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USS Bulkeley (DDG 84)
US Navy Arleigh Burke Flight IIA Class Guided-Missile Destroyer.
Commissioned 2001, 9200 tons, 509.5 feet long, draft 31 feet, and crew of around 291 sailors and officers.
Equipped with AEGIS Missile Radar and Guidance Systems. Has Vertical Launch System (VLS) missile cells with anti aircraft, anti missile, land attack, ship attack, and anti submarine rounds. Also has a 5" gun, 2 20mm close in weapon systems, 25mm chain guns and 0.50 cal machine guns. Has anti submarine torpedo tubes and can carry up to two helicopters.
In 2011 she was involved in operations that capture over 75 Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa.
Taken after she left Norfolk Naval Station and is headed east past Fort Monroe Hampton VA into the Chesapeake Bay.
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