Arleigh Burke Guided Missile-Destroyer Specifications

Facts about the Arleigh Burke Guided Missile Destroyer

Destroyers are fast warships that help keep larger ships safe, or are used for protection in large battle groups.

Destroyers and Guided Missile Cruisers operate in support of a carrier group, surface action groups, amphibious groups, and replenishment groups. The Arleigh Burke Destroyers can be used for many tasks, for example in Operation Desert Storm Destroyers were used to fire Tomahawk Cruise Missles at land based targets, and gave carrier groups air-support, anti-surface support, and anti-subamarine support. They carry many Vertial Launch Systems (VSL's) which carry Tomahawk Cruise Missles, and Harpoon anti-ship missles, as well as standard missles.

To technological advances have improved the destroyers by far, which has built up to the most superior class of destroyer today the Arleigh Burke.

The Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), was named for the Navy's most famous destroyer squadron combat comander and three-time Chief of Naval Operations, the Arleigh Burke was commisioned July 4, 1991 and was the most powerful surface combatant ever put to sea since the Iowa Class Battleships. Like the Ticonderoga Class Cruisers, DDG-51's combat systems center around the Aegis combat system, and the SPY-ID, multi function phased array radar. The combination of the Aegis, the VLS system ( vertical launch system), an advanced anti- submarine warfare system, advanced anti-aircraft missles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, which continues to make the Arleigh Burke Class revolutionize destroyers.

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Builders

BLT-Location Built
LD-Keel Laying Date
LCH-Launch Date
COM-Commissioning Date
DCOM-Decommissioning Date
SCRP-Date scrapped
SLD-Sold or pending sale?
STA-Status or Renamed ?		 SD-San Diego,Cal.
NV-Norfolk,Virginia
NY-New York,NY
MF-Mayport,FLA.
PM-Pascalouga,MS
PH-Pearl Harbor,Hawaii
YJ-Yokusuka,Japan
EV-Everett,Wash.
CS-Squadron Ship Is Serving With
DESRON-Destroyer Squadron
NRF-National Reserve Fleet
ACTP-Active Pacific Fleet
ACTA-Active Atlantic Fleet		 Todd SB1-Todd Shipbuilding.San Pedro,Cal.
Todd SB2-Todd Shipbuilding,Seattle,Wash.
Bath IW-Bath Iron Works,Maine
Ingalls Shipbuiding,Mississippi

FLIGHT I

Name & Hull # BLT LD LCH COM HP DESRON STA
DDG-51 Arleigh Burke

DDG-52 Barry (ex-John Barry ex-Barry)

DDG-53 John Paul Jones

DDG-54 Curtis Wilbur

DDG-55 Stout

DDG-56 John S McCain

DDG-57 Mitscher

DDG-58 Laboon

DDG-59 Russell

DDG-60 Paul Hamilton

DDG-61 Ramage

DDG-62 Fitzgerald

DDG-63 Stethem

DDG-64 Carney

DDG-65 Benfold

DDG-66 Gonzalez

DDG-67 Cole

DDG-68 The Sullivans

DDG-69 Milius

DDG-70 Hopper

DDG-71 Ross

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Feb2.6/90

Aug.8/90

Mar.12/92

Sep.13/91

Sep.3/91

Feb.12/92

Mar.23/92

Jul.27/92

Aug.24/92

Jan.4/93

Feb.9/93

May.11/93

Aug.3/93

Sep.27/93

Feb.2/94

Feb.28/94

Jul.27/94

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Apr.10/95

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May.10/91

Oct.26/9

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Oct.16/92

Sep.26/92

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FLIGHT II

Name & Hull # BLT LD LCH COM HP DESRON STA
DDG-72 Mahan

DDG-73 Decatur

DDG-74 McFaul

DDG-75 Donald Cook

DDG-76 Higgins

DDG-77 O'Kane

DDG-78 Porter

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FLIGHT IIA with added hanger

Name & Hull # BLT LD LCH COM HP DESRON STA
DDG-79 Oscar Austin

DDG-80 Roosevelt

DDG-81 Winston Churchill

DDG 82 Lassen

DDG 83 Howard

DDG 84 Bulkley

DDG 85-110 (no name)

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84-87 Authorized

87+ Planned

Dimensions

Length(O/A) 504.50'
509.5' (FLT IIA)
Length(W/L) 466'
471' (FLT IIA)
Beam 66.90'
Draft (mean) 24.70'
Draft (max) 32.7' (sonar)

Displacement

Full Load 8,422 tons(FLT I)
9,033 tons (FLT II)
9,435 tons(FLT IIA)
Standard 6,625 tons(FLT I & II)
6,869 tons(FLT IIA)

Propulsion

Boilers N/A
Turbines 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines
Diesels N/A
Horsepower 105,000
Shafts
Props		 2
cp props
Endurance 4,400 NM @ 20 knts
Max Speed 32 knts

Protection

Main Side Belt N/A
Lower Side Belt N/A
Deck Armour N/A
Turrets N/A
Citadel various parts of the ship are protected by Kevlar
and 70 tons of steel armour

Armament(Guns)

Main Gun 1 FMC/UDLP 5"/54 (Mk 45) Mod 1 or Mod 2
1 forward
Secondary Gun N/A
Heavy A/A N/A
Light A/A 4-12.7mm M.G's
CIWS(gun) 2 GE/GD 20mm/76 Phalanx 6-barreled (Mk-15) centerline
1 forward 1 aft
Infra Red being fitted for protection against small craft
Torpedoes 6 x 324mm Mk 32 Mod 14 (2 triple) tubes
w/ Alliant Mk 46 Mod 5 torps

Armament(Missiles)

SAM's&SCLM's&SSM's 2 x Martin-Marietta Mk-41 w/90 missiles (96 in FLIGHT IIA)
SM2MR Blk 4/SM-2ER/Tomahawks/ASROC or equivalent
1 forward w/29
1 forward w/32 in FLT IIA
1 aft w/61
1 aft w/64 in FLT IIA
SSM's 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon in 2 quad launchers
deleted on FLIGHT IIA ships can be reinstalled if needed
CIWS(missile) ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow) may be installed

Decoys

Decoys 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barreled Mk-36 Mod 12
SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
NATO Sea Gnat
SLQ 95 AEB
SLQ 39 chaff buoy
ESM/ECM Raytheon SLQ-32(V)2 or
SLQ-32(V)3

Radars

Air Search RCA SPY 1D phased arrays,3D AEGIS
Raytheon SPS 49(V)7
Surface Search Norden SPS 67 (V)3
Navigation Raytheon SPS 64(V)9
Fire Control 3 Raytheon/RCA SPG 62
TACAN URN 25
IFF MK XII AIMS UPX-29
Sonars Gould/Raytheon SQQ 89(V)6 hull mounted SQS 53B & passive towed array SQR 19
towed array deleted on FLIGHT IIA can be reinstalled if needed

Aircraft or Helicopters

Helicopters Platform and facilities to rearm and refuel LAMPS III SH-60B/F
2 SH-60B/F (FLT IIA)
2 place hanger added in Flight IIA ships
Fixed Wing N/A

Complement

Maximum 340-380
Design 303 plus 38 (FLT I&II)

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