USS Arleigh Burke - DDG 51

 


NameArleigh Burke
NamesakeArleigh Albert Burke
Ordered2 April 1985
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down6 December 1988
Launched16 September 1989
Commissioned4 July 1991
HomeportRota
Identification
MottoFast and Feared
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t)
  • Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)
Length505 ft (154 m)
Beam59 ft (18 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Sikorsky MH-60R

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