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DDG-53 John Paul Jones

DDG-53 John Paul Jones

Country: United StatesUnited States

Class, [Type]: Arleigh Burke ( Flight I ), [DDG].

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, U.S.A.

Launch date: 26th October 1991.

Commission date: 18th December 1993.

Design

Displacement ( tons ): 6.731 light, 8.850 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 153,77 x 20,27 x 6,31

Main machinery: 4 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 105.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 4.400 at 20 knots.

Complement: 337 ( 22 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/54 Mk45 Mod. 1, 2 x 20mm Mk15 Mod. 12 Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 25mm/75 Mk38 Mod. 1 Bushmaster, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  2 x Mk 41 Mod. 0 VLS; AGM: Tomahawk; SSM: 4–8 x Harpoon; SAM: 90 x Standard SM-2 MR Block III; ASW: ASROC.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes (2 x triple Mk32 Mod. 15 launchers), Mk46 and Mk50 torpedoes.

Radar: Air/Weapons Control: Raytheon SPY 1D, E/F bands; Surface: 1 x AIL SPS 67(V)3, G band; Navigation: 1 x Raytheon SPS 64(V)9, I band; Firing Control: 3 x Raytheon/RCA SPG62A, I/J bands, 2 x Mk90 (CIWS); TACAN: URN 25, IFF Mk XII AIMS UPX-29.

Sonar: Gould/Raytheon/GE SQQ89(V)4 combined with an active SQS53C(V)1 hull sonar, and one SQR19(V)1 towed passive sonar. Kingfisher mine-avoidance system.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36 Mod. 12 (4 x Mk 137 launchers for infrared flares and chaff); Towed torpedo decoy SLQ25 Nixie (SSTD Phase I); SLQ-39 decoy buoy launch system; ESM/ECM: Raytheon SLQ32(V)5.

Helicopter: 1 x SH60B/F LAMPS III. No hangar.

Callsign: NBRK (NovemberBravoRomeoKilo)

Homeport: San Diego.

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