GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS

• Namesake: Sgt. Darrell S. Cole, U.S. Marine Corps

• Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Mississippi

• ​Commissioned: June 8, 1996 in Port Everglades, Florida

• ​Class and type: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

• Length: 505 feet

• Beam: 67 feet

• ​Displacement: Approx. 8.300 tons full load

• Speed: 30+ knots

• Crew: 23 officers, 24 chief petty officers and 291 enlisted

ARMAMENT

• Harpoon missile launchers

• Two MK 41 VLS for standard missiles

• Tomahawk

• MK-46 torpedoes

• Close-in weapon system (CIWS)

• 5-inch MK 45 gun

AVIATION CAPACITY

• Two MH-60R or one MH-60R and three vertical take-off unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

• Two LAMPS MK III MH-60B/BR helicopters with Penguin/Hellfire missiles