![]() USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) |
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Name: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
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Preceded by: | Kidd-class guided missile destroyer |
Succeeded by: | Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | guided missile destroyer |
Displacement: | 8,315 tons full load (Flight I) 8,400 tons full load (Flight II) 9,200 tons full load (Flight IIA) |
Length: | 505 feet (154 m) (Flights I and II) 509 feet (155 m) (Flight IIA) |
Beam: | 59 feet (18 m) |
Draft: | 30.5 feet (9.3 m) |
Propulsion: | 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts, 108,000 total shaft horsepower (4 x 27,000 horsepower) (75 MW) |
Speed: | 30+ knots (56+ km/h) |
Range: | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 Rigid hull inflatable boats |
Complement: | 23 officers, 250 enlisted |
Armament: | • 90 cells Mk 41 vertical launch systems • BGM-109 Tomahawk • RGM-84 Harpoon SSM (not in Flight IIa units) • SM-2 Standard SAM (has an ASuW mode) •SM-3 Standard Ballistic missile defense missile for AEGIS BMD (DDG 61, DDG 55 and expanding) • RIM-162 ESSM SAM (DDG-79 onward) • RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC • one 5 inch (127 mm/54) Mk-45 (lightweight gun) (DDG-51 through -80) • one 5 inch (127 mm/62) Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun) (DDG-81 on) • two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS (DDG-51 through -83, several later units) • two Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (six Mk-46 or Mk-50 torpedoes, Mk-54 in the near future) |
Aircraft carried: | • None, but LAMPS III electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG-51/helo ASW operations (Flights I and II) • two SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helos (Flight IIA) |
The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers, one of the destroyer classes of the United States Navy, is built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The first ship was commissioned on 4 July 1991. After the decommissioning of the last Spruance-class destroyer, USS Cushing, on September 21, 2005, the Arleigh Burke class ships became the U.S. Navy's only active destroyers.
The class is named for Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke, the most famous American destroyer officer of World War II. Admiral Burke was alive when the class leader was commissioned, and his words to the plankowners echo in the class' distinguished service to date: "This ship is built to fight; you had better know how."
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force operates four modified Flight I vessels as the Kongo class. Three more will be commissioned by 2010, these will be upgraded to Flight IIA standard.
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The Arleigh Burke class are among the largest and most powerful destroyers ever built, both larger and more heavily armed than many previous cruisers. (The larger Ticonderoga class were constructed on Spruance class hullforms, but are designated as cruisers.) The Arleigh Burke class breaks with previous American construction practices, by being built entirely of steel, rather than having a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. (An aluminum mast is used to reduce topweight). A 1975 fire aboard USS Belknap that gutted her aluminum superstructure and observation of battle damage to British ships during the Falklands War prompted the decision to employ a steel superstructure.
The Arleigh Burke class were the first U.S. warships designed with an air-filtration system against nuclear, biological and chemical warfare.[1]
In 1980 the United States Navy initiated design studies with seven contractors. By 1983 the number of competitors had been reduced to three; Bath Iron Works, Todd Shipyards and Ingalls Shipbuilding.[1] On 3 April 1985 Bath Iron Works received a US$321.9 million contract to build the first of class, USS Arleigh Burke.[2] The total cost of the first ship was put at US$1.1 billion, the other US$778 million being for the ship's weapons systems.[2]
The "Flight IIA Arleigh Burke" ships have several new features, which has led some to suggest that they be renamed the "Oscar Austin" class after the first ship, Oscar Austin (DDG-79). Among the changes are the addition of two hangars for ASW helicopters, and a new, longer Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch/62-caliber naval gun (fitted on Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) and later ships). Later Flight IIA ships starting with USS Mustin have a modified funnel design that buries the funnels within the superstructure as a signature-reduction measure. TACTAS Towed array sonar was omitted from flight IIA ships and they also lack Harpoon launchers. Ships from DDG-68 to DDG-84 have AN/SLQ-32 antennas that resemble V3 configuration similar to those deployed on Aegis cruisers, while the remainder appear to have V5 variants externally resembling ones deployed on Oliver Hazard Perry frigates. V3 has an active electronic countermeasures component while V5 is passive only. In 2007, images of some flight IIA units, (Preble[3], Mustin[4]), show an aft CIWS had been added, though they were constructed without a CIWS.
USS Pinckney, USS Momsen, USS Chung-Hoon, USS Nitze, USS James E. Williams and USS Bainbridge[5] have superstructure differences to accommodate the Remote Mine-hunting System (RMS). Mk 32 torpedo tubes were moved to the missile deck from amidships as well.
The United States Navy has begun a modernization program for the Arleigh Burke class aimed at improving the gun systems on the ships in an effort to address congressional concerns over the retirement of the U.S. Iowa-class battleships. Among other things this modernization includes is the extension of the range of the 5-inch (130 mm) guns on the Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (USS Arleigh Burke to USS Ross) with extended range guided munitions (ERGMs) that would enable the ships to fire projectiles about 40 nautical miles (74 km) inland.[6][7][8]However the ERGM has been cancelled.[9]
The U.S. Navy recently launched a modernization program that is designed to provide a comprehensive mid-life upgrade to ensure that the class remains effective. Reduced manning, increased mission effectiveness, and a reduced total cost of ownership are the goals of the modernization program. Modernization technologies will be integrated during new construction of DDG 111 and 112, then retrofitted into DDG Flight I and II ships during in service overhaul periods.[10] They are ultimately scheduled to be replaced by the 11,000 ton DDG(X) class in the mid 2020s.[11]
One Arleigh Burke class ship has been damaged by enemy action: Cole was damaged by an improvised explosive device delivered by suicide bombers on a boat in October 2000 in Aden, Yemen (see USS Cole bombing). The ship was repaired and returned to action in 2001.
Name | Number | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Home port | Status |
Flight I | ||||||
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Arleigh Burke | DDG-51 | Bath Iron Works | 16 September 1989 | 4 July 1991 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Barry | DDG-52 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 8 June 1991 | 12 December 1992 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
John Paul Jones | DDG-53 | Bath Iron Works | 26 October 1991 | 18 December 1993 | San Diego, California | Active |
Curtis Wilbur | DDG-54 | Bath Iron Works | 16 May 1992 | 19 March 1994 | Yokosuka, Japan | Active |
Stout | DDG-55 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 16 October 1992 | 13 August 1994 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
John S. McCain | DDG-56 | Bath Iron Works | September 26 1992 | 2 July 1994 | Yokosuka, Japan | Active |
Mitscher | DDG-57 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 7 May 1993 | 10 December 1994 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Laboon | DDG-58 | Bath Iron Works | 20 February 1993 | 18 March 1995 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Russell | DDG-59 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 20 October 1994 | 20 May 1995 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Active |
Paul Hamilton | DDG-60 | Bath Iron Works | 24 July 1993 | 27 May 1995 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Active |
Ramage | DDG-61 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 11 February 1994 | 22 July 1995 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Fitzgerald | DDG-62 | Bath Iron Works | 29 January 1994 | 14 October 1995 | Yokosuka, Japan | Active |
Stethem | DDG-63 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 17 July 1994 | 21 October 1995 | Yokosuka, Japan | Active |
Carney | DDG-64 | Bath Iron Works | 23 July 1994 | 13 April 1996 | Mayport, Florida | Active |
Benfold | DDG-65 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 09 November 1994 | 30 March 1996 | San Diego, California | Active |
Gonzalez | DDG-66 | Bath Iron Works | 18 February 1995 | 12 October 1996 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Cole | DDG-67 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 10 February 1995 | 08 June 1996 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
The Sullivans | DDG-68 | Bath Iron Works | 12 August 1995 | 19 April 1997 | Mayport, Florida | Active |
Milius | DDG-69 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 01 August 1995 | 23 November 1996 | San Diego, California | Active |
Hopper | DDG-70 | Bath Iron Works | 06 January 1996 | 06 September 1997 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Active |
Ross | DDG-71 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 22 March 1996 | 28 June 1997 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Flight II | ||||||
Mahan | DDG-72 | Bath Iron Works | 29 June 1996 | 02 February 1998 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Decatur | DDG-73 | Bath Iron Works | 10 November 1996 | 29 August 1998 | San Diego, California | Active |
McFaul | DDG-74 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 18 January 1997 | 25 April 1998 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Donald Cook | DDG-75 | Bath Iron Works | 3 May 1997 | 4 December 1998 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Higgins | DDG-76 | Bath Iron Works | 4 October 1997 | 24 April 1999 | San Diego, California | Active |
O'Kane | DDG-77 | Bath Iron Works | 28 March 1998 | 23 October 1999 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Active |
Porter | DDG-78 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 12 November 1997 | 20 March 1999 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Flight IIA ships: 5"/54 variant | ||||||
Oscar Austin | DDG-79 | Bath Iron Works | 7 November 1998 | 19 August 2000 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Roosevelt | DDG-80 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 10 January 1999 | 14 October 2000 | Mayport, Florida | Active |
Flight IIA ships: 5"/62 variant | ||||||
Winston S. Churchill | DDG-81 | Bath Iron Works | 17 April 1999 | 10 March 2001 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Lassen | DDG-82 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 16 October 1999 | 21 April 2001 | Yokosuka, Japan | Active |
Howard | DDG-83 | Bath Iron Works | 20 November 1999 | 20 October 2001 | San Diego, California | Active |
Bulkeley | DDG-84 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 21 June 2000 | 8 December 2001 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Flight IIA ships: with 5"/62 no 20mm CIWS variant[12] | ||||||
McCampbell | DDG-85 | Bath Iron Works | 2 July 2000 | 17 August 2002 | Yokosuka, Japan | Active |
Shoup | DDG-86 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 22 November 2000 | 22 June 2002 | Everett, Washington | Active |
Mason | DDG-87 | Bath Iron Works | 23 June 2001 | 12 April 2003 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Preble | DDG-88 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 1 June 2001 | 9 November 2002 | San Diego, California | Active |
Mustin | DDG-89 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 12 December 2001 | 26 July 2003 | Yokosuka, Japan | Active |
Chafee | DDG-90 | Bath Iron Works | 2 November 2002 | 18 October 2003 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Active |
Pinckney | DDG-91 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 26 June 2002 | 29 May 2004 | San Diego, California | Active |
Momsen | DDG-92 | Bath Iron Works | 19 July 2003 | 18 September 2004 | Everett, Washington | Active |
Chung-Hoon | DDG-93 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 15 December 2002 | 18 September 2004 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Active |
Nitze | DDG-94 | Bath Iron Works | 3 April 2004 | 5 March 2005 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
James E. Williams | DDG-95 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 25 June 2003 | 11 December 2004 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Bainbridge | DDG-96 | Bath Iron Works | 13 November 2004 | 12 November 2005 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Halsey | DDG-97 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 9 January 2004 | 30 July 2005 | San Diego, California | Active |
Forrest Sherman | DDG-98 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 2 October 2004 | 28 January 2006 | Norfolk, Virginia | Active |
Farragut | DDG-99 | Bath Iron Works | 23 July 2005 | 10 June 2006 | Mayport, Florida | Active |
Kidd | DDG-100 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 22 January 2005 | 9 June 2007 | San Diego, California | Active |
Gridley | DDG-101 | Bath Iron Works | 28 December 2005 | 10 February 2007 | San Diego, California | Active |
Sampson | DDG-102 | Bath Iron Works | 16 September 2006 | 3 November 2007 | San Diego, California | Active |
Truxtun | DDG-103 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 2 June 2007 | Norfolk, Virginia | ||
Sterett | DDG-104 | Bath Iron Works | 19 May 2007 | 9 August 2008 | San Diego, California | Active |
Dewey | DDG-105 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 26 January 2008 | |||
Stockdale | DDG-106 | Bath Iron Works | ||||
Gravely | DDG-107 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Authorized | |||
Wayne E. Meyer | DDG-108 | Bath Iron Works | San Diego, California | Authorized | ||
Jason Dunham | DDG-109 | Bath Iron Works | Authorized | |||
William P. Lawrence | DDG-110 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | ||||
Spruance | DDG-111 | Bath Iron Works | Authorized | |||
Michael Murphy | DDG-112 | Bath Iron Works |
The USS Michael Murphy was originally intended to be the last of the Arleigh Burke class, however with cancellation of the Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class after the first three ships are completed, 8-11 new vessels are now planned to be added to the Arleigh Burke class.
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