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Navy with trimarans was considered to be in determining the structural design of the ship particularly at the junction of the mainhull and sidehulls together with slamming loads on the underside of the cross-deck. This could only be deter- mined by gathering structural strain and load data at ocean going scale. RV Tri- ton conducted a number of specific structures trials where she encountered a wide variety of sea states from sea state 2 through to sea state 8.

The data gathered correlated well with the predicted computer model results with the anticipated results. The ship behaved extremely well in all trials the hull suffered no damage.

Northrop Grumman

Preble (DDG 88)

Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered to the U.S. Navy its newest warship — Preble (DDG 88) — an

Aegis guided missile destroyer built by the shipyard's facility in Pascagoula,

Miss. Preble is the 38th ship in the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class of Aegis guided

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Circle 238 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com missile destroyers. In naming DDG 88

Preble, the Navy, for the sixth time, hon- ors Cmdr. Edward Preble, (1761- 1807), a pioneer in U.S. naval and mer- chant marine service. With Cmdr. Tim- othy Batzler, USN, a native of Balti- more, Md., and a 1983 graduate of the

U.S. Naval Academy, as the new ship's commissioning commanding officer,

Preble will depart from Pascagoula in

October where it will join the U.S.

Pacific Fleet during commissioning cer- emonies Nov. 9, 2002, in Boston, Mass. — moving on to its homeport in San

Diego, Calif.

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McCampbell

Commissioned

The U.S. Navy commissioned Arleigh

Burke class guided missile destroyer,

McCampbell on Aug. 17, 2002. Measur- ing 510 ft. (155 m), with a 59-ft. (17.9- m) waterline beam, the ship, which hon- ors the late Navy Capt. David

McCampbell (1910-1996), who is the

Navy's top ace with 34 confirmed aerial victories and recipient of the Medal of

Honor while serving as commander, Air

Group 15, the USS Essex, during the

Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19, 1944) and the Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 24, 1944). During the first encounter, McCampbell's force virtually annihilated an attacking force of 80

Japanese carrier-based aircraft, of which he personally shot down seven. In the

Battle of Leyte Gulf, he daringly attacked a formation of at least 60

Japanese land-based aircraft. McCamp- bell shot down at least nine of these air- craft, forcing the remainder to abandon the attack. In addition to the Medal of

Honor, McCampbell received the Navy

Cross, Silver Star and Distinguished

Flying Cross. No previous ship has been named McCampbell.

Construction of DDG 85 took place at

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