Function: Multiple-mission capable Aegis guided missile destroyer.





Description: Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class. Named for the Navy's most famous destroyer squadron combat commander and three-time Chief of Naval Operations, the Arleigh Burke was commissioned July 4, 1991 and was the most powerful surface combatant ever put to sea. Like the larger Ticonderoga class cruisers, DDG-51's combat systems center around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-lD, multi-function phased array radar. The combination of Aegis, the Vertical Launching System, an advanced anti-submarine warfare system, advanced anti-aircraft missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, the Burke class continues the revolution at sea.



Designed for survivability, DDG-51 incorporates all-steel construction and many damage control features resulting from lessons learned during the Falkland Islands War and from the accidental attack on USS Stark. Like most modern U.S. surface combatants, DDG-51 utilizes gas turbine propulsion. These ships replaced the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut-class guided missile destroyers.





General Characteristics, Arleigh Burke Class



Cost:

About $1 billion each





Builders:

Bath Iron Works, Ingalls

Shipbuilding





Power Plant:

Four General Electric LM 2500-30

gas turbines; two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower





Date Deployed:

July 4, 1991 (USS Arleigh Burke)





Length, Overall:

466 feet (142 meters)





Beam:

59 feet (18 meters)





Displacement:

8,300 tons (8,433.2 metric tons) full load







Speed:

30+ knots (34.52+mph, 55.55+ kph)





Crew:

23 officers, 300 enlisted





Guns:

One Mk 45 5"/54 caliber Lightweight Gun Mount





Torpedoes:

Two Mk 32 Mod 14 triple torpedo tubes firing either the Mk 46 Mod 5 or the Mk 50 ASW torpedo





Missiles:

56 Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM)



Eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles



Standard SM-2MR (DDG54 - DDG71) SM-2ER (DDG72 - DDG76) surface-to-air missile





Aircraft:

None; LAMPS III electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG 51/helo ASW operation











Ships:

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), Norfolk, VA

USS Barry (DDG 52), Norfolk, VA

USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), San Diego, CA

USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), Yokosuka, Japan

USS Stout (DDG 55), Norfolk, VA

USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), Yokosuka, Japan

USS Mitscher (DDG 57), Norfolk, VA

USS Laboon (DDG 58), Norfolk, VA

USS Russell (DDG 59), Pearl Harbor, HI

USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), Pearl Harbor, HI

USS Ramage (DDG 61), Norfolk, VA

USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), San Diego, CA

USS Stethem (DDG 63), San Diego, CA

USS Carney (DDG 64), Mayport, FA

USS Benfold (DDG 65), San Diego, CA

USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), Norfolk, VA

USS Cole (DDG 67), Norfolk, VA

USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), Mayport, FA

USS Milius (DDG 69), San Diego, CA

USS Hopper (DDG 70), Pearl Harbor, HI

USS Ross (DDG 71), Norfolk, VA

USS Mahan (DDG 72), Norfolk, VA

USS Decatur (DDG 73), San Diego, CA

USS McFaul (DDG 74), Norfolk, VA

USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) , Norfolk, VA

USS Higgins (DDG 76), San Diego, CA

USS O'Kane (DDG 77), Pearl Harbor, HI

USS Porter (DDG 78), Norfolk, VA

Oscar Austin (DDG 79), under construction

Roosevelt (DDG 80), under construction

Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), under construction

Lassen (DDG 82), under construction

Howard (DDG 83), under construction

Bulkeley (DDG 84), under construction

McCampbell (DDG 85), under construction

Shoup (DDG 86), under construction

Mason (DDG 87), under construction

Preble (DDG 88), under construction

Mustin (DDG 89), under construction

Chafee (DDG 90), under construction