USS Shoup (DDG-86)

USS Shoup (DDG-86) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer 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 on 22 April 2002. Shoup was commissioned on 22 June 2002 at Port Terminal 37 in Seattle, Washington. Her present homeport is Everett WA.

In July 2002, she successfully conducted the US Navy's operational evaluation of the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile with two test firings.

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, the Shoup assisted a disabled dhow named the 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 21-foot 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 its 2013 deployment, Shoup participated with such Exercise Spartan Kopis. On 4 February 2013, following off-loading of its munitions, the Shoup underwent emergency repairs at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. Following repairs, Shoup got underway on 27 February 2013. Subsequently, starting 22 March 2013, Shoup underwent an extended in-port maintenance period at the Khalifa Bin Salman Port in Hidd, Bahrain.