The ship can carry two SH-60B/R Light Airborne Multipurpose System MK III helicopters. The ship is a Flight IIA variant of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer incorporating a helicopter hangar facility into the original design. Undated file photo of the starboard hull of USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) under construction at Bath Iron Works. ![]() This system serves as the cornerstone of the Aegis combat system installed in Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers and Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers. Meyer managed the development of the Aegis AN/SPY-1 radar system. ![]() Meyer with a picture of the ship that will bear his name at a ceremony celebrating the deliverance of the 100th Aegis Weapons System to the Navy. Mike Mullen presents retired Rear Admiral Wayne E. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. Meyer is widely regarded as the "The Father of Aegis" after spearheading the development of the defense system. The system will be installed on the newly named USS Wayne E. Hamilton, program executive officer for ships pull the plug to de-energize the 100th Aegis Weapons System to be delivered the Navy. Meyer, Fred Moosally, president of Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors and Rear Adm. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Ġ61127-N-0696M-284, Moorestown, NJ, November 27 2006, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mike Mullen, retired Rear Admiral Wayne E. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. He also gives numerous speeches besides reviewing and editing articles, essays and books.Īrtist's conception of the Meyer as built by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. He has served on the National Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory Committee for the past seven years, serving as its Chairman for the past three years. He chairs and serves on numerous Panels and Committees chartered by various DOD civil and military officials. Rear Admiral Meyer presently operates a consultancy with offices in Crystal City, Virginia. In September 1983, he was reassigned as Deputy Commander, Weapons and Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command. In July 1975, he assumed duties as the founding Project Manager, AEGIS Shipbuilding. He was selected for Admiral in January 1975. He was named Project Manager for Surface Missile Systems in 1972 and in July 1974, he was named the first Director of Surface Warfare, Naval Sea Systems Command. In 1967, he reported as Director of Engineering at the Naval Ship Missile Systems Engineering Station, Port Hueneme, California and three years later to the Naval Ordnance Systems Command, as Manager, AEGIS Weapons System. He transferred to the Naval Ordnance Engineering Corps in 1966. He was then ordered to the TALOS cruiser GALVESTON (CLG 3) and from there to the Secretary of the Navy's Special Task Force for Surface Missile Systems in Washington, D.C. He returned to sea as Executive Officer in STRICKLAND (DER 333), followed by service on the Staff, Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic. After several years at sea, he returned to school in 1951 and attended the Joint Guided Missile School in Fort Bliss, Texas, the Naval Line School in Monterey, California, eventually serving as an instructor at the Special (atomic) Weapons School, Norfolk, Virginia. Naval Reserve, in 1946 and was transferred to Regular Navy in 1948. His career began in 1943 as an apprentice seaman. in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. in Astronautics and Aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S. ![]() Rear Admiral Meyer, a native of Brunswick, Missouri, graduated from the University of Kansas in 1946 with a B.S. Meyer, retired in 1985 as the Deputy Commander for Weapons and Combat systems, Naval Sea Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command and Ordnance Officer of the Navy. Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 20 Knots, Crew 370.Ĭhristened at Bath, Maine October 18 2008.Ĭommissioned Octoat Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pa. Machinery, 100,000 SHP 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws Photographic History of the United States Navyĭisplacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 509' 5" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max)Īrmament 1 x 5"/62 RF, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), 96 VLS Cells,Ģ SH-60B helicopters, 8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT. Destroyer Photo Index DDG-108 USS WAYNE E.
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