USS Delbert D. Black on 10 February 2020
History
United States
Name	Delbert D. Black
Namesake	Delbert Black [5]
Awarded	3 June 2013
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	1 June 2016 [4]
Launched	8 September 2017 [1]
Sponsored by	Ima Jewell Black [6]
Christened	4 November 2017 [7]
Acquired	24 April 2020 [2]
Commissioned	26 September 2020 [3]
Homeport	Mayport
Identification	Hull number : DDG-119
Motto	Anchored in Arms
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke -class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length	513 ft (156 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) [8]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) [8]
Complement	330 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS) : RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes : Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer of the United States Navy .

Etymology [ edit ]

She is named in honor of Master Chief Petty Officer Delbert Black , the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON), who died in 2000. He is remembered for establishing the role of the Navy's senior enlisted leader, and the ship naming is the culmination of a decade of advocacy by MCPONs to honor him with a combatant ship. ^{[ citation needed ]}

History [ edit ]

Delbert D. Black was launched on 8 September 2017. ^[9] On 29 March 2019, the ship was damaged at the shipyard when a heavy-lift ship collided with a barge that was alongside the Delbert D. Black . The barge in turn struck the destroyer, resulting in several workers sustaining minor injuries and causing significant damage to the destroyer. The superstructure and hull were both breached and substantial internal spaces were flooded. Damages were estimated to be approximately $10?15 million USD. ^{[10] [11]} On 12 March 2020, the ship successfully completed acceptance trials, after spending two days at sea in the Gulf of Mexico . ^[12]

Delbert D. Black left Mayport on 2 August 2022 for her maiden deployment as part of Carrier Strike Group 10 . ^{[13] [14]}

On 29 September 2022, Delbert D. Black seized 7200 kilograms of hashish in the Gulf of Oman . ^[15]

References [ edit ]

•   This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register , which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain . The entry can be found here .

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) .

• Official website
• USS Delbert D. Black on Facebook
• USS Delbert D. Black Commissioning Site