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Hull Length (Overall) 509.5 ft
Beam 66 ft
Draft, Navigation 31 ft
Displacement (Saltwater) 9,300 Tons
Speed 30+ Knots
WEAPONS:
One MK45 MOD 4 5”/62 Caliber Gun Mount
Two MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems
Evolved Sea Sparrow, Vertical Launch ASROC, Standard, and Tomahawk Missiles
Two MK 32 MOD 14 Triple Torpedo Tubes MK 46 and MK 50 Torpedoes
MK-53 Decoy Launching System
Super Rapid Blooming Off-board Chaff
AIR POWER:
2 SH-60B/R Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) MK III Helicopters
SENSORS:
Radar
AN/SPY-1D 3-D Search/Track Radar
Bridgemaster Navigational Radar
AN/SPS-67(V)3 Surface Search Radar Sonar
AN/SQQ-89(V)15 USW Combat System Suite
Electronic Warfare
AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
ENGINEERING:
4 LM2500 Marine Gas Turbine Engines (100,000 HP)
3 Rolls Royce 3000 kW Gas Turbine Generators
2 Shafts with CRP (Controllable Reversible Pitch) Prope
