Arleigh Burke Flight II class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: 4677019 MMSI: 368897000 Flight Deck: Call Sign: NDEC Shipyard: Bath Iron Works Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitDeployment History of USS Decatur DDG-73 1996-jan-11Laid downLaid down 1996-nov-09LaunchedLaunched 1998-jun-19CommissionedCommissioned 2016-nov-03Port VisitPort Visit NS Pearl Harbor visited Pearl Harbor, with USS Spruance during final phase of their 3rd Fleet Surface Action Group WestPac deployment. 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. 2023-febDeploymentDeployment South China Sea operating in South China Sea as part of the 7th Fleet USS Nimitz Carrier Group (CSG-11), with USS Bunker Hill, USS Chung-Hoon, USS Wayne E Meyer and with USS Makin Island. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event