Throughout the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell’s (DDG 59) 2016-2017 Extended Selected Restricted Availability, the ship’s navigation and bridge watch teams, led by the Navigator Lt. j.g. Russell (DD-414) was laid down 20 December 1937 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., launched 8 December 1938, sponsored by Mrs. Charles H. Marshall, grandaughter of Rear Admiral Russell and commissioned 3 November 1939, Lt. Comdr. Add Your Name to the DD-414 Crew Roster . J. C. Pollock in command. 6.9K likes. In late January 2013, the RUSSELL swapped hulls with her sistership HALSEY (DDG 97) changing her homeport from Pearl Harbor, Hi., to San Diego, Calif.
USS RUSSELL is the ninth ARLEIGH BURKE class guided missile destroyer and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name.
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Leslie Beatrice, have gone to great lengths to maintain their technical proficiency. USS RUSSELL (DDG-59), FPO AP. USS RUSSELL (DD-414) Crew Links. With sixteen service stars on her Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon, USS Russell (DD 414) was one of the most decorated destroyers of World War II. … Built at Virginia’s Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Russell was named for a Civil War-era captain who later commanded the Mare Island Naval Shipyard and commissioned 3 November 1939, the sixth ship of the Sims class. USS Russell (DDG-59) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.She is the second ship of the USN to carry the name Russell and is named for Rear Admiral John Henry Russell and his son, Commandant of the Marine Corps John Henry Russell, Jr... Service history.