 USSRafael Peralta on 30 June 2017 | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Rafael Peralta |
| Namesake | Rafael Peralta |
| Ordered | 26 September 2011 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 30 October 2014[1] |
| Launched | 31 October 2015 |
| Sponsored by | Rosa Maria Peralta |
| Christened | 31 October 2015[2] |
| Acquired | 3 February 2017[3] |
| Commissioned | 29 July 2017[4] |
| Homeport | Yokosuka[5] |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-classdestroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load)[6] |
| Length | 513 feet (156 m)[6] |
| Beam | 66 feet (20 m)[6] |
| Propulsion | 4 ×General Electric LM2500gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[6] |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 ×MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar andhelipad |
USSRafael Peralta (DDG-115) is anArleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Restart)Aegisguided missile destroyer in theUnited States Navy. The destroyer can operate with a Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), as an element of a Surface Action Group (SAG), or independently. The ship can conduct a variety of missions in support of national military strategy. From peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, 115 will be capable of carrying out Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), Undersea Warfare (USW), Surface Warfare (SW), and Strike Warfare (STW) in multi-threat environments.[7]
The $679.6 million contract to build her was awarded on 26 September 2011 toBath Iron Works ofBath, Maine.[8][9] On 15 February 2012, Secretary of the NavyRay Mabus announced the ship's named to beRafael Peralta in honor of MarineRafael Peralta, who was petitioned for theMedal of Honor for shielding several Marines from a grenade in November 2004 during theIraq War; however, he was posthumously awarded theNavy Cross instead.[10][11]
Rafael Peralta was born inMexico City and immigrated to the United States as a child. Peralta joined theUnited States Marine Corps when he received his green card in 2000 and became a U.S. citizen while serving in the Marine Corps. Peralta was killed during theSecond Battle of Fallujah in Iraq when he was wounded by small-arms fire while clearing houses with his fellow Marines. The insurgents threw a hand grenade into the room. Despite being injured, Peralta pulled the grenade underneath his body (thus absorbing most of the blast), killing him instantly and saving his fellow Marines. For his actions, Peralta was recommended for the Medal of Honor but was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross instead.
Rafael Peralta is the 65th ship of theArleigh Burke class of destroyers, the first of which,USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned in July 1991.[12] With 75 ships planned to be built in total, the class has the longest production run for any U.S. Navy surface combatant warship.[13] As anArleigh Burke-class ship,Rafael Peralta's roles will includeanti-aircraft,anti-submarine, andanti-surface warfare, as well as strike operations.[6] During its long production run, the class was built in three flights—Flight I (DDG-51 to DDG-76), Flight II (DDG-72 to DDG-78), and Flight IIA (DDG-79 onward).[14]Rafael Peralta is a Flight IIA ship, and as such, features several improvements in terms ofballistic missile defense, an embarkedair wing, and the inclusion ofmine-detecting ability.[6]
By January 2014, the aft portion of the ship had been completed and had begun outfitting[15] and she was laid down on 30 October 2014.[1][16]
The ship was christened on 31 October 2015 at Bath Iron Works by Rosa Maria Peralta, Sgt. Peralta's mother.[2][17] In February 2017, the ship was accepted by the United States Navy.[3]
Rafael Peralta was commissioned atNaval Air Station North Island inSan Diego, California on 29 July 2017[4] and was homeported atNaval Base San Diego[18] before moving to Japan in 2021.
TheArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyersRafael Peralta andUSS Russell arrived inSasebo for a port visit on 8 February 2020.[19]
Rafael Peralta joinedHMAS Stuart,HMAS Sirius,KDB Darulehsan andRSS Supreme on their way toPearl Harbor, Hawaii in preparation forRIMPAC 2020 on 6 August 2020.[20]
Rafael Peralta was used in theAmazon Prime Video seriesTom Clancy's Jack Ryan, season 2 episode 8 in November 2019.[22]
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This article incorporatespublic domain material fromRafael Peralta (DDG-115) at theNaval Vessel Register.