Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer is the United States Navy's first class of destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The class is named for Admiral Arleigh Burke, the most famous American destroyer officer of World War II, and later Chief of Naval Operations. The class leader, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned during Admiral Burke's lifetime.
 
They were designed as multi-role destroyers to fit the AAW (Anti-Aircraft Warfare) with their powerful Aegis radar and anti-aircraft missiles, ASW (Anti-submarine warfare), with their towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopter, ASUW (Anti-surface warfare) with their Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher, and strategic land strike using their Tomahawk missiles. Some versions of the class no longer have the towed sonar, or Harpoon missile launcher. Their hull and superstructure were designed to have a reduced radar cross section The first ship of the class was commissioned on July 4th, 1991. With the decommissioning of the last Spruance-class destroyer, Cushing, on September 21st 2005, the Arleigh Burke-class ships became the U.S. Navy's only active destroyers; the class has the longest production run for any postwar U.S. Navy surface combatant. The Arleigh Burke-class is planned to be the third most numerous class of destroyer to serve in the U.S. Navy, after the Fletcher and Gearing-classes.
 
With an overall length of 505-513 feet (153.92-156.36 meters), displacement of 9,200-9,800 tons, and weaponry including over 90 missiles, the Arleigh Burke-class ships are larger and more heavily armed than most previous ships classified as guided missile cruisers.
==Specifications==
===Flight I===
*Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
*Service Period: 1991-Present
*Characteristics
**Length: 505 feet (153.92 meters)
**Beam: 66 feet (20.18 meters)
**Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
**Displacement: 8,315 t (8,184 long tons; 9,166 short tons)
*Crew: 323 (23 officers and 300 enlisted)
*Power: 3 x Allison AG9140 Generators (2500kW each, 440V)
*Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines each generating 27,000 shp (20,000 kW); coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable pitch propeller; Total output: 108,000 shp (81,000 kW)
*Range: 4,400 nautical miles (8,148.8 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/hr)
*Speed; 32.5 knots
*Sensor Suite:
**AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar
**AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
**AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
**Mk.34 Gun Fire Control System
**Mk.37 Tomahawk Fire Control System
**Mk.99 Missile Fire Control System
**AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
**AN/SQR-19B Tactical Towed Array Sonar
**AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
*Electronic Warfare and Decoys:
**AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
**AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
**Mk.36 Mod 12 Decoy Launching System
**AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
*Armament
**1 x Mk.45 Mod 2 5"/54-caliber lightweight naval gun
**1 x 90-cell Mk.41 VLS
**2 x Mk.141 Harpoon AShM Launchers
**2 x 25mm M242 Bushmaster cannons
**1 x 20mm Vulcan Phalanx
**2 x Mk.32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
*Aviation Facilities: Flight deck only, but LAMPS III electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG-51/helo ASW operations
*Aircraft Carried: None
===Flight II===
*Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
*Service Period: 1998-Present
*Characteristics
**Length: 505 feet (153.92 meters)
**Beam: 66 feet (20.18 meters)
**Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
**Displacement: 8,400 t (8,300 long tons; 9,300 short tons)
*Crew: 323 (23 officers and 300 enlisted)
*Power: 3 x Allison AG9140 Generators (2500kW each, 440V)
*Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines each generating 27,000 shp (20,000 kW); coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable pitch propeller; Total output: 108,000 shp (81,000 kW)
*Range: 4,400 nautical miles (8,148.8 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/hr)
*Speed; 32.5 knots
*Sensor Suite:
**AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar
**AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
**AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
**Mk.34 Gun Fire Control System
**Mk.37 Tomahawk Fire Control System
**Mk.99 Missile Fire Control System
**AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
**AN/SQR-19B Tactical Towed Array Sonar
**AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
*Electronic Warfare and Decoys:
**AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
**AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
**Mk.36 Mod 12 Decoy Launching System
**AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
*Armament
**1 x Mk.45 Mod 2 5"/54-caliber lightweight naval gun
**1 x 96-cell Mk.41 VLS
**2 x Mk.141 Harpoon AShM Launchers
**2 x 25mm M242 Bushmaster cannons
**1 x 20mm Vulcan Phalanx
**2 x Mk.32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
*Aviation Facilities: Flight deck only, but LAMPS III electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG-51/helo ASW operations
*Aircraft Carried: None
===Flight IIA===
*Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
*Service Period: 2000-Present
*Characteristics
**Length: 509 feet 155.14 meters)
**Beam: 66 feet (20.18 meters)
**Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
**Displacement: 9,200 t (9,100 long tons; 10,100 short tons)
*Crew: 323 (23 officers and 300 enlisted)
*Power: 3 x Allison AG9140 Generators (2500kW each, 440V)
*Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines each generating 27,000 shp (20,000 kW); coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable pitch propeller; Total output: 108,000 shp (81,000 kW)
*Range: 4,400 nautical miles (8,148.8 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/hr)
*Speed: 32.5 knots (60.19 km/hr)
*Sensor Suite
**AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar - to be replaced by AN/SPY-6(V)4 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar
**AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
**AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
**Mk.34 Gun Fire Control System
**Mk.37 Tomahawk Fire Control System
**Mk.99 Missile Fire Control System
**AN/SQS-53C(V)1 Sonar Array
**AN/SQR-19C Tactical Towed Array Sonar
**AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
*Electronic Warfare and Decoys
**AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
**AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
**Mk.36 Mod 12 Decoy Launching System
**AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
*Armament
**1 x Mk.45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber lightweight naval gun
**1 x 96-cell Mk.41 VLS
**2 x Mk.141 Harpoon AShM Launcher
**1 x 20mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS
**2 x 25mm M242 Bushmaster cannons
**2 x Mk.32 triple fire torpedo tubes (carries Mk.46, Mk.50, and Mk.54 torpedoes)
*Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangars for two MH-60R LAMPS III helicopters
*Aircraft Carried: 2 x MH-60R Seahawk ASW Helicopters
===Flight III===
*Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
*Service Period: 2023-
*Characteristics
**Length: 513 feet (156.36 meters)
**Beam: 66.4 feet (20.24 meters)
**Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
**Displacement: 10,000 t (9,800 long tons; 11,000 short tons)
*Crew: 314 (23 officers and 291 enlisted)
*Power: 3 x 4 MW 4160VAC gas turbine generators
*Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 x shafts, 108,000 shp (81,000 kW)
*Range: 4,400 nautical miles (8,148.8 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/hr)
*Speed: 32.5 knots (60.19 km/hr)
*Sensor Suite 
**AN/SPY-6(V)1 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar
**AN/SPQ-9B Gun Fire Control Radar
**AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
**Mk.34 Gun Fire Control System
**Mk.37 Tomahawk Fire Control System
**Mk.99 Missile Fire Control System
**AN/SQS-53C(V)1 Sonar Array
**AN/SQR-19(V)3 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
**AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
*Electronic Warfare and Decoys
**AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Blk.2 Electronic Warfare System
**AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
**Mk.54 Nulka decoy launchers x 4
**AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
*Armament
**1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 Mod 4 lightweight naval gun
**2 x Mk.41 VLS (1 x 64-cell; 1 x 32-cell) - fires Tomahawk, VL-ASROC,SM-2ER Blk.IV, SM-3, SM-6
**2 x Mk.141 Harpoon AShM Launchers
**2 x 25mm Mk.38 Mod 2 Bushmaster autocannons
**1 x 20mm/70-caliber Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS
**1 x SeaRAM Launcher (fires RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
**2 x 12.75" Mk.32 triple fire torpedo tubes (fires Mk.54 MAKO lightweight torpedoes)
*Aircraft Carried: 2 x Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk ASW Helicopters 
*Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangars for two MH-60R LAMPS III helicopters
==Unit Run==
===Flight I===
*USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
*USS John Barry (DDG-52)
*USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)
*USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)
*USS Stout (DDG-55)
*USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)
*USS Mitscher (DDG-57)
*USS Laboon (DDG-58)
*USS Russell (DDG-59)
*USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
*USS Ramage (DDG-61)
*USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62)
*USS Stethem (DDG-63)
*USS Carney (DDG-64)
*USS Benfold (DDG-65)
*USS Gonzales (DDG-66)
*USS Cole (DDG-67)
*USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)
*USS Milius (DDG-69)
*USS Hopper (DDG-70)
*USS Ross (DDG-71)
===Flight II===
*USS Mahan (DDG-72)
*USS Decatur (DDG-73)
*USS McFaul (DDG-74)
*USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)
*USS Higgins (DDG-76)
*USS O’Kane (DDG-77)
*USS Porter (DDG-78)
===Flight IIA===
====Flight IIA: 5"/54 variant====
*USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
*USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
====Flight IIA: 5"/62 variant====
*USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)
*USS Lassen (DDG-82)
*USS Howard (DDG-83)
*USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)
====Flight IIA: 5"/62, one 20mm CIWS variant====
*USS McCampbell (DDG-85)
*USS Shoup (DDG-86)
*USS Mason (DDG-87)
*USS Preble (DDG-88)
*USS Mustin (DDG-89)
*USS Chafee (DDG-90)
*USS Pinckney (DDG-91)
*USS Momsen (DDG-92)
*USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
*USS Nitze (DDG-94)
*USS James E. Williams (DDG-95)
*USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
*USS Halsey (DDG-97)
*USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)
*USS Farragut (DDG-99)
*USS Kidd (DDG-100)
*USS Gridley (DDG-101)
*USS Sampson (DDG-102)
*USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
*USS Sterett (DDG-104)
*USS Dewey (DDG-105)
*USS Stockdale (DDG-106)
*USS Gravely (DDG-107)
*USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108)
*USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)
*USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)
*USS Spruance (DDG-111)
*USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112)
====Flight IIA: Restart====
*USS John Finn (DDG-113)
*USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114)
*USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115)
====Flight IIA: Technology Insertion====
*USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)
*USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)
*USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118)
*USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119)
*USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120)
*USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121)
*USS John Basilone (DDG-122)
*USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123)
*USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr (DDG-124)
===Flight III===
*USS Jack H. Louis (DDG-125)
*USS Louis H. Wilson, Jr. (DDG-126) - under construction
*USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG-127) - under construction
*USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) - fitting out
*USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) - under construction
*USS William Charette (DDG-130) - under construction
*USS George M. Neal (DDG-131) - under construction
*USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) - under construction
*USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) - under construction
*USS John E. Kilmer (DDG-134) - planned for construction
*USS Thad Cochran (DDG-135) - planned for construction
*USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136) - planned for construction
*USS John F. Lehman (DDG-137) - planned for construction
*USS J. William Middendorf (DDG-138) - planned for construction
*USS Telesforo Trinidad (DDG-139) - planned for construction
*USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140) - planned for construction
*USS Ernest E. Evans (DDG-141) - planned for construction
*USS Charles J. French (DDG-142) - planned for construction
*USS Richard J. Danzig (DDG-143) - planned for construction
*USS Michael G. Mullen (DDG-144) - planned for construction
*USS Doris Miller (DDG-145) - planned for construction
*USS George H. W. Bush (DDG-146) - planned for construction
*USS Joy Bright Hancock (DDG-147) - planned for construction
*USS Robert Kerrey (DDG-148) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-149) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-150) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-151) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-152) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-153) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-154) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-155) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-156) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-157) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-158) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-159) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-160) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-161) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-162) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-163) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-164) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-165) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-166) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-167) - planned for construction
*USS Unnamed (DDG-168) - planned for construction
==See Also==
*Kongou-class
*Atago-class
*Yukinami-class
*Sejong the Great-class
*KDDX
*Canaburke
*Ontario-class
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