Guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Wayne
.
USS
Wayne E. Meyer
(DDG-108)
is an
Arleigh Burke
-class
guided missile destroyer
in the
United States Navy
. She is named after
Rear Admiral
Wayne E. Meyer
, known as the
"Father of Aegis"
. She carries the 100th
AEGIS Weapon System
to be delivered to the United States Navy.
[2]
Construction
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Wayne E. Meyer
is the 58th destroyer in her class. She was built by
Bath Iron Works
, and was christened by sponsor Anna Mae Meyer, wife of Admiral Meyer, and
launched
on 18 October 2008. She completed sea trials in June 2009, and was delivered to the Navy in July 2009.
[1]
She was
commissioned
on the
Delaware River
, in
Philadelphia
, Pennsylvania, on 10 October 2009.
Ship history
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Wayne E. Meyer
arrived at her homeport in
San Diego
, California, on 4 December 2009.
[
citation needed
]
Wayne E. Meyer
made her maiden deployment as part of the
John C. Stennis
Carrier Strike Group
(CSG) from 29 July 2011 until 27 February 2012. She made port calls in
Malaysia
,
Japan
,
South Korea
,
Thailand
,
Bahrain
,
Dubai
, and the
Philippines
.
[
citation needed
]
In January 2017,
Wayne E. Meyer
, and her
sister ship
Michael Murphy
, were part of
Destroyer Squadron 1
, and along with
Lake Champlain
and
Carl Vinson
formed
Carrier Strike Group One
(CSG-1), during a deployment to the western Pacific. In April of that year, CSG-1 cancelled a scheduled port call in Australia, in response to increasing tensions between the United States and
North Korea
over the latter's nuclear weapons program.
[3]
In September 2018
Wayne E. Meyer
and
O'Kane
completed homeport swaps.
Wayne E. Meyer
arrived at
Joint Base Pearl Harbor?Hickam
on 13 September, and
O'Kane
got underway for her new homeport of San Diego.
[
citation needed
]
In popular culture
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- Wayne E. Meyer
was featured in the episode "
Destroyer Disaster
" of the
Food Network
show,
Dinner: Impossible
.
[4]
- Wayne E. Meyer
was used in the filming of Season 2 Episode 5, “
Achilles
”, TNT Network show
The Last Ship.
[5]
Awards
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Gallery
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-
Christening party for
Wayne E. Meyer
, at Bath Iron Works 18 October 2008
-
Stern view of
Wayne E. Meyer
prior to launching 18 October 2008
References
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External links
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