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USS ''Shoup'' (DDG-86) is an in the United States Navy. The ship is named for General David M. Shoup (1904–1983), the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps. Construction on the ship began at the Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Ingalls Operations on 10 November 1998. Her keel was laid on 13 December 1999 and she was launched on 22 November 2000. ''Shoup'' sailed into the Gulf of Mexico for the first of her sea trials on 11 December 2001. The vessel was delivered to the Navy by Northrop Grumman on 18 February 2002 and departed Pascagoula, Mississippi on 22 April 2002. ''Shoup'' was commissioned on 22 June 2002 at Port Terminal 37 in Seattle, Washington. Her present homeport is Everett, Washington. ==Service history== In July 2002, she successfully conducted the US Navy's operational evaluation of the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile with two test firings.〔("ESSM completes OPEVAL with 'flying colors'" ), ''Seapower'', May 2003. 〕 In January 2005, she participated in Operation Unified Assistance. She was used as a filming location for the 2007 film, ''Transformers''. On 9 May 2008, while operating with Combined Task Force 150, ''Shoup'' assisted a disabled dhow named ''Dunia'' by towing the vessel from the Gulf of Aden to Al-Mukalla, Yemen. On 1 August 2010 the ship collided with a civilian vessel off Oceanside, California. The hull of the civilian boat was cracked, but no injuries were reported. ''Shoup'' was not damaged. ''Shoup'' provided assistance to Korean naval forces after their recapture of the chemical tanker ''Samho Jewelry'' on 21 January 2011 in the Arabian Sea. The tanker's captain had been shot by pirates holding the vessel and a helicopter from ''Shoup'' was used to evacuate him in order for him to receive medical treatment for his injuries. During her 2013 deployment to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, ''Shoup'' participated in numerous multinational exercises while providing theater security and support of ongoing maritime stability in the region. ''Shoup'' returned to homeport on 18 November 2013 following several extensions during what was the longest deployment for a US Navy destroyer since World War II at 313 days. 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 Shoup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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