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US Navy - Guided Missile Destroyer DDG 74 - USS McFaul |
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Type,
class: Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG; Arleigh Burke
class, Flight II Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA STATUS: Awarded: January 21, 1993 Laid down: January 26, 1996 Launched: January 18, 1997 Commissioned: April 25, 1998 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia Namesake: Chief Petty Officer Donald L. McFaul (1957-1989) Ships Motto: COURAGE - HONOR - SACRIFICE Technical Data: see: INFO > Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG see also > Special Report / USS McFaul (DDG 74) port visit in Koper / Slovenia |
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 Aerovel Flexrotor UAV launch - Gulf of Oman - October 2023  Mk.32 torpedo tubes exercise - Gulf of Oman - October 2023  Mk.32 torpedo tubes exercise - Gulf of Oman - October 2023  Arabian Gulf - August 2023  Gulf of Oman - May 2023  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 2, 2023  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 2, 2023  Mk.45 Mod.2 gun fire exercise - Atlantic Ocean - March 2023  Atlantic Ocean - March 2023  Atlantic Ocean - March 2023  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 26, 2022  Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal - November 2022  Atlantic Ocean - October 2022  Mk.38 Mod.2 machine gun fire exercise - Atlantic Ocean - October 2022 December 2020 - June 2021: Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) at General Dynamics NASSCO, Norfolk, Virginia  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 2019  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 2019  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 2019  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 2019  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - September 2019  command photo - Aegean Sea - September 2019  Thessaloniki, Greece - August 2019  Suez Canal, Egypt - August 26, 2019  mess deck - Red Sea - August 2019  Gulf of Aden - August 2019  Mk.45 gun fire exercise - Red Sea - July 2019  Safaga, Egypt - July 2008  Jebel Ali, UAE - July 2008  Mk.32 torpedo tubes exercise - Arabian Gulf - June 2019  Strait of Hormuz - May 2019  Mk.45 Mod.2 gun fire exercise - Gulf of Aden - April 2019  Mk.38 Mod.2 25mm machine gun fire exercise - Gulf of Aden - April 2019  Red Sea - April 2019  Bab al-Mandeb Strait - April 2019  Arabian Gulf - April 2019  5th Fleet AOR - April 2019  with USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) - Manama, Bahrain - April 2019  approaching Eilat, Israel - March 2019  Suez Canal, Egypt - March 2019  5th Fleet AOR - February 2019  5th Fleet AOR - February 2019  Mk.45 Mod.2 gun fire exercise - 5th Fleet AOR - February 2019  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - January 2019  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - January 2019  launching a Standard Missile SM-2MR - Atlantic Ocean - November 2018  Atlantic Ocean - October 2018  departing Naval Station Norfolk in preparation for Hurricane Florence - September 2018  departing Naval Station Norfolk in preparation for Hurricane Florence - September 2018  departing Naval Station Norfolk in preparation for Hurricane Florence - September 2018  Mk.45 Mod.2 gun maintenance - Atlantic Ocean - July 2018  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - December 2015  Haifa, Israel - October 2015  US Army UH-60 Blackhawk approaches the flight deck - off Kuwait - July 2015  Arabian Gulf - June 2015  Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal - April 29, 2015  Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal - April 29, 2015  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - April 2015  Mk.45 Mod.2 gun fire exercise - Atlantic Ocean - March 2015  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - December 2012  propulsion auxilary control console - Mediterranean Sea - October 2012  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - February 2012  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - February 2012  Arabian Sea - May 2010  Arabian Sea - May 2010  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 6, 2008  humanitarian assistance - Batumi, Georgia - August 2008  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - August 2008  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - August 2008 
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - August 2008  Mk.45 gun live-fire exercise during exercise Neptune Warrior - Cape Wrath, Scotland - September 2007  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 2006  Suez Canal, Egypt - May 2006  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 2006  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 2006  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - May 2006  replenishment at sea (RAS) with USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - Atlantic Ocean - February 2006  Atlantic Ocean - November 2005  Atlantic Ocean - November 2005  replenishment at sea (RAS) - Atlantic Ocean - October 2005  replenishment at sea (RAS) - Atlantic Ocean - October 2005  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2005 - note the damage after a collision with USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81)  Faslane, Scotland - June 2005  Suez Canal, Egypt - March 2004  Fleet Week Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - May 2002  Fleet Week Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - May 2002  International Naval Review 2000 (INR 2000) - New York City - July 2000  Atlantic Ocean - July 2000  antenna details - May 2000  antenna details - AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System - AN/SPY-1D radar - May 2000  Mk.141 Harpoon SSM launcher - Mk.15 CIWS - AN/SPG-62 illumination radars - May 2000  Norfolk, Virginia - May 2000  Norfolk, Virginia - May 2000  Norfolk, Virginia - May 2000  builder's sea trials - 1998 |
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USS McFaul (DDG 74): On 22 August 2005, McFaul was involved in a minor collision with USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Both ships suffered minor damage, and no injuries were reported. Both ships returned to their homeport at Naval Station Norfolk under their own power. On 16 February 2007, McFaul was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. On 24 August 2008, McFaul arrived in Batumi, Georgia, as part of Operation Assured Delivery to "deliver humanitarian relief supplies...as part of the larger United States response to the government of Georgia request for humanitarian assistance" in the wake of the 2008 South Ossetia war. McFaul offloaded nearly 155,000 pounds of supplies - including hygiene items, baby food and care supplies, bottled water, and milk - donated by the U.S. Agency for International Development. On November 12, 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that McFaul would be upgraded during fiscal 2013 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. On 5 April 2010, McFaul responded to a distress call from the M/V Rising Sun after it was attacked by pirates. McFaul was able to neutralize the threat, and captured ten suspected pirates and successfully rescued eight crewmembers from onboard a dhow near Salalah, Oman. The pirates were then transferred to the USS Carney (DDG-64) where they awaited transfer to land and subsequent prosecution. On 12 September 2012, McFaul was ordered to the coast of Libya in what the Pentagon called a "contingency" in case a strike was ordered. This was in response to the 2012 diplomatic missions attacks. On 5 July 2023, McFaul interrupted and prevented the attempted seizure of two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman. In two incidents, three hours apart, Iranian naval vessels closed on the tankers - and, according to the U.S. Navy, in the second incident, fired upon the tanker. In both cases, the Iranian vessels departed the scene upon the arrival of McFaul. The Navy released aerial video of the incidents. Iran's government claimed that one of the targeted ships had been involved in a collision and that there was an Iranian court order to seize the ship. Chervon, the company managing the vessel, stated that the ship was not involved in a collision and that they had received no notice regarding any legal proceedings. |
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Chief Petty Officer Donald Lewis McFaul (September 20, 1957 -
December 18, 1989): Chief McFaul was born 20 September 1957 in Orange County, California. He graduated from Bend Senior High School, Bend, Oregon in 1974. He enlisted in the Navy upon graduation from high school, and after recruit training was assigned to Naval Station Treasure Island, where he worked for Port Services as an Engine Specialist. In 1977, Chief McFaul volunteered and was selected to join the Naval Special Warfare Community. He underwent Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training (Class 95) in the spring of 1978. Chief McFaul was assigned to SEAL Team ONE where he made three deployments in support of Special Operations out of Subic Bay, Philippines. In 1985, Donald McFaul the SEAL became Donald McFaul the civilian, trying his hand at engine repair and spending relaxing days of fishing in Seattle, Washington, and Kodiak, Alaska. Missing the challenge and excitement of the SEAL Team, Donald McFaul returned to the Special Warfare Community. He attended Defense Language Institute for Spanish in Monterey, California where he met his wife Patricia. In February 1988, Chief McFaul was assigned to SEAL team FOUR and Don and Patricia were married. While at SEAL Team FOUR Chief McFaul deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of the Middle East Forces and later deployed to Naval Special Warfare Unit EIGHT at Naval Station Rodman, Republic of Panama. His final deployment was as Platoon Chief of Gulf Platoon on 18 December 1989, where he was killed in action during combat operations. His awards include the Navy Achievement Medal with Gold Star, Navy Unit Citation, and Good Conduct Medal with Bronze Star. He was posthumously awarded the "Purple Heart" and the "Navy Cross". Chief Donald McFaul is survived by his wife, Patricia; his daughter, Megan; mother, Shirley Lee, of Washington; brothers, Michael McFaul, J.R. Schooley, Duane Schooley, Jr.; and sisters, Debbie Baker, Candy Nelson and Karie Tarte.
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