LogoBLACK SEA - HISTORY OF VISITS ( http://www.blackseavisits.ru)

     79 Oscar Austin     

Photo byMay 2017. The Varna. Photo by N. Zlatev.
Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Arleigh Burke ( Flight II ), [DDG].
Homeport: Norfolk.

Callsign: NOPA ( November Oscar Papa Alfa )

Builder: Bath Iron Works, USA.
Laid date: 9 October 1997.
Launch date: 7 November 1998.
Commission date: 19 August 2000.

Displacement ( tons ): 7000 light, 9700 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 155 x 20,5 x 9,9.
Main machinery: 4 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 105000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 32.
Range ( miles ): 4400 at 20 knots.
Complement: 380 ( 32 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 127mm Mk45 Mod4, 2 x 1 25mm Mk38 Mod1 Bushmaster, 4 x 1 12,7mm M2HB MGs.
Missiles: 1 x 32 and 1 x 64 Mk41 Mod0 VLS: 96 mix of AGM: BGM-109 Tomahawk; SAM: 72 x Standard SM-2 MR or SM-3 MR and 24 x Sea Sparrow; ASW: RUM-139 ASROC.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm tubes Mk32 Mod15 for Mk46 and Mk50 torpedoes.

Radars: Air: AN/SPY-1D; Surface: AN/SPS-67; Navigation: AN/SPS-73; Firing Control: 3 x AN/SPG-62A; TACAN: AN/URN-25, IFF Mk XII AIMS AN/UPX-29.
Sonars: AN/SQQ-89 combined with an active hull sonar AN/SQS-53A, AN/SQR-19 TACTAS.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x SRBOC Mk36 Mod12; Torpedo contermeasures: AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; AN/SLQ-39 decoy buoy launch system; ESM/ECM: AN/SLQ-32.
Helicopters: 2 x SH-60B/F Sea Hawk LAMPS III.


White space

Similar units:
USA 80 Roosevelt
USA 84 Bulkeley
USA 87 Mason
USA 95 James Williams
USA 98 Forrest Sherman
USA 103 Truxtun
USA 109 Jason Dunham
White space
Author | Bibliography | Links | Maps
white