USS ''Wayne E. Meyer'' (DDG-108) is an guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after

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Wayne E. Meyer Rear Admiral Wayne Eugene Meyer (April 21, 1926 – September 1, 2009) is regarded as the "Father of Aegis" for his 13 years of service as the Aegis Weapon System Manager and later the founding project manager of the Aegis Shipbuilding Project O ...

, known as the "Father of Aegis". She carries the 100th

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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

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, 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,

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, South Korea, Thailand, Bahrain, Dubai, and the Philippines. In January 2017, ''Wayne E. Meyer'', and her

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, were part of

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, and along with and formed

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(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

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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''”, TNT Network show ''The Last Ship.''

Awards

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- (Sep 2011-Jan 2012, Jul 2012-May 2013) * Navy E Ribbon - (2013, 2014) *

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- (2014) * Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)

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Award (Medium ship category) - (2017)

Gallery

DDG108 Christening Party 1.JPG, Christening party for ''Wayne E. Meyer'', at Bath Iron Works 18 October 2008 DDG-108 Stern View.JPG, Stern view of ''Wayne E. Meyer'' prior to launching 18 October 2008

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wayne E. Meyer Ddg-108 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers Ships built in Bath, Maine 2008 ships