Editing USS Donald Cook (section)

{{Short description|Arleigh Burke-class destroyer}}
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| Ship image = 160523-N-TC720-274 (27165537571).jpg
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| Ship caption = USS ''Donald Cook'' (DDG-75), on 23 May 2016
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''Donald Cook''
| Ship namesake = [[Donald Cook (Medal of Honor recipient)|Donald Cook]]
| Ship ordered = 19 January 1993
| Ship builder = [[Bath Iron Works]]
| Ship laid down = 9 July 1996
| Ship launched = 3 May 1997
| Ship acquired = 21 August 1998
| Ship commissioned = 4 December 1998
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| Ship homeport = [[Naval Station Mayport|Mayport]]
| Ship motto = ''Faith Without Fear''
| Ship status = {{Ship in active service}}
| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|368895000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NDGC
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*[[Hull number]]: DDG-75
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| Ship crest = [[File:USS Donald Cook DDG-75 Crest.png|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}
| Ship displacement = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer displacement II}}
| Ship length = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer length I}}
| Ship beam = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer beam}}
| Ship draft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer draft}}
| Ship power = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer power}}
| Ship propulsion = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer propulsion}}
| Ship speed = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer speed}}
| Ship range = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer range}}
| Ship complement = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer complement}}
| Ship sensors = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer sensors}}
| Ship EW = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer EW}}
| Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer armament I (BMD, SeaRAM)}}
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| Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight I/II aircraft}}
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'''USS ''Donald Cook'' (DDG-75)''' is an ''[[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer|Arleigh Burke-class]]'' ([[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer#Characteristics|Flight II]]) [[Aegis combat system|Aegis]] [[guided missile destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]] named for [[Medal of Honor]] recipient [[Donald Cook (Medal of Honor)|Donald Cook]], a colonel in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. She is the 14th of the class to be built at [[Bath Iron Works]] in [[Bath, Maine]]. Construction began on 9 July 1996, she was launched and christened on 3 May 1997, and on 4 December 1998, she was commissioned at [[Penn's Landing]] Pier in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania.

On 16 February 2012, Secretary of the Navy [[Ray Mabus]] announced ''Donald Cook'' was to be one of four ships to be homeported at [[Naval Station Rota, Spain]].<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=65393 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120821003608/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=65393 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 21 August 2012 |title= Navy Names Forward Deployed Ships to Rota, Spain |publisher= [[United States Navy]] |number= NNS120216-15 |date= 16 February 2012 }}</ref> In January 2014, the Navy announced that the ship would arrive there in mid-February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=78889|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219031422/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=78889|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 February 2014|title=USS Donald Cook Departs Norfolk for Permanent Station in Rota, Spain|work=navy.mil|access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref> In Rota she forms part of [[Destroyer Squadron 60]].