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USS ''Carney'' (DDG-64) is the 14th in the United States Navy. The ship is the first to be named after Admiral Robert Carney who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration. ''Carney'' was laid down 3 August 1993 at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was launched 23 July 1994 with Betty Taussig, daughter of Admiral Carney, as sponsor. She was placed in commission 8 June 1996 and is homeported in Rota, Spain. ==History== ''Carney'' was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 prior to commissioning. ''Carney'' transferred to Destroyer Squadron 24 in September 1998. Her first deployment was to the Mediterranean Sea in 1997 and 1998 as part of the battle group. In 1999 ''Carney'' deployed again to the Mediterranean setting a milestone as the first United States Navy ship to operate in a bilateral United States-Japan Naval Exercise to be conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. In May 2001 ''Carney'' participated in Fleet Week in New York City. In February 2002 ''Carney'' operated as part of the battle group while conducting phase one of technical evaluations of Cooperative Engagement Capability systems in the waters of Puerto Rico. Phase two of these evaluations were then conducted in the Virginia Capes operating area. She deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf in 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. On 10 June 2002 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited the ship in Manama, Bahrain. In December 2003 ''Carney'' participated in a Vandel Exercise testing the capability to intercept hostile missiles with the ship’s missiles. On 13 August 2004 ''Carney'' put to sea from Mayport in order to avoid the effects of Hurricane Charley. In March and April 2007, ''Carney'' visited St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia and Barbados to show the US's commitment to stability to its regional partners. During a visit to Barbados, ''Carney'' hosted a reception. Among the guests were Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur. In November 2007 ''Carney'' deployed with Carrier Strike Group Ten, led by the aircraft carrier , to the Middle East, where she carried out Theater Security Operations. She completed a number of multi-national exercises with a number of Middle Eastern countries and returned to Mayport, Florida on 4 June 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Carney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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