GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS

• Keel Laid: July 7, 1996 

• Launched: May 3, 1997 

• Commissioned: December 4, 1998 

• Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine 

• Propulsion system: Four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines 

• Propellers: Two 

• Blades on each Propeller: Five 

• Length: 505.25 feet (154 meters) 

• Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters) 

• Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters) 

• Displacement: Approx. 8.300 tons full load 

• Speed: 30+ knots 

• Aircraft: None. But LAMPS 3 electronics installed on landing deck for
  
  coordinated DDG/helicopter ASW operations.

• Armament: Two MK 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Vertically Launched ASROCs,
  
  and Tomahawks; eight Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk 45 5-inch/54
  
  caliber lightweight gun, two Phalanx CIWS, Mk 46 torpedoes (from two triple
  
  tube mounts), two 25mm machine guns.

• Homeport: Rota, Spain

• Crew: 35 Officers, 32 Chief Petty Officers and 269 Enlisted