USS James E. Williams (DDG-95)
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USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) conducting operations in the Red Sea in 2009.
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| Name: | USS James E. Williams |
| Namesake: | James E. Williams |
| Ordered: | 6 March 1998 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 15 July 2002 |
| Launched: | 25 June 2003 |
| Commissioned: | 11 December 2004 |
| Motto: | Lead from the Front |
| Status: | in active service |
| Badge: |  |
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| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | >30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 32 officers and 348 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was named for Chief Petty Officer James Eliott Williams (1930–1999), a River Patrol Boat commander and Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War who is considered to be the most decorated enlisted man in Navy history.
USS James E. Williams was laid down on 15 July 2002 by the Northrop Grumman Ship Systems at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi and launched on 25 June 2003, sponsored by Elaine Weaver Williams, Chief Petty Officer Williams' widow. On 11 December 2004, James E. Williams was commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina, Commander Philip Warren Vance in command.
On 2 May 2006, James E. Williams deployed on its maiden deployment as part of the Global War on Terrorism Surface Strike Group (GWOT SSG) 06-2. James E. Williams, along with the amphibious transport dock Trenton and guided-missile cruiser Hue City, joined the Global War on Terrorism Surface Strike Group (GWOT SSG) 06-2 overseas on 18 April. On 17 October 2006, James E. Williams completed its first deployment conducting anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia as part of the maritime security operations.
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