USS Carney (DDG-64)

History

USS Carney (DDG-64) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The guided-missile destroyer was the first to be named after Admiral Robert Carney, who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration.

Carney was laid down in 1993 at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was launched in 1994 with Betty Taussig, daughter of Admiral Carney, as sponsor. She was placed in commission in 1996, and is homeported in Mayport, Florida. She has a range of 5,100 miles (4,400 nautical miles), travels at a speed in excess of 30 knots, and has a crew of 329. She is armed with standard missiles, Harpoon missile launchers, Tomahawk missiles, a 54 caliber lightweight gun, and torpedoes, and carries a multi-mission helicopter.

In 2002, she deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2011, Carney disrupted four piracy attempts and disarmed and captured 30 suspected pirates, in support of Operation Ocean Shield in the Gulf of Aden. In 2016, Carney took part in Operation Odyssey Lightning, against ISIS militants in Libya.

In December 2023, Carney and civilian-owned ships were attacked in the Red Sea, with ballistic missiles fired and drones launched from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

Text from Wikipedia: USS Carney, CC BY-SA 4.0, lightly trimmed.

Wars and campaigns

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Key dates

1. 1997
   Her first deployment was to the Mediterranean Sea in 1997 and 1998 as part of the USS George Washington battle group.
2. 2002
   She deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf in 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
3. 2009
   On 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that Carney would be upgraded during fiscal 2012 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.
4. 2010
   On 2 January 2010 Carney departed homeport for a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet AoR, as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group.
5. 2013
   On 17 October 2013, Carney departed Naval Station Mayport for a scheduled independent deployment.
6. 2015
   On 25 September 2015, Carney arrived at her new homeport of Naval Station Rota, Spain, after a 19-day transit from Naval Station Mayport.
7. 2023
   On 8 October 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in response.
8. 2023
   On 3 December 2023, Carney and civilian-owned commercial ships were attacked in international waters in the southern Red Sea, with anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
9. 2024
   On 13 January 2024, Carney conducted follow-on action by firing Tomahawk cruise missiles at Houthi rebels in Yemen a day after the main strike package.

Dates and events quoted from the same Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Records that place someone aboard this ship

A ship history doesn't name everyone who served. These records do:

• Navy muster rolls, 1939–1949 (National Archives guide)
• Deck logs: how to get them (Naval History and Heritage Command)
• Crew lists research guide (NHHC)
• Search the National Archives Catalog for “USS Carney”

More history

• Wikipedia: USS Carney