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USS Wayne E. Meyer

Guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy

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image	USS Wayne E. Meyer transits the Pacific Ocean. (35278651802).jpg
image_caption	USS Wayne E. Meyer on 19 June 2017
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country	United States
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name	Wayne E. Meyer
namesake	Wayne E. Meyer
awarded	13 September 2002
builder	Bath Iron Works
laid_down	17 May 2007
sponsor	Anna Mae Meyer
launched	19 October 2008
acquired	10 July 2009
commissioned	10 October 2009
homeport	Pearl Harbor
identification	*
honors	See Awards
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badge	[[File:USS Wayne E. Meyer COA.png	150px]]
motto	One Powerful Legacy
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class
displacement	9,200 tons
length	509 ft
beam	66 ft
draft	31 ft
propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100000 shp
speed	exceeds 30 kn
complement	312 officers and enlisted
armament
aircraft

Callsign: NFOA
Pennant number: DDG-108

USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) is an (Flight IIA) Aegis 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.

Construction

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. She was commissioned on the Delaware River, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 10 October 2009.

Ship history

Wayne E. Meyer arrived at her homeport in San Diego, California, on 4 December 2009.

Wayne E. Meyer made her maiden deployment as part of the 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.

In January 2017, Wayne E. Meyer, and her sister ship , were part of Destroyer Squadron 1, and along with and 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.

In September 2018 Wayne E. Meyer and 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.

In popular culture

Wayne E. Meyer was featured in the episode "Destroyer Disaster" of the Food Network show, Dinner: Impossible.
Wayne E. Meyer was used in the filming of Season 2 Episode 5, "Achilles", of the TNT Network show The Last Ship.

Awards

Navy Unit Commendation - (Sep 2011–Jan 2012, Jul 2012–May 2013)
Navy E Ribbon - (2013, 2014)
Spokane Trophy - (2014)
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Conservation Award (Medium ship category) - (2017)
Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award - (2024)

References

(10 October 2009}}{{Dead link). "Destroyer to be named for weapons developer". [[Courier-Post]].
["USS WAYNE E MEYER"]({{Naval Vessel Register URL).
(4 April 2017). "Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrives in Singapore". navy.mil.
"Destroyer Disaster Episode IE0801".
"Achilles Season 2 Episode 5" Hulu streaming service, retrieved 27 April 2021. Originally aired 12 July 2005
(17 December 2017). "NAVADMIN Message 282/17".

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