Arleigh Burke Flight II class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NDEC Shipyard: Bath Iron Works Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDeployment History of USS Decatur DDG-73 1996-jan-11Laid downLaid down 1996-nov-09LaunchedLaunched 1998-jun-19CommissionedCommissioned 2018-sep-30DeploymentDeployment Mabini Reef Conducted Freedom of Navigation cruise in South China Sea, near the Gaven and Johnson reefs in the Spratly Group islands. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 01 Builder Bath Iron Works,