USS Nathan James is a fictional guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, used as the setting for the 1988 post-apocalyptic novel The Last Ship and the television series of the same name.
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Book
USS Nathan James (hull code: DDG-80) is the lead ship of her class and has a beam of 59 feet (18 m), a draft of 27 feet (8.2 m), and a length of 466 feet (142 m), with a rated speed of 38 knots (43.73 mph; 70.38 km/h). The number at the end of the hull code stands for the ship's position in the series, while the letters "DD" stand for "Destroyer" and the "G" for "Guided Missile". The ship was named after a U.S. Navy ensign who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II.
Weaponry
Armed with two 61-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching Systems, the Nathan James carries a payload of 28 nuclear-tipped Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles for each Vertical Launching System, for a total of 56 nuclear-tipped Tomahawk cruise missiles rated at 200 kilotons each.
Television series
In the television series, USS Nathan James is homeported at Virginia's Naval Station Norfolk, rather than in Norway, as in the book. Its hull code is DDG-151, where in the book it is DDG-80. This change was made because USS Roosevelt, launched in 1999, was assigned the hull code DDG-80. In the pilot, "Phase Six", it is mentioned that the Nathan James has a crew complement of 217. By the season 2 finale, "A More Perfect Union", CDR Chandler mentions that there are 204 crewmen on the Nathan James.
In the season 2 finale, "A More Perfect Union", the Nathan James arrives in St. Louis, Missouri after defeating the Immunes and is scheduled to spend the next few months in drydock.
In "The Scott Effect", CAPT Slattery, CDR Garnett, CMC Jeter, LTJG Mason, Dr. Rios, GM2 Miller, and SA Diaz are taken prisoner from a Vietnamese nightclub by Asian pirates. In "Shanzhai", CAPT Chandler, as ranking officer, retakes command of the Nathan James and names LT Granderson acting Executive Officer over LT Cameron Burk, a senior lieutenant who held the conn while CAPT Slattery was off-ship. Upon the rescue of the prisoners of war in "Dog Day", CAPT Chandler returns command of the ship to CAPT Slattery.
USS Halsey (DDG-97) stands in for the television show's version of USS Nathan James. USS Halsey is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and is armed with a 5"/62 caliber Mark 45 gun.
Under CDR Chandler (2014-2015)
Commander Thomas W. "Tom" Chandler, USN (Eric Dane) - Commanding Officer
Commander Michael "Mike" Slattery, USN (Adam Baldwin) – Executive Officer
Lieutenant Commander Andrea Garnett, USN (Fay Masterson) – Chief Engineer
Lieutenant Commander Barker, USN (KIA, 2015) (Jamison Haase) – Tactical Actions Officer; killed during the siege of the Nathan James
Lieutenant Daniel Joshua "Danny" Green, USN (Travis Van Winkle) - Leader of the Naval Mountain Warfare Unit
Lieutenant Kara Foster, USN (Marissa Neitling) – Tactical Actions Officer (2015-2015); former Combat Information Center officer (2014-2015)
Lieutenant Carlton Burk, USN (Jocko Sims) – Head of the visit, board, search, and seizure teams
Lieutenant John "Gator" Mejia, USN (Michael Curran-Dorsano) – Navigator
Lieutenant Alisha Granderson, USN (Christina Elmore) – Officer of the Deck
Lieutenant Ravit Bivas, IDF (KIA, 2015) (Inbar Lavi) – Member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command Joint Operations Training Program; joined crew in Norfolk; killed in action during the oil rig attack
Lieutenant, junior grade Andrew "Andy" Chung, USN (KIA, 2015) (Andy T. Tran) – Engineer; killed in action during the oil rig attack
Ensign William "Will" Mason, USN (KIA, 2016) (Chris Sheffield) – Sonar Officer (2015-2015); former Communications Officer (2014-2015)
Senior Chief Petty Officer Lynn, USN (KIA, 2015) (Chris Marrs) – Engineer; killed in action during the oil rig attack
Warrant Officer (E9) Wolf Taylor, RAN (Bren Foster) – Member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command Joint Operations Training Program; joined crew in Norfolk
Fire Controlman First Class Carl Nishioka, USN (Ben Cho) – Member of the Combat Information Center
Culinary Specialist Second Class Bernie "Bacon" Cowley, USN (Amen Igbinosun) – Ship's cook
Petty Officer Second Class Javier Cruz, USN (KIA, 2016) (Ness Bautista) – Member of the visit, board, search, and seizure teams
Petty Officer Third Class Cossetti, USN (KIA, 2014) (Tommy Savas) – Member of the visit, board, search, and seizure teams
Gas Turbine System Technician Third Class O'Connor, USN (Paul James)
Petty Officer Third Class Maya Gibson, USN (d. 2014) (Felisha Cooper) – Only casualty during human trials of the cure; CDR Chandler nominates her for the Navy Cross
Seaman Miller, USN (Kevin Michael Martin) – Member of the visit, board, search, and seizure teams
Seaman Walker, USN (KIA, 2015) – Crewmember who was killed in action during the oil rig attack
Civilians
Dr. Rachel Scott, Ph.D. (KIA, 2015) (Rhona Mitra) – Paleomicrobiologist
Dr. Quincy Tophet, Ph.D. (KIA, 2015) (Sam Spruell) – Paleomicrobiologist; killed during the siege of the Nathan James by Amy Granderson's Maryland State Police troopers
Tex Nolan (KIA, 2016) (John Pyper-Ferguson) – Private security contractor; member of the visit, board, search, and seizure teams
Bertrise (Hope Olaide Wilson) – A young Jamaican woman rescued by the Nathan James who has a genetic immunity to the virus
Kelly Tophet (Alice Coulthard) – Dr. Tophet's wife; rescued from captivity on Admiral Ruskov's ship; disembarked at Norfolk
Ava Tophet (Jade Pettyjohn) – Dr. Tophet's daughter; rescued from captivity on Admiral Ruskov's ship; disembarked at Norfolk
Sam Chandler (Aidan Sussman) – CDR Chandler's son; disembarked at Norfolk
President Jeffrey "Jeff" Michener (KIA, 2016) (Mark Moses) – The President of the United States who has a genetic immunity to the virus; rescued by the Nathan James from Sean Ramsey and the Immunes, and joined the crew in "Safe Zone".
Under CAPT Slattery (2016-Present)
Captain Michael "Mike" Slattery, USN (Adam Baldwin) – Commanding Officer
Commander Andrea Garnett, USN (Fay Masterson) – Executive Officer
