Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Its keel was laid down on 11 April 2005 and she was launched on 17 April 2007. The commissioning ceremony was held 25 April 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina with Commander Timothy Weber as her first commanding officer.The vessel is named for American Naval hero, and founding father of the U.S. Navy, Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822). It is the sixth U.S. naval warship to bear his name.DDG-103 suffered a major electrical fire during construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 20 May 2006, engulfing two levels and causing damage believed to have been in the millions of dollars. It was christened on 2 June 2007 at NGSS Ingalls in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and was sponsored by Susan Scott Martin and Carol Leigh Roelker, descendants of Thomas Truxtun.The ship also served as a filming location for the movie Captain Phillips, standing in for the USS BainbridgeOn 6 March 2014, the U.S. Navy confirmed that the USS Truxtun left Greece on the way to the Black Sea and was going to conduct training with the Romanian and Bulgarian navies. On 5 March 2014, Turkish authorities gave permission to a U.S. Navy warship to pass through the Bosphorus Straits. This modest U.S. show of force – two Arleigh Burke class destroyers to the Black Seas see USS Donald Cook DDG-75 was intended to calm the nerves of former Soviet republics and satellites nervous about Russia’s actions in invading and taking Crimea in Ukraine, and was meant as "strategic reassurance".. }
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- USS_Truxtun_(DDG-103) abstract "USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Its keel was laid down on 11 April 2005 and she was launched on 17 April 2007. The commissioning ceremony was held 25 April 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina with Commander Timothy Weber as her first commanding officer.The vessel is named for American Naval hero, and founding father of the U.S. Navy, Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822). It is the sixth U.S. naval warship to bear his name.DDG-103 suffered a major electrical fire during construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 20 May 2006, engulfing two levels and causing damage believed to have been in the millions of dollars. It was christened on 2 June 2007 at NGSS Ingalls in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and was sponsored by Susan Scott Martin and Carol Leigh Roelker, descendants of Thomas Truxtun.The ship also served as a filming location for the movie Captain Phillips, standing in for the USS BainbridgeOn 6 March 2014, the U.S. Navy confirmed that the USS Truxtun left Greece on the way to the Black Sea and was going to conduct training with the Romanian and Bulgarian navies. On 5 March 2014, Turkish authorities gave permission to a U.S. Navy warship to pass through the Bosphorus Straits. This modest U.S. show of force – two Arleigh Burke class destroyers to the Black Seas see USS Donald Cook DDG-75 was intended to calm the nerves of former Soviet republics and satellites nervous about Russia’s actions in invading and taking Crimea in Ukraine, and was meant as "strategic reassurance".".