Photo #: NH 98618-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003.
The "E31" painted on her bow was an unofficial "hull
number", with the "E" standing for Engineering
and the "31" referring to her previous identity as
USS Decatur (DDG-31).
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98619-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003. The decommissioned
destroyer Paul F. Foster (DD-964), in the distance, was
then being prepared to become the new SDTS, replacing
the ex-Decatur.
Note the towing fitting installed on the ship's bow.
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98620-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003.
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98621-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003.
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98622-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003, with a target barge
tied up astern.
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98623-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
View on the the ship's foredeck, looking aft. Taken at Port Hueneme,
California, 16 June 2003.
Note AN/SLQ-32 electronic countermeasures units above her pilothouse
wings and NSSMS directors on her pilothouse top and foremast.
Lifering is labeled "SDTS".
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98624-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
View looking forward from the starboard side of the ship's pilothouse.
Taken at Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003.
The site of the ship's forward 5"/54 gun mount is configured
to hold a Dual Pack ESSM Launching System (DPELS).
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98625-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
View looking forward from the ship's helicopter deck, showing
her RAM launcher and 20mm CIWS gun mount. Taken at Port Hueneme,
California, 16 June 2003.
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98626-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
View of the ship's starboard outboard drive unit. Taken at Port
Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003.
Photographed by Frank V. Thompson.
Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 98617-KN (color)
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS),
formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31)
Diagram of systems installed on the ship.
Copied from a brochure on the SDTS, published by the Port
Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 2002.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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