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US Navy - Guided Missile Destroyer
DDG 78 - USS Porter
 
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Type, class: Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG; Arleigh Burke class, Flight II
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
 
STATUS:
 Awarded: July 20, 1994
Laid down: December 2, 1996
Launched: November 12, 1997
Commissioned: March 20, 1999
IN SERVICE
 
 Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
 Namesake: Commodore David Porter (1780-1843) and his son Vice Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813-1891)
Ships Motto: FREEDOM'S CHAMPION
Technical Data: see: INFO > Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG
 
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Mk.45 Mod.2 gun fire - Pacific Ocean - June 2024

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Strait of Magellan, Chile - June 2024

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Exercise Southern Seas - South Atlantic Ocean - May 2024

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Exercise Southern Seas - South Atlantic Ocean - May 2024

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Atlantic Ocean - May 2024

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Atlantic Ocean - May 2024

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Atlantic Ocean - May 2024

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Atlantic Ocean - May 2024

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Atlantic Ocean - April 2024

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Atlantic Ocean - February 2024

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Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS) ordnance reload at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2023

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returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - June 16, 2023

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firing a Standard Missile SM-2 during NATO Exercise Formidable Shield - Northern Atlantic Ocean - May 2023

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during NATO Exercise Formidable Shield - Northern Atlantic Ocean - May 2023

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HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Scotland, UK - May 2023

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Tallinn, Estonia - March 2023

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Baltic Sea - March 2023

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Baltic Sea - March 2023

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Baltic Sea - March 2023

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Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - February 2023

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departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - February 15, 2023

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arriving at her new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia after 7 years forward deployed at Naval Station Rota, Spain - October 9, 2022

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Agadir, Morocco - June 2022

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during NATO Exercise BALTOPS 22 - Baltic Sea - June 2022

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during BALTOPS 22 - Stockholm, Sweden - June 5, 2022

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Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS) and Mk.141 tube launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM - Atlantic Ocean - May 2022

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Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal - April 2022

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Naval Station Mayport, Florida - April 2022

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maintenance works at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - March 2022

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Mk.45 Mod.2 gun - Atlantic Ocean - March 2022

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - February 2022

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HMNB Devonport, Plymouth, UK - February 2022

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returning to Naval Station Rota, Spain - December 10, 2021

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2021

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bridge, night operations - Mediterranean Sea - February 2021

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - August 2020

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Batumi, Georgia - July 2020

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2020

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departing Naval Station Rota, Spain - March 2020

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missile canister onload at Naval Station Rota, Spain - March 2020

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Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) flies behind USS Porter during a NATO Exercise - September 2019

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sonar control console - Black Sea - October 2019

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USS Porter transits from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea - October 2019

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Mk.45 Mod.2 gun maintenance - Atlantic Ocean - September 2019

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USS Porter launches Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) during Exercise Recognised Environmental - Atlantic Ocean - September 2019

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Constanta, Romania - August 2019

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Golcuk, Kocaeli, Turkey - August 2019

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Mk.15 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) live fire exercise - Atlantic Ocean - July 2019

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Mk.45 Mod.2 5-inches gun live fire exercise - Atlantic Ocean - July 2019

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Atlantic Ocean - July 2019

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during NATO Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 - North Channel, U.K. - April 2019

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during NATO Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 - North Channel, U.K. - April 2019

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during NATO Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 - North Channel, U.K. - April 2019

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HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Scotland - March 2019

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with USS Carney (DDG 64) - Faslane, Scotland - March 2019

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English Channel - March 2019

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - English Channel - March 2019

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - English Channel - March 2019

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - English Channel - March 2019

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - February 2019

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Baltic Sea - January 2019

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Riga, Latvia - January 2019

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Mediterranean Sea - January 2019

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off Aksaz, Turkey - January 2019

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radar control console in the combat information center (CIC) - Mediterranean Sea - December 2018

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - November 2018

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - November 2018

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Bosphorus Strait, Turkey - July 2018

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Black Sea - July 2018

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Black Sea - July 2018

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Odesa, Ukraine - July 2018

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Mediterranean Sea - July 2018

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - June 2018

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Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2018

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2018

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Mediterranean Sea - May 2018

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - Atlantic Ocean - April 2018

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Mediterranean Sea - October 2017

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - June 2017

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forward Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS), 29-cells - Mediterranean Sea - April 2017

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USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea - April 7, 2017

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Mediterranean Sea - March 2017

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Mediterranean Sea - March 2017

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Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2017

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2017

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - February 2017

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - February 2017

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Mediterranean Sea - January 2017

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Mk.15 Mod.31 SeaRAM close-in weapon system (CIWS) - Mediterranean Sea - January 2017

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Mk.15 Mod.31 SeaRAM close-in weapon system (CIWS) - Mediterranean Sea - January 2017

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - January 2017

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - January 2017

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aft Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS) - Mediterranean Sea - January 2017

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Venice, Italy - January 2017

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Mk.32 torpedo tube exercise - Mediterranean Sea - December 2016

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Valencia, Spain - July 2016

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Black Sea - June 2016

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Souda Bay, Greece - June 2016

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Souda Bay, Greece - June 2016

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Souda Bay, Greece - June 2016

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Augusta Bay, Italy - June 2016

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - May 2016

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Mk.41 VLS maintenance at Naval Station Rota, Spain - May 2016

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Mk.41 VLS maintenance at Naval Station Rota, Spain - May 2016

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - May 2016

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Red Sea - May 2016

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Mediterranean Sea - May 2016

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Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy - May 2016

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Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy - May 2016

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Mk.45 gun fire exercise - Mediterranean Sea - April 2016

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Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece - April 2016

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Souda Bay, Greece - April 2016

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Souda Bay, Greece - April 2016

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Souda Bay, Greece - April 2016

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Mediterranean Sea - April 2016

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shaft control console - Mediterranean Sea - April 2016

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2016

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Mediterranean Sea - March 2016

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Naval Station Rota, Spain - March 2016

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Mk.15 Mod.31 SeaRAM close-in weapon system (CIWS) live fire exercise - Atlantic Ocean - March 2016

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aft Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS), 61 cells and Mk.141 Harpoon SSM launching tubes (2x4) - Strait of Gibraltar - November 2015

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aft Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS), 61 cells - Strait of Gibraltar - November 2015

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aft Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS), 61 cells - Dardanelles Strait - October 2015

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Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes - Mediterranean Sea - October 2015

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Mk.141 tube launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon SSM - Mediterranean Sea - September 2015

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Mediterranean Sea - July 2015

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Bosphorus Strait - July 2015

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arriving at Naval Station Rota, Spain - April 2015

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during NATO exercise Joint Warrior - April 2015

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2015

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2015

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departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - March 2015

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returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 2012

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Mediterranean Sea - October 2012

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Mediterranean Sea - October 2012

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USS Porter (DDG 78) was damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz - August 12, 2012

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USS Porter (DDG 78) was damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz - August 12, 2012

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USS Porter (DDG 78) was damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz - August 12, 2012

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Arabian Sea - April 2012

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Mediterranean Sea - April 2012

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2012

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departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - March 2012

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Atlantic Ocean - January 2012

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Fleet Week Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - April 2010

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Indian Ocean - October 2007

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Indian Ocean - October 2007

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ship's helm - Mombasa, Kenya - October 2007

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departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2007

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2006

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departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - November 2005

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change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - June 2005

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USS Porter launches a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) toward Iraq - Central Command AOR - March 2003

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sea trials - 1999

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USS Porter (DDG 78):
 
From January to July 2003, Porter engaged in combat and support operations of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Porter launched Tomahawk missiles during the Shock and Awe stage of the Iraq War.

On 28 October 2007, Porter attacked and sank two pirate skiffs off Somalia after receiving a distress call from the tanker MV Golden Nori which was under attack from pirates.

Upgrade:
On 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that Porter would be upgraded during fiscal year 2013 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. In 2016 the aft CIWS mount was replaced by a SeaRAM missile system.

Operation Nanook 2010:
In August 2010, Porter and the United States Coast Guard buoy tender USCGC Alder participated in Operation Nanook 2010 in Baffin Bay and the Davis Straits. This was the fourth annual Operation Nanook organized by the Canadian Government, but it was the first to host foreign vessels.

2012 collision:
On 12 August 2012, Porter collided with MV Otowasan, an oil tanker, near the Strait of Hormuz. The collision ripped a 3-by-3-meter (10x10 ft) hole in the starboard side of the destroyer, forcing her to Jebel Ali, Dubai for repairs. No one on either ship was injured. Initially Naval Forces Central Command did not provide details about the collision, saying that it was under investigation. Porter's captain, Commander Martin Arriola, was subsequently removed from command of the ship and replaced by Commander Dave Richardson. On 12 October 2012, Porter rejoined Carrier Strike Group 12 for its transit through the Suez Canal following temporary repairs to the ship costing $700,000. Later repairs were budgeted at a cost of nearly $50 million.

Naval Station Rota:
On 30 April 2015, Porter arrived at Naval Station Rota, Spain. Naval Station Rota is Porter's new permanent homeport. Porter joins three other US destroyers at Rota. These four ships are assigned to the United States Sixth Fleet, and will conduct ballistic missile defense patrols in the Mediterranean Sea in support of Commander, US Sixth Fleet's mission.

Due to a Russian naval threat in the Mediterranean, Porter was upgraded with a SEARAM launcher for the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile replacing the aft CIWS.

Attack on Shayrat Airfield:
On 7 April 2017, a total of 59 Tomahawk missiles were fired by USS Porter and USS Ross at military targets at Shayrat Airbase in Homs, Syria, from their positions in the eastern Mediterranean. The missile strike was in response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack on 4 April 2017, which the U.S. government said was launched by the Syrian regime from Shayrat.

source: wikipedia
 
Commodore David Porter (February 1, 1780 - March 3, 1843) and his son Admiral David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 - February 13, 1891):
 

Commodore David Porter:

David Porter, born 1 February 1780 at Boston, Massachussetts, served in the Quasi War with France first as midshipman on board Constellation, participating in the capture of L’Insurgente 9 February 1799; secondly, as 1st lieutenant of Experiment and later in command of Amphitrite.

During the Barbary Wars (1801-07) Porter was 1st lieutenant of Enterprise, New York and Philadelphia and was taken prisoner when Philadelphia ran aground in Tripoli harbor 31 October 1803. After his release 3 June 1805 he remained in the Mediterranean as acting captain of Constitution and later captain of Enterprise. He was in charge of the naval forces at New Orleans 1808-10. As commander of Essex in the War of 1812, Captain Porter achieved fame by capturing the first British warship of the conflict, Alert, 13 August 1812 as well as several merchantmen. In 1813 he sailed Essex around Cape Horn and cruised in the Pacific warring on British whalers.

On 28 March 1814 Porter was forced to surrender off Valpariso after an unequal contest with the frigates HBMS Phoebe and Cherub and only when his ship was too disabled to offer any resistance. From 1815 to 1822 he was a member of the Board of Navy Commissioners but gave up this post to command the expedition for suppressing piracy in the West Indies 1823-25. Commodore Porter resigned his commission in 1826 and became the commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy 1826-29.

He died on 3 March 1843 while U.S. Minister of Turkey.
 
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Admiral David Dixon Porter:
 
Vice Admiral David Dixon Porter was born on June 8, 1813, and was a native of Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of David Porter, who commanded the Essex in the war of 1812-14 with Great Britain. Young Porter entered the service as midshipman in February, 1829, and served in the Mediterranean until 1835, when he was employed for several years in coast survey and river explorations. At the close of 1845 he was placed on special duty at the Washington observatory, resigning in 1846 to take part in the Mexican war. At the outbreak of the late war he was promoted to the rank of commander, and in 1862 the mortar fleet for the bombardment of the forts below New Orleans was placed under his orders.

Vice Admiral David Dixon Porter spent much of 1862-1863 along the Mississippi River and in smaller Mississippi Rivers, including the Yazoo, the Coldwater, the Tallahatchie, and the Yalobusha. He directed campaigns against a long list of Confederate positions in the Mississippi Delta, from he Grand Gulf batteries, to the Chickasaw Bluffs to Miliken's Bend and Port Hudson. After the capture of New Orleans he went up the river with his fleet, and was engaged in the unsuccessful siege of Vicksburg in July, 1862. During the second siege of that place, in the summer of 1863, he bombarded the works and materially assisted Gen. Grant, who commanded the besieging army. For this he made rear admiral. Porter did not leave Mississippi until his successful support of General Grant's siege of Vicksburg was completed with General Pemberton's surrender in July 1863. For his Civil War service, Porter received four letters of thanks from Congress, and was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1866. He was also engaged in the two combined attacks on Forth Fisher, which commands the approaches to Wilmington, North Carolina. The first of these attempts, at the close of 1864, miscarried; the second, in January, 1865, was completely successful.

In July, 1866, he was made vice-admiral, and after the death of Farragut, was promoted, October, 1870, to the rank of admiral, which carried with it the command of the entire navy of the United States, subject only to the order of the president. Admiral Porter urged the importance of protecting the coast approaches to all the large cities of the United States, with heavily armored minitors, carrying the heaviest guns. David Dixon Porter was nearly forgotten because his career and accomplishments have often been misinterpreted, when, in fact, he was arguably the foremost naval hero of the Civil War. Though Porter rose faster through the ranks, commanded more men and ships, won more victories, and was awarded more Congressional votes of thanks than any other officer in the U.S. Navy, historians have been influenced by his own postwar accounts, which were flawed by an unquenchable ego, thin skin, and a burning desire to vindicate his equally controversial father. David Dixon Porter was a firebrand hero of New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Fort Fisher.

His unique tactics and techniques rank among the most imaginative and successful in naval history. The crew onboard Porter's flagship encountered daring, brilliant attacks against the punishing batteries at Vicksburg and Fisher and costly failures at Steele's Bayou and Red River. David Dixon Porter held critical strategy meetings with Sherman and Grant, and a thrilling chase up and down the coast of South America after Semmes on the CSS Sumter. David Dixon Porter was a talented fighter and colorful personality with a marvelous sense of humor, earning respect and friendship from the likes of Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, but drew the ire of political generals like Butler, Banks, and McClernand. He was a potent mix of energy, ambition, courage, and creativity with rash behavior, paranoia, and a taste for intrigue.

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