk missiles
, a
54 caliber lightweight gun
, and
torpedoes
, and carries a multi-mission helicopter.
[5]
In 2002, she deployed to the
Mediterranean Sea
and the
Persian Gulf
in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom
. In 2011,
Carney
disrupted four piracy attempts and disarmed and captured 30 suspected pirates, in support of
Operation Ocean Shield
in the
Gulf of Aden
. In 2016,
Carney
took part in
Operation Odyssey Lightning
, against
ISIS
militants in
Libya
.
In December 2023,
Carney
and civilian-owned ships
were attacked
in the
Red Sea
, with
ballistic missiles
fired and drones launched from
Yemen
by
Iranian
-backed
Houthi
rebels.
[
clarification needed
]
Service history
[
edit
]
1998?2010
[
edit
]
Carney
was assigned to
Destroyer Squadron 14
prior to commissioning.
Carney
transferred to
Destroyer Squadron 24
in September 1998. Her first deployment was to the
Mediterranean Sea
in 1997 and 1998 as part of the
USS
George Washington
battle group
. In 1999
Carney
deployed again to the Mediterranean, setting a milestone as the first
United States Navy
ship to operate in a bilateral United States-Japan
Naval Exercise
to be conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. In May 2001
Carney
participated in
Fleet Week
in New York City.
[6]
In February 2002,
Carney
operated as part of the
USS
John F. Kennedy
battle group while conducting phase one of technical evaluations of
Cooperative Engagement Capability
systems in the waters of
Puerto Rico
. Phase two of these evaluations were then conducted in the
Virginia Capes
operating area. She deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the
Persian Gulf
in 2002 in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom
. On 10 June 2002
Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
visited the ship in
Manama
,
Bahrain
. In December 2003
Carney
participated in a Vandel Exercise testing the capability to intercept hostile missiles with the ship's missiles. On 13 August 2004
Carney
put to sea from
Naval Station Mayport
in order to avoid the effects of
Hurricane Charley
.
[7]
In March and April 2007,
Carney
visited
St. Kitts
,
Nevis
,
Antigua
,
Barbuda
,
St. Lucia
, and
Barbados
to show the U.S.'s commitment to stability to its regional partners. During a visit to Barbados,
Carney
hosted a reception. Among the guests were Barbados Prime Minister
Owen Arthur
.
[7]
In November 2007,
Carney
deployed with
Carrier Strike Group 10
, led by the
aircraft carrier
USS
Harry S. Truman
, to the
Middle East
, where she carried out Theater Security Operations. She completed a number of multi-national exercises with a number of Middle Eastern countries and returned to Naval Station Mayport on 4 June 2008.
[7]
In July 2008,
Carney
was in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, for Fourth of July celebrations. On 8 September 2009
Carney
arrived in New York City to participate in the 400th anniversary of
Henry Hudson
's arrival.
[8]
On 2 January 2010
Carney
departed homeport for a scheduled deployment in the U.S.
5th Fleet
and
6th Fleet
AoR
, as part of the
Dwight D. Eisenhower
carrier strike group
.
[
citation needed
]
In May, the
Carney
took a month's sabbatical from
Combined Task Force 150
and
Combined Task Force 151
security operations, leaving the
International Recommended Transit Corridor
(IRTC) to participate in three separate and back-to-back multinational exercises: Arabian Shark 2010, an anti-submarine warfare exercise with Pakistan; Khunjar Haad 2010, an air defense exercise with
Oman
; and Eagle Salute 2010, a multi-warfare area exercise hosted by Egypt, returning to Naval Station Mayport on 31 July 2010.
[8]
2011?2019
[
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]
On 1 August 2011,
Carney
departed Naval Station Mayport for a scheduled deployment as part of
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1
(SNMG 1). During the deployment, she disrupted four piracy attempts, boarded nine vessels, approached 28 suspected pirate vessels, and disarmed and captured 30 suspected pirates in support of
Operation Ocean Shield
in the
Gulf of Aden
.
[9]
[10]
On 17 October 2013,
Carney
departed Naval Station Mayport for a scheduled independent deployment. On 25 May 2014,
Carney
returned to Naval Station Mayport after a seven-month Persian Gulf deployment in support of
Maritime Intercept Operations
(MIO).
[11]
On 25 September 2015,
Carney
arrived at her new homeport of
Naval Station Rota
, Spain, after a 19-day transit from Naval Station Mayport. On 29 July 2016,
Carney
was called on to support the rescue of 97 migrants whose small inflatable watercraft was adrift in the water. The ship provided aid to the migrants until the arrival of a rescue ship, MS
Aquarius
.
[12]
In August 2016,
Carney
took part in
Operation Odyssey Lightning
, serving as an escort ship to
amphibious assault ship
USS
Wasp
, whose aircraft carried out airstrikes on
ISIS
militants in Libya.
Carney
also fired illumination rounds from her
5-inch gun
to help U.S.-backed Libyan ground forces
fighting ISIS
in
Sirte
.
[13]
Carney
also conducted
shore bombardments
of ISIS targets with her 5-inch gun, firing 285 shells during the course of the deployment.
[14]
In November 2016,
Carney
was deployed in
Drapetsona
port, Greece, to provide air cover for President Barack Obama's visit to Athens.
[15]
In late March 2017
Carney
arrived at
HMNB Clyde
in Scotland in preparation for
NATO Exercise Joint Warrior
.
[16]
On 17 February 2018,
Carney
joined
USS
Ross
(DDG-71)
in the
Black Sea
near
Russia
for an "unspecified regional proactive presence mission". The move followed increased tensions between Russia and the U.S. after American federal prosecutors announced indictments against 13 Russian citizens for their alleged interference in the
2016 U.S. presidential campaign
.
[17]
2020?present
[
edit
]
On 27 June 2020,
Carney
departed Rota, Spain, for her homeport shift to
Mayport, Florida
.
[18]
On 8 October 2023, the day after the
Hamas attack on Israel
, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin
directed the
Gerald R. Ford
carrier strike group
to the
Eastern Mediterranean
in response. Along with the
carrier
, the group includes the
cruiser
Normandy
, and the
destroyers
Carney
,
Ramage
,
Roosevelt
and
Thomas Hudner
.
[19]
From then until December 2023, the destroyer was at the forefront of operations to destroy Houthi drones and missiles in the Red Sea, as commercial vessels repeatedly came under attack by the Iran-allied
Houthi
militants in Yemen.
[20]
On 19 October 2023,
Carney
intercepted three
cruise missiles
and eight drones fired by
Houthi
militants in Yemen.
[5]
[21]
Although the targets were uncertain, the missiles and drones were shot down because they were headed north along the
Red Sea
in the direction of Israel amid rising tensions in the region during the
2023 Israel?Hamas war
.
[22]
It was subsequently reported that
Carney
actually encountered a larger and more sustained barrage than was previously known on that day, shooting down four cruise missiles and 15 drones over a period of nine hours.
[23]
On 29 November 2023,
Carney
shot down a
KAS-04 drone
launched from a Houthi-controlled area of
Yemen
in the
Red Sea
.
[24]
[25]
On 3 December 2023,
Carney
and civilian-owned commercial ships
were attacked
in international waters in the southern
Red Sea
, with anti-ship
ballistic missiles
fired from
Yemen
by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
[26]
[27]
Missiles struck three commercial ships, while
Carney
shot down three drones in self-defense during the hours-long assault.
[28]
The
United States Central Command
said in a statement: "We ... have every reason to believe that these attacks, while launched by the Houthis in Yemen, are fully enabled by Iran."
[28]
[29]
On 16 December 2023 while operating in the Red Sea,
Carney
successfully shot down a barrage of 14
unmanned aerial system
(UAS) one-way
attack drones
launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
[30]
[31]
Vice Admiral
Brad Cooper
, head of
U.S. 5th Fleet
, subsequently visited the ship and presented combat medals to five sailors for their "exceptional performance" in the engagement.
[20]
Cooper also recognized the whole crew of the
Carney
with the Navy's
Combat Action Ribbon
, which is awarded when a sailor has “rendered satisfactory performance under enemy fire while actively participating in a ground or surface combat engagement".
[20]
Carney’s commanding officer, Commander Jeremy Robertson, and another sailor received Navy
Commendation Medals
from Cooper, and Robertson received a
Bronze Star
, while three other crew members received Navy and Marine Corps
Achievement Medals
.
[20]
On 13 January 2024,
Carney
conducted follow-on action by firing
Tomahawk cruise missiles
at Houthi rebels in
Yemen
a day after the
main strike package
.
[32]
Later,
Carney
and other coalition ships responded to a strike by the Houthis on the British oil tanker MV
Marlin Luanda
on 26 January 2024. She arrived on scene a few hours after
INS
Visakhapatnam
to render firefighting aid.
[33]
[34]
On 26 January 2024,
Carney
shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the Houthis in the
Gulf of Aden
.
[35]
On 30 January 2024,
Carney
reportedly shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the Houthis in the
Gulf of Aden
with an
SM-6
missile, marking the first publicly acknowledged SM-6 combat intercept by the DOD.
[36]
On 5 March 2024,
Carney
shot down one anti-ship ballistic missile and three one-way attack unmanned aerial systems launched by the Houthis in the
Red Sea
.
[37]
On 13-14 April 2024,
Carney
and
USS
Arleigh Burke
shot down at least six Iranian ballistic missiles during the
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel
.
[38]
Carney
returned to
Naval Station Mayport
on 20 May 2024 after a seven-month deployment and fifty-one Houthi Engagements.
[39]
Awards
[
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]
- Combat Action Ribbon
? December 2023
- Navy Unit Commendation
? (October 1997 ? April 1998, May 2000 ? May 2001)
- Navy
Meritorious Unit Commendation
? (January 1999 ? September 2001, April?September 2002)
- Navy E Ribbon
? (1997, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2020)
- Arizona Memorial
Trophy ? (2015?2016)
[40]
- Battenberg Cup
? (2009)
Upgrades
[
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]
On 12 November 2009, the
Missile Defense Agency
announced that
Carney
would be upgraded during fiscal 2012 to
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
(SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
.
[41]
In 2016, four destroyers patrolling with the
U.S. 6th Fleet
based in
Naval Station Rota, Spain
, including
Carney
received self-protection upgrades, replacing the aft
Phalanx CIWS
20mm
Vulcan cannon
with the
SeaRAM
11-cell
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
launcher. The SeaRam uses the same sensor dome as the Phalanx. This was the first time the close-range ship defense system was paired with an Aegis ship. All four ships to receive the upgrade were either Flight I or II, meaning they originally had two Phalanx CIWS systems when launched.
[42]
[43]
SeaRAM was first introduced to the
Independence-class littoral combat ship
.
[44]
Ship's crest
[
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Azure, a
cross pattee
or bearing a Viking helmet Proper, in chief four
mullets
of the second. Symbolism: Dark blue and gold are the colors traditionally associated with the Navy and recall the sea and excellence. The gold cross suggests the
Navy Cross
, one of the many decorations awarded to Admiral Carney for operations against enemy Japanese forces during the
Battle of Leyte Gulf
, from 23 to 26 October 1944... "(He) rendered invaluable assistance in formulating the plans for a series of combat operations in which tack forces of the
third fleet
engaged
capital ships
of the
Imperial Japanese Navy
, waging devastating attacks on major Japanese combatant and
aircraft carrier
task forces in the vicinity of Mindora, the
Sulu Sea
, and areas northeast of
Luzon
and off the central
Philippines
..."
The helmet is symbolic of ancestral
Viking
and
Celtic
ferocity in combat. The four stars stand for the four
Distinguished Service Medals
received. Crest: Issuing from a wreath
Or
and Azure, three demi-spears. The two spears form a "V" alluding to Admiral Carney's
Legion of Merit
with a "V" (Combat Distinguishing Device) for exceptionally meritorious conduct...in action against enemy Japanese forces... 5 March 1943 ? 6 March 1943 and the
Bronze Star Medal
with combat "V" for operations in the
Solomon Islands
area on the night of 29 July 1943. The three spears represent submarine, surface and air warfare. The anchor is reminiscent of Maritime tradition, United States naval strength, sea prowess and excellence of achievement.
[45]
Motto: A
tripartite
scroll Azure doubled, garnished and inscribed "RESOLUTE COMMITTED SUCCESSFUL" in gold the
coat of arms
in full color as in the
blazon
, all upon a white background enclosed within a dark blue oval border edged on the outside with a gold rope and bearing the inscription "USS CARNEY" at top and "DDG 64" in base all gold.
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