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The
U.S. Navy's most advanced and powerful ship, the mission of an Arleigh
Burke Class Aegis Destroyer is to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations
at sea in support of national policy. Operating with Aircraft Carrier
Battle Groups; as an element of a Surface Action Group (SAG); or |
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independently,
we can be called upon to conduct a variety of missions in support of
national military strategy. From peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, we will be capable of carrying out Air Warfare (AW), Undersea Warfare (UW), Surface Warfare (SW), Strike Warfare (SW) and Air Control - Warfare operations in extreme, multi threat |
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Notes of Interest: Displacement: 9,217 tons Speed: 30+ knots Range: 4,400/20 knots Length: 509’6” (471’) Width: 66’6” (59’) Draft: 20’10” (30’10”) Manning: 32 Officers, 348 Enlisted Armament: Mk41 Mod 7 Vertical Launch System (2), 127-mm (5”/62) dual purpose gun, VLS launched Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), 25-mm Chain Gun (2), Mk32 Mod 14 Torpedo Tube (2) Electronics/ Countermeasures: SLQ-32(V)3, Mk53 Mod O Decoy System, Mk234 Decoy System, SLQ-25A Torpedo Decoy, SLQ-39 Surface Decoy, URN-25 TACAN, UPX-29 IFF System, Kollmorgan Mk46 Mod 1 Electro-Optical Director Engineering: General Electric LM-2500-30 Gas Turbine Engines (4), Five-bladed Controllable-Pitch propellars(2), 105,000 H.P. (90,000 sustained), Rolls-Royce/Allison 9140, 501-K34 Gas Turbine Engines (3), 7,500 Kw Radar/Sonar: SPS-73(V)Navigation, SPS-67(V)3 Surface Search, SPY-1D Phased-Array, SPG-62 Illuminator (3), SQS-53C(V)1 Hull-Mounted Sonar Aircraft: Two multi-purpose Light Airborne Multipurpose System LAMPS MK III (SH-60) Sea Hawk Helicopters |
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