So...We're going to....

JACKSONVILLE!!!

We're all stoked to be close to the homeland and family...Aiden is excited to see grandparents without flying...

Joy and the kids will be in Georgia all summer after Edward's wedding...I'll return and graduate from Arabic July 2, then I'll be in Georgia a few weeks only, and report to Dahlgren, VA for en-route training from 27 July to 25 September.  I'll probably fly back to Georgia, pick up the family and drive back up the coast to Newport. We'll be in Newport from October '09 until May '10.

That's it. We're really excited.  I'm posted some pics from the website: http://www.farragut.navy.mil/site/index2.html

  Despite the state-of-the-art technology found aboard FARRAGUT, it is the ship’s crew that makes it the finest ship in the fleet. The men and women of FARRAGUT are highly trained, highly motivated professionals committed to excellence and devoted to serving their country.

GENERAL INFO

• Builder: Bath Ironworks, Bath, Maine
• Hull Length (Overall): 509.5 ft
• Beam: 66 ft
• Draft (Navigation): 31 ft
• Displacement: 9,300 Tons
• Speed: 30+ Knots

WEAPONS

• One MK45 MOD 1 5”/62 Caliber Gun Mount
• Two MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems
• Evolved Sea Sparrow
• Vertical Launch ASROC, Standard, and Tomahawk Missiles
• Two MK 32 MOD 14 Triple Torpedo Tubes
• MK 46 and MK 50 Torpedoes
• MK-53 Decoy Launching System
• Super Rapid Blooming Off-board Chaff

SENSORS

• AN/SPY-1D 3-D Search/Track Radar
• Bridgemaster Navigational Radar
• AN/SPS-67(V)3 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SQQ-89(V)15 USW Combat System Suite
• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System

ENGINEERING

• 4 LM2500 Marine Gas Turbine Engines (100,000 HP)
• 3 Rolls Royce 3000 kW Gas Turbine Generators
• 2 Shafts with CRP (Controllable Reversible Pitch) Propellers

AIR POWER

• Aircraft: SH-60 Light Airborne Multi-Purpose Helos

MILESTONES

• Keel Date: January 7, 2004
• Launch Date: July 9, 2005
• Commission Date: June 10, 2006

  Joy's cooking a celebration dinner, but she's going to to update the blog later with some more info and videos.

Ma salama!

Daniel for the Hancocks