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Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate	Modification
DDG51	Arleigh Burke	450	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	6.12.1988	16.9.1989	4.7.1991	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG52	Barry	5252	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	26.2.1990	10.5.1991	12.12.1992	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG53	John Paul Jones	451	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	8.8.1990	26.10.1991	18.12.1993	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG54	Curtis Wilbur	452	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	12.3.1991	16.5.1992	19.3.1994	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG55	Stout	5255	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	8.8.1991	16.10.1992	13.8.1994	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG56	John S. McCain	453	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	3.9.1991	26.9.1992	2.7.1994	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG57	Mitscher	5257	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	12.2.1992	7.5.1993	10.12.1994	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG58	Laboon	454	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	23.3.1992	20.2.1993	18.3.1995	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG59	Russell	5259	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	24.7.1992	20.10.1993	20.5.1995	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG60	Paul Hamilton	455	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	24.8.1992	24.7.1993	27.5.1995	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG61	Ramage	5261	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	4.1.1993	11.2.1994	22.7.1995	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG62	Fitzgerald	456	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	9.2.1993	29.1.1994	14.10.1995	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG63	Stethem	5263	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	11.5.1993	17.6.1994	21.10.1995	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG64	Carney	457	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	3.8.1993	23.7.1994	13.4.1996	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG65	Benfold	5265	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	27.9.1993	9.11.1994	30.3.1996	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG66	Gonzalez	458	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	3.2.1994	18.2.1995	12.10.1996	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG67	Cole	5267	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	28.2.1994	10.2.1995	8.6.1996	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG68	The Sullivans	459	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	27.7.1994	12.8.1995	19.4.1997	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG69	Milius	5269	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	8.8.1994	1.8.1995	23.11.1996	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG70	Hopper	460	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	23.2.1995	6.1.1996	6.9.1997	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG71	Ross	5271	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	10.4.1995	22.3.1996	28.6.1997	in service (2020)	Flight I
DDG72	Mahan	461	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	17.8.1995	29.6.1996	14.2.1998	in service (2020)	Flight II
DDG73	Decatur	462	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	11.1.1996	10.11.1996	29.8.1998	in service (2020)	Flight II
DDG74	McFaul	5274	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	26.1.1996	18.1.1997	25.4.1998	in service (2020)	Flight II
DDG75	Donald Cook	463	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	9.7.1996	3.5.1997	4.12.1998	in service (2020)	Flight II
DDG76	Higgins	464	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	14.11.1996	4.10.1997	24.4.1999	in service (2020)	Flight II
DDG77	O'Kane	465	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	8.5.1997	28.3.1998	23.10.1999	in service (2020)	Flight II
DDG78	Porter	5278	Northrop Grumman Ship System, Ingalls Div., Pascagoula	2.12.1996	12.11.1997	20.3.1999	in service (2020)	Flight II

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	Flight I: 6731 light Flight II: 6914 light
Displacement full, t	Flight I: 8850 Flight II: 9033
Length, m	135.9 pp 142.0 wl 153.8 oa
Breadth, m	20.3
Draught, m	Flight I: 6.31 hull 9.35 over sonar Flight II: 6.60 hull 9.90 over sonar
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 General Electric LM-2500-30 gas turbines
Power, h. p.	105000
Max speed, kts	31+
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4400(20)
Armament	DDG51-71: (1 x 61 + 1 x 29) Mk 41 Mod. 0 VLS Tomahawk CruM/Standard SM-2MR Block III SAM/ASROC ASuR (90 Tomahawk RGM-109 + Standard SM-2MR Block III RIM-66 + ASROC RUM-139), 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 45 Mod. 1, 2 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38 Mod. 1 Bushmaster, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Mod. 1 Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 Mod. 14 TT, helicopter deck DDG72-78: (1 x 61 + 1 x 29) Mk 41 Mod. 0 VLS Tomahawk CruM/Standard SM-2MR Block III/Standard SM-2ER Block IV SAM/ASROC ASuR (90 Tomahawk RGM-109 + Standard SM-2MR Block III RIM-66 + Standard SM-2ER Block IV RIM-156 + ASROC RUM-139), 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 45 Mod. 1, 2 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38 Mod. 1 Bushmaster, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Mod. 1 Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 Mod. 14 TT, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	DDG51, 53-67: SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67(v)3, SPY-1D, 3x SPG-62, 2x Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(v)4 sonar suite (SQS-53C(v)1 bow-mounted + SQR-19B(v)1 towed array, Kingfisher mine-avoidance), Mk 46 Mod. 0 optronic director, SLQ-32(v)5 ECM suite, 4x Mk 137 RLs of Mk 36 Mod. 12 SRBOC decoy system, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SLQ-39 decoy buoy launch system, Aegis Mk 7 Baseline 3 CCS DDG52: SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67(v)3, SPY-1D, 3x SPG-62, 2x Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(v)4 sonar suite (SQS-53C(v)1 bow-mounted + SQR-19B(v)1 towed array, Kingfisher mine-avoidance), Mk 46 Mod. 0 optronic director, SLQ-32(v)5 ECM suite, 4x Mk 137 RLs of Mk 36 Mod. 12 SRBOC decoy system, 4x Mk 53 Nulka decoy RLs, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SLQ-39 decoy buoy launch system, Aegis Mk 7 Baseline 3 CCS DDG68-71: SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67(v)3, SPY-1D, 3x SPG-62, 2x Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(v)4 sonar suite (SQS-53C(v)1 bow-mounted + SQR-19B(v)1 towed array, Kingfisher mine-avoidance), Mk 46 Mod. 0 optronic director, SLQ-32(v)5 ECM suite, 4x Mk 137 RL of Mk 36 Mod. 12 SRBOC decoy system, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SLQ-39 decoy buoy launch system, Aegis Mk 7 Baseline 3 CCS DDG72-78: SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67(v)3, SPY-1D, 3x SPG-62, 2x Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(v)4 sonar suite (SQS-53C(v)1 bow-mounted + SQR-19B(v)1 towed array, Kingfisher mine-avoidance), Mk 46 Mod. 0 optronic director, SLQ-32(v)3, SRS-1 ECM suites, 4x Mk 137 RL of Mk 36 Mod. 12 SRBOC decoy system, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SLQ-39 decoy buoy launch system, Aegis Mk 7 Baseline 3 CCS
Complement	337

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Project history

This class was planned to complement the Ticonderoga class, and to replace the ageing missile destroyers. Compared to a Ticonderoga class  they have three illuminators and the entire SPY-1 radar is concentrated in a single deckhouse. Their CIC lacks the unit commander's station of the cruiser. They are also better protected than the cruisers, with steel rather than aluminium upper works, and they carry about 130t of Kevlar armour. Their sides are sloped to reduce their radar cross-section. In 1984 it was hoped that each (after the fifth production ship) would cost about two-thirds as much as a Ticonderoga, but would offer three-quarters her anti-aircraft potential.

the ships they replaced had no helicopter facilities at all. They can accept a helicopter on board, and they have LAMPS data link and data processing facilities.

Modernizations

2008-2013, John Paul Jones, Curtis Wilbur, John S. McCain, Russell, Paul Hamilton, Fitzgerald, Stethem, Carney, Benfold, Cole, The Sullivans, Milius, Hopper, Ross, Decatur, McFaul, Donald Cook, Higgins, O'Kane, Porter: BMD update (ballistic missile defence) + ability to use Standard SM-3 RIM-161 SAM

2011, John Paul Jones; 2015, Barry, Benfold; 2016-2017, Arleigh Burke, Mischer, Milius; late 2010s, all others (as planned): - 1 x 1 - 127/54, 2 x 6 - 20/76, SQQ-89(v)4 sonar suite, 4x Mk 137 RLs of Mk 36 Mod. 12 SRBOC decoy system, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, Aegis Mk 7 Baseline 3 CCS; + ability of use Standard SM-6 RIM-174 SAM, ESSM SAM capability (4 RIM-162 per one cell), 1 x 1 - 127/62 Mk 45 Mod. 4, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15 Mod. 1B, SEWIP E/O IR system, SQQ-89(v)15 sonar suite, 4x Mk 53 Nulka decoy launchers, SLX-1 torpedo defence system, Aegis Mk 7 Baseline 12, JMCIS, CEC USG-2 CCS

late 2010s, some: - 2 x 1 - 25/75, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90; + 2 x 1 - 30/80 Mk 46, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90

late 2010s many: - SPS-64(v)9 radar, Mk 46 Mod.0 e/o system; + SPS-73 radar, Mk 46 Mod.1 e/o system, TRAFS torpedo detector

2017, Milius: - Aegis Mk 7 Basseline 12 CCS; + Aegis Mk 7 Baseline 9C1 CCS

Naval service

Gonzalez ran aground 12.11.1996 near St. Martin in the Caribbean, damaging the sonar dome, propellers and shaft struts, repair was completed in September 1997. Cole was heavily damaged 12.10.2000 by a terrorist attack at Aden (Yemen), with 17 killed, repair was completed in April 2002. Porter was damaged in a collision with Japanese tanker 12.8.2012. Fitzgerald was badly damaged in collision with Philippine containership 17.6.2017. John S. McCain was badly damaged in collision with tanker 21.8.2017 off Malacca.