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AA4SS, Timothy J. Boyd ("Senior Chief Petty Officer" (E8) imbarcato a bordo del Cacciatorpediniere USS CARNEY (DDG 64), è stato nuovamente segnalato sul cluster a 14196 Mhz SSB. Attualmente la nave è dislocata
nell'Oceano Indiano.
La QSL (SASE) va inviata a GSCS Tim Boyd ENG Dept USS Carney DDG-64 FPO AA 34090-1282 (Tim può ricevere ed inviare la posta anche da bordo).

Alcune caratteristiche della USS CARNEY - DDG 64
Class: 14th ARLEIGH BURKE Class Destroyer
Launched: July 23, 1994
Commissioned: April 13, 1996
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 505,25 feet (154 meters)
Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 8.300 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: None. But LAMPS 3 electronics installed on landing deck for
coordinated DDG/helicopter ASW operations.
Armament: two MK 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk; Harpoon
missile launchers, one Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun, two
Phalanx CIWS, Mk 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts)
Homeport: Mayport, Fla.
Crew: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted