Mission Statement:
“Be prepared, be professional, improve daily."
MAHAN (DDG 72) is the 22nd ship in the ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51) Class of Aegis guided missile destroyers – the U.S. Navy’s most powerful destroyer fleet. These highly-capable, multi-mission ships can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of National Military Strategy.
The mission of MAHAN is to conduct sustained combat operations at sea, providing primary protection for the Navy’s aircraft carriers and battle groups, as well as essential escort to Navy and Marine Corps amphibious forces and auxiliary ships, and independent operations as necessary. DDG-98 will be capable of fighting of air, surface, and subsurface battles simultaneously. The ship contains myriad offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century.”
General Characteristics, Arleigh Burke Class
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Builder: Bath Iron Works, Huntington Ingalls Industries
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Combat System Integrator: Lockheed-Martin
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Date Deployed: July 4, 1991 USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)
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Propulsion: Four General Electric LM 2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts,
100,000 total shaft horsepower
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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)
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Beam: 59 feet (18 meters)
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Displacement: 8,230 - 9,700 Ltons
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Speed: In excess of 30 knots
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Crew: 329 Total (32 Officer, 27 CPO, 270 Enlisted)
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Armament: Standard Missile (SM-2MR); 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)
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Aircraft: (Flight IIA and III (DDG 79 AF)) Two LAMPS MK III MH-60 B/R
helicopters with Penguin/Hellfire missiles and MK 46/MK 50 torpedoes