Source: United States Navy
Background
The Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) destroyers replaced the Charles F. Adams class (DDG 2). The Arleigh Burke class was designed with an all-new hull form, incorporating much of the Spruance class (DD 963) destroyer propulsion and machinery plant, and the integrated Aegis Weapons System (AWS) proven on the Kidd class (DD 993) destroyers and installed on the larger Ticonderoga class cruisers. The AWS is composed of a multi-function phased array radar, advanced AAW and ASW systems, VLS, and the Tomahawk Weapon System. DDG 51 was commissioned on July 4, 1991, and the class is still in production. The class has been continuously upgraded with advanced sensors and weapons and improved support systems.
The Arleigh Burke class employs all-steel construction and comprises four separate variants or “Flights.” DDGs 51-71 represent the original design and are designated as Flight I; DDGs 72-78 are Flight II ships; and DDGs 79-124 and DDG 127 are Flight IIA ships. The Flight III baseline begins with DDGs 125-126 and continues with DDG 128 and follow.
The DDG 51 Flight III upgrade is centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) system that provides vastly increased capability over Flight IIA ships. The AMDR enables Flight III ships to simultaneously perform AAW and BMD, which satisfies the Navy’s critical need for an enhanced surface combatant Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) capability.
Seventy DDG 51 class ships have been delivered to the fleet (DDGs 51 -119, 121), with 19 more on contract and 12 ships in various stages of construction.
A DDG modernization program is underway to provide a comprehensive mid-life upgrade that will ensure the DDG 51 class will maintain mission relevance. The modernization changes are also being introduced to new construction ships to increase the baseline capabilities of the newest ships in the class, and to provide commonality between new construction ships and modernized in-service ships. The goal of the DDG modernization effort is to reduce workload requirements and increase warfighting capabilities while reducing total ownership cost to the Navy. To date, 37 modernizations have been completed or are in progress and an additional 17 modernizations are planned through the Future Years Defense Program.
| General Characteristics, Arleigh Burke class | ||
| Builder: General Dynamics — Bath Iron Works, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding | ||
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| Date Deployed: July 4, 1991 USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) | ||
| Propulsion: Four General Electric LM 2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower | ||
| Length: Flights I and II (DDG 51-78): 505 feet (153.92 meters); Flight IIA and III (DDG 79 AF): 509 1/2 feet (155.29 meters) | ||
| Beam: 59 feet (18 meters) | ||
| Displacement: 8,230 – 9,700 Ltons | ||
| Speed: In excess of 30 knots | ||
| Crew: Flight IIA: 329 Total (32 Officer, 27 CPO, 270 Enlisted) | ||
| Flight III: 359 Total (41 Officer, 27 CPO, 291 Enlisted) | ||
| Armament: Standard Missile Family; Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) missiles; Tomahawk; six MK-46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts); Close In Weapon System (CIWS); 5-in. MK 45 Gun; Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) | ||
| Aircraft: (Flight IIA and III (DDG 79 AF)): Two LAMPS MK III MH-60 R helicopters | ||
| Ships: | ||
| USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), Rota, Spain | ||
| USS Barry (DDG 52), Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Stout (DDG 55), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS John S McCain (DDG 56), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Mitscher (DDG 57), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Laboon (DDG 58), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Russell (DDG 59), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Ramage (DDG 61), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Stethem (DDG 63), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Carney (DDG 64), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS Benfold (DDG 65), Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Cole (DDG 67), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS Milius (DDG 69), Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| USS Hopper (DDG 70), Pearl Harbor, HI | ||
| USS Ross (DDG 71), Rota, Spain | ||
| USS Mahan (DDG 72), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Decatur (DDG 73), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS McFaul (DDG 74), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS Higgins (DDG 76), Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| USS O’Kane (DDG 77), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Porter (DDG 78), Rota, Spain | ||
| USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), Rota, Spain | ||
| USS Winston S Churchill (DDG 81), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS Lassen (DDG 82), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS Howard (DDG 83), Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS McCampbell (DDG 85), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Shoup (DDG 86), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Mason (DDG 87), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Preble (DDG 88), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Mustin (DDG 89), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Chafee (DDG 90), Pearl Harbor, HI | ||
| USS Pinckney (DDG 91), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Momsen (DDG 92), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), Pearl Harbor, HI | ||
| USS Nitze (DDG 94), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS James E Williams (DDG 95), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Halsey (DDG 97), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Farragut (DDG 99), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS Kidd (DDG 100), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Gridley (DDG 101), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Sampson (DDG 102), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Truxtun (DDG 103), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Sterett (DDG 104), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Dewey (DDG 105), Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| USS Stockdale (DDG 106), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Gravely (DDG 107), Norfolk, VA | ||
| USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), Pearl Harbor, HI | ||
| USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), Pearl Harbor, HI | ||
| USS Spruance (DDG 111), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), Pearl Harbor, HI | ||
| USS John Finn (DDG 113), San Diego, CA | ||
| USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Everett, WA | ||
| USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), Yokosuka, Japan | ||
| USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), Mayport, FL | ||
| USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Rota, Spain | ||
| USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), Pearl Harbor, HI | ||
| USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), Mayport, FL | ||
| Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), under construction | ||
| USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121), under construction | ||
| John Basilone (DDG 122), under construction | ||
| Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), under construction | ||
| Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG 124), under construction | ||
| Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), under construction | ||
| Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), under construction | ||
| Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), under construction | ||
| Ted Stevens (DDG 128), under construction | ||
| Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), under construction | ||
| William Charette (DDG 130), under construction | ||
| George M. Neal (DDG 131), under construction | ||
| Quentin Walsh (DDG 132), under construction | ||
| Sam Nunn (DDG 133), under contract | ||
| John E. Kilmer (DDG 134), under contract | ||
| Thad Cochran (DDG 135), under contract | ||
| Richard G Lugar (DDG 136), under contract | ||
| John F. Lehman (DDG 137), under contract | ||
| J. William Middendorf (DDG 138), under contract | ||
| Telesforo Trinidad (DDG 139), under contract | ||