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Arleigh Burke class destroyer

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The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers

(DDGs) is the United States Navy's first class of
destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System and the
SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The class is
named for Admiral Arleigh Burke, the most famous
American destroyer officer of World War II, and later
Chief of Naval Operations. The class leader, USS
Arleigh Burke, was commissioned during Admiral
Burke's lifetime.
They were designed as multi-role destroyers[8] to fit the
AAW (Anti-Aircraft Warfare) with their powerful Aegis
radar and anti-aircraft missiles, ASW (Anti-submarine
warfare), with their towed sonar array, anti-submarine
rockets, and ASW helicopter, ASUW (Anti-surface
warfare) with their Harpoon missile launcher, and
strategic land strike using their Tomahawk missiles. Some
versions of the class no longer have the towed sonar, or
Harpoon missile launcher. Their hull and superstructure
were designed to have a reduced radar cross section[9]
The first ship of the class was commissioned on 4 July
1991. With the decommissioning of the last Spruanceclass destroyer, USS Cushing, on 21 September 2005,
the Arleigh Burke-class ships became the U.S. Navy's
only active destroyers; the class has the longest
production run for any postwar US Navy surface
combatant.[10] The Arleigh Burke class is planned to be
the third most numerous class of destroyer to serve in the
US Navy, after the Fletcher and Gearing classes.
With an overall length of 510 feet (160 m), displacement
of 9,200 tons, and weaponry including over 90 missiles,
the Arleigh Burke-class ships are larger and more heavily
armed than most previous ships classified as guided
missile cruisers.[11]

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), lead ship of the class

Class overview
Name:
Operators:

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United States Navy

Preceded by: Kidd-class guided missile destroyer

Succeeded
by:

Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer

Cost:

US$1,843M (DDG 114116, FY2011/12)[1]

Planned:

75[2]

Completed:

62

Active:

62

General characteristics
Type:
Displacement:

Destroyer
Fully loaded:
Flight I: 8,315 t (8,184 long tons;
9,166 short tons)
Flight II: 8,400 t (8,300 long tons;
9,300 short tons)
Flight IIA: 9,200 t (9,100 long
tons; 10,100 short tons)
Flight III: 10,000 t (9,800 long
tons; 11,000 short tons)[3]

Contents
1 Characteristics
2 Development
2.1 Modernization
2.2 Production restarted and further

Arleigh Burke class destroyer

Length:

505 ft (154 m) (Flights I and II)

509 ft (155 m) (Flight IIA)
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development
3 Operational history
4 Contractors
5 Ships in class
6 Foreign interest
7 Gallery
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links

Characteristics
The
Arleigh
Burke
class is
among
the
largest
USS Cole and two other Arleigh Burke-class
vessels docked in Norfolk, Virginia

destroyers built in the United States. Only the Spruance

and Kidd classes were longer (563 ft), the lead ship of
the class, USS Arleigh Burke "was the most powerful
surface combatant ever put to sea."[12] The Burke class
are multi-mission ships with a "combination of... an
advanced anti-submarine warfare system, land attack
cruise missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, and advanced antiaircraft missiles,"[13] The larger Ticonderoga class ships
were constructed on Spruance class hullforms, but are
designated as cruisers due to their radically different
mission and weapons systems. The Burke class on the
other hand were designed with a new, large, water-plane
area-hull form characterized by a wide flaring which
significantly improves sea-keeping ability. The hull form is
designed to permit high speed in high sea states.[9]
The Arleigh Burke's designers incorporated lessons
learned from the Ticonderoga class guided-missile
cruisers, with the Arleigh Burke class, the US Navy also
returned to all-steel construction. An earlier generation
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Beam:

66 ft (20 m)

Draft:

30.5 ft (9.3 m)

Installed
power:

3x Allison AG9140 Generators (2500kW

each, 440V)

Propulsion:

4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas

turbines each generating 27,000 shp
(20,000 kW);
coupled to two shafts, each driving a
five-bladed reversible controllable pitch
propeller;
Total output: 108,000 shp (81,000 kW)

Speed:

In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Range:

4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h;

23 mph)

Boats &
landing

2 Rigid hull inflatable boats

craft carried:
Complement:

Sensors and
processing
systems:

Electronic
warfare
& decoys:

Flight I: 303 total[4]

Flight IIA: 23 officers, 300
enlisted[5]

AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar
AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search
Radar
AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search
Radar
AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed
Array Sonar
AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III
Shipboard System

AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic
Warfare System
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo
Countermeasures
MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy
Launching System
AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
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had combined a steel hull with an innovative

superstructure made of lighter aluminum to reduce
topweight, but the lighter metal proved vulnerable to
cracking. Aluminum is also less fire-resistant than
steel.[14] A 1975 fire aboard USS Belknap gutted her
aluminum superstructure.[15] Battle damage to Royal
Navy ships exacerbated by their aluminum
superstructures during the 1982 Falklands War
supported the decision to use steel. Another lesson from
the Falkland war[16] led the navy to protect the ship's vital
spaces with double-spaced steel armor (creating a buffer
for modern rockets), and kevlar spall liners.
The Ticonderoga class cruisers were deemed too
expensive to continue building and too difficult to further
upgrade.[citation needed] The angled rather than traditional
vertical surfaces and the tripod mainmast of the Arleigh
Burke design are stealth techniques,[17][18] which make
the ship more difficult to detect, in particular by anti-ship
missiles.

Armament:
Missiles:
Flight I: 90 cell Mk 41
Vertical Launching System
(VLS)
Flights II and IIA: 96 cell
Mk 41 VLS
BGM-109
Tomahawk
RGM-84 Harpoon
SSM (not in Flight
IIA units)[6]
RIM-66M Standard
medium range SAM
(has an ASuW
mode)[citation needed]
RIM-161 Standard
Ballistic missile
defense missile for
Aegis BMD (15
ships as of March
2009[7])
RIM-162 ESSM
SAM (DDG-79
onward)
RUM-139 Vertical
Launch ASROC
RIM-174A Standard

A Collective Protection System makes the Arleigh Burke

class the first U.S. warships designed with an air-filtration
system against nuclear, biological and chemical
warfare.[19]
The class' Aegis radar differs from a traditional rotating
radar that mechanically rotates 360 degrees for each
"sweep" scan of the airspace which allows continual
tracking of targets.[9] The system's computer control also
allows centralization of the previously separate tracking
and targeting functions.[9] The system is also resistant to
electronic counter-measures.[9] Their standalone
Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers give them an anti-ship
capability with a range in excess of 64 nm.[9] " The 5"/54
caliber Mark 45 gun, in conjunction with the Mark 34
Gun Weapon System, is an anti-ship weapon which can
also be used for close-in air contacts or to support forces
ashore with Naval Gun-Fire Support (NGF), with a
range of up to 20 miles and capable of firing 20 rounds
per minute."[9] The class' Sparrow missile provide point
defense against missiles and aircraft while the Standard
Missile provides area anti-aircraft defense, additionally
the ship has an electronics warfare suite that provides
passive detection and decoy countermeasures.[9]
The class' Light airborne multipurpose system, or
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ERAM to be added
in 2011
Guns:
1 5-inch (127-mm)/62
Mk-45 Mod 1/2
(lightweight gun) (DDG-51
through -80); or
1 5-inch (127-mm)/62
Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight
gun) (DDG-81 onwards)
2 (DDG-51 through
-84); or
1 (DDG-85 onwards) 20
mm Phalanx CIWS
2 25 mm M242
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LAMPS helicopter system improves the ship's

capabilities against submarines and surface ships, a
helicopter able to serve as a platform to monitor
submarines and surface ships, and launch torpedoes and
missiles against them, as well as being able to support
ground assaults with machine guns and Hellfire anti-armor
guided missiles.[20] The helicopters also serve in a utility
role, able to perform ship replenishment, search and
rescue, medical evacuation, communications relay, and
naval gunfire spotting and controlling.
Arleigh Burke destroyers have many combat systems.
Burkes have the Navy's latest anti-submarine combat
system with active sonar, a towed sonar array, and antisubmarine rockets.[9] They support strategic land strikes
with their VLS launched Tomahawks.[9]
So vital has the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
(BMD) role of the class become that all ships of the class
are being updated with BMD capability.[21][22] Burke
production is being restarted in place of additional
Zumwalt class destroyers.[23]

Development

Bushmaster cannons
Torpedoes:
2 Mark 32 triple torpedo
tubes (six Mk-46 or Mk-50
torpedoes, Mk-54 in the
near future)

Aircraft
carried:

Flights I and II: None

Flight IIA onwards: up to two
MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III
helicopters

Aviation
facilities:

Flights I and II: Flight deck only,

but LAMPS III electronics
installed on landing deck for
coordinated DDG-51/helo ASW
operations
Flight IIA onwards: Flight deck
and enclosed hangars for two
MH-60R LAMPS III helicopters

In 1980 the US Navy initiated design studies with seven

contractors. By 1983 the number of competitors had been reduced to three: Bath Iron Works, Todd Shipyards
and Ingalls Shipbuilding.[19] On 3 April 1985 Bath Iron Works received a US$321.9 million contract to build the
first of class, USS Arleigh Burke.[24] Gibbs & Cox was awarded the contract to be the lead ship design agent.[25]
The total cost of the first ship was put at US$1.1 billion, the other US$778 million being for the ship's weapons
systems.[24] She was laid down by the Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, on 6 December 1988, and launched on
16 September 1989 by Mrs. Arleigh Burke. The Admiral himself was present at her commissioning ceremony on 4
July 1991, held on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
The "Flight IIA Arleigh Burke" ships have several new features,
beginning with the Oscar Austin (DDG-79). Among the changes
are the addition of two hangars for ASW helicopters, and a new,
longer Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch/62-caliber naval gun (fitted on
Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) and later ships). Later Flight IIA
ships starting with USS Mustin have a modified funnel design that
Profile of Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class
buries the funnels within the superstructure as a signature-reduction
destroyer.
measure. TACTAS towed array sonar was omitted from flight IIA
ships and they also lack Harpoon missile launchers. Ships from
DDG-68 to DDG-84 have AN/SLQ-32 antennas that resemble V3 configuration similar to those deployed on
Ticonderoga class cruisers, while the remainder have V2 variants externally resembling those deployed on some
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates. V3 has an active electronic countermeasures component while V2 is passive
only. A number of Flight IIA ships were constructed without a Phalanx CIWS because of the planned Evolved Sea
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Sparrow Missile, but later the Navy decided to retrofit all IIA ships to carry at least one Phalanx CIWS by
2013.[26]
USS Pinckney, USS Momsen, USS Chung-Hoon, USS Nitze, USS James E. Williams and USS
Bainbridge[27] have superstructure differences to accommodate the Remote Mine-hunting System (RMS). Mk 32
torpedo tubes were moved to the missile deck from amidships as well.

Modernization
The US Navy has begun a modernization program for the Arleigh Burke class aimed at improving the gun systems
on the ships in an effort to address congressional concerns over the retirement of the Iowa-class battleships. This
modernization was to include an extension of the range of the 5-inch (127 mm) guns on the Flight I Arleigh Burkeclass destroyers (USS Arleigh Burke to USS Ross) with Extended Range Guided Munitions (ERGMs) that would
have given the guns a range of 40 nautical miles (74 km).[28][29][30] However, the ERGM was cancelled in
2008.[31]
The modernization program is designed to provide a comprehensive mid-life upgrade to ensure that the class
remains effective. Reduced manning, increased mission effectiveness, and a reduced total cost including
construction, maintenance, and operation are the goals of the modernization program. Modernization technologies
will be integrated during new construction of DDG-111 and 112, then retrofitted into DDG Flight I and II ships
during in-service overhaul periods.[32] The first phase will update the hull, mechanical and electrical systems while
the second phase will introduce an open architecture computing environment (OACE). The result will be improved
capability in both ballistic missile defense (BMD) and littoral combat.[33]
The Navy is also upgrading the ships' ability to process data. Beginning with USS Spruance, the Navy is installing
an Internet Protocol (IP) based data backbone, which enhances the ship's ability to handle video. USS Spruance is
the first destroyer to be fitted with the Boeing Company's Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS).[34]
In July 2010 BAE Systems announced that it had been awarded a contract to modernize 11 ships.[35]

Production restarted and further development

The class was scheduled to be replaced by the Zumwalt class destroyer beginning in 2020,[36] but an increasing
threat from both long- and short-range missiles caused the Navy to restart production of the Arleigh Burke-class
and consider placing littoral combat mission modules on the new ships.[37][38]
In April 2009 the Navy announced a plan that limited the Zumwalt class to three units while ordering another three
Arleigh Burke class ships from both Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipbuilding.[23] In December 2009 Northrop
Grumman received a $170.7 million letter contract for DDG-113 long-lead-time materials.[39] Shipbuilding
contracts for DDG-113 to DDG-115 were awarded in mid-2011 for US$679.6m$783.6m;[40] these do not
include government-furnished equipment such as weapons and sensors which will take the average cost of the
FY2011/12 ships to US$1,842.7m per vessel.[1] DDG-113 to DDG-115 will be "restart" ships, similar to previous
Flight IIA ships, but including modernization features such as Open Architecture Computing Environment; DDG116 to DDG-121 will be "Technology Insertion" ships with elements of Flight III, and Flight III proper will start
with DDG-122.[41]
Flight III ships, built starting in FY2016, in place of the canceled CG(X) program. have various design
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improvements including radar antennas of mid-diameter increased to 14 feet (4.3 m) from the previous 12 feet
(3.7 m).[42] These Air and Missile Defense Radars (AMDR) use digital beamforming, instead of the earlier Passive
Electronically Scanned Array radars.[43]
However, costs for the Flight III ships increased rapidly as expectations and requirements for the program have
grown. In particular, this was due to the changing requirements needed to carry the proposed Air and Missile
Defense Radar system required for the ships' ballistic missile defense role. [44] The Government Accountability
Office found that the design of the Flight IIIs was based on "a significantly reduced threat environment from other
Navy analyses" and that the new ships would be "at best marginally effective".[45]
In spite of the production restart, the Navy is expected to fall short of its requirement for 94 missile-defensecapable destroyer and cruiser platforms starting in FY 2025 and continuing past the end of the 30-year planning
window. While this is a new requirement as of 2011, and the United States Navy has never had so many large
missile-armed surface combatants, the relative success of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system has shifted this
national security requirement onto the Navy. The shortfall will arise as older platforms that have been refitted to be
missile-defense-capable (particularly the cruisers) are retired in bulk before new destroyers are planned to be
built.[46]
The Navy is considering extending the acquisition of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers into the 2040s, according to
revised procurement tables sent to Congress, which have the Navy procuring Flight IV ships from 2032 through
2041.[47]

Operational history
See also: USS Cole bombing
Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Cole was damaged on 12 October 2000 in Aden, Yemen while docked, by
an attack in which an apparently shaped charge of 200-300 kg in a boat was placed against the hull and detonated
by suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members. The ship was repaired, and returned to duty in 2001.
In October 2011 it was announced that four Arleigh Burke class destroyers would be forward-deployed in
Europe to provide missile defence as part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach. The ships, to be based at
Naval Station Rota, Spain, were named in February 2012, as Ross, Donald Cook, Porter and Carney.[48]

Contractors
Builders: 34 units constructed by General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works Division and 28 by Northrop
Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Shipbuilding
AN/SPY-1 Radar and Combat System Integrator: Lockheed Martin

Ships in class
Name

Number Builder

Launched

Commissioned Home port Status

Flight I
16
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Arleigh Burke

DDG-51 Bath Iron

Works

Barry

DDG-52

Ingalls
12 December
8 June 1991
Shipbuilding
1992

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

John Paul Jones

DDG-53

Bath Iron
Works

26 October
1991

San Diego,
California

Active

Curtis Wilbur

DDG-54

Bath Iron
Works

16 May 1992 19 March 1994

Yokosuka,
Japan

Active

Stout

DDG-55

Ingalls
16 October
Shipbuilding 1992

13 August 1994

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

John S. McCain

Bath Iron
DDG-56
Works

2 July 1994

Yokosuka,
Japan

Active

Mitscher

DDG-57

Ingalls
10 December
7 May 1993
Shipbuilding
1994

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Laboon

DDG-58

Bath Iron
Works

20 February
Norfolk,
18 March 1995
1993
Virginia

Active

Russell

Ingalls
20 October
DDG-59
Shipbuilding 1993

20 May 1995

Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii

Active

Paul Hamilton

Bath Iron
DDG-60
Works

24 July 1993 27 May 1995

Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii

Active

Ramage

DDG-61

Ingalls
11 February
22 July 1995
Shipbuilding 1994

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Fitzgerald

DDG-62

Bath Iron
Works

14 October
1995

Yokosuka,
Japan

Active

Stethem

DDG-63

Ingalls
21 October
17 July 1994
Shipbuilding
1995

Yokosuka,
Japan

Active

Carney

DDG-64

Bath Iron
Works

Mayport,
Florida

Active

Benfold

DDG-65

Ingalls
9 November
San Diego,
30 March 1996
Shipbuilding 1994
California

Active

Gonzalez

DDG-66

Bath Iron
Works

18 February 12 October
1995
1996

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Cole

DDG-67

Ingalls
10 February
8 June 1996
Shipbuilding 1995

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

The Sullivans

DDG-68

Bath Iron
Works

12 August
1995

19 April 1997

Mayport,
Florida

Active

Milius

DDG-69

Ingalls

1 August

23 November

San Diego,

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September
1989

26
September
1992

29 January
1994

4 July 1991

18 December
1993

23 July 1994 13 April 1996

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Active
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Shipbuilding 1995

1996

Hopper

DDG-70

Bath Iron
Works

6 January
1996

6 September
1997

Ross

DDG-71

Ingalls
22 March
Shipbuilding 1996

28 June 1997

California
Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii

Active

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Flight II
Mahan

DDG-72

Bath Iron
Works

29 June 1996 2 February 1998

Decatur

DDG-73

Bath Iron
Works

10 November
San Diego,
29 August 1998
1996
California

McFaul

DDG-74

Ingalls
18 January
Shipbuilding 1997

25 April 1998

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Donald Cook

DDG-75

Bath Iron
Works

3 May 1997

4 December
1998

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Higgins

DDG-76

Bath Iron
Works

4 October
1997

24 April 1999

San Diego,
California

Active

O'Kane

Bath Iron
DDG-77
Works

28 March
1998

23 October
1999

Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii

Active

Porter

DDG-78

Ingalls
12 November
Norfolk,
20 March 1999
Shipbuilding 1997
Virginia

Active

Active

Flight IIA ships: 5"/54 variant

Oscar Austin

DDG-79

Bath Iron
Works

7 November
Norfolk,
19 August 2000
1998
Virginia

Roosevelt

DDG-80

Ingalls
10 January
Shipbuilding 1999

14 October
2000

Active

Mayport,
Florida

Active

10 March 2001

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

21 April 2001

Yokosuka,
Japan

Active

San Diego,
California

Active

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Flight IIA ships: 5"/62 variant

Winston S. Churchill DDG-81

Bath Iron
Works

17 April
1999

Lassen

DDG-82

Ingalls
16 October
Shipbuilding 1999

Howard

DDG-83

Bath Iron
Works

Bulkeley

DDG-84

Ingalls
8 December
21 June 2000
Shipbuilding
2001

20 November 20 October
1999
2001

Flight IIA ships: with 5"/62 no 20 mm CIWS variant[49]

McCampbell

DDG-85 Bath Iron

Works
Ingalls

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2 July 2000
22 November

17 August 2002 Yokosuka,

Japan

Active

Everett,
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Shoup

DDG-86 Shipbuilding 2000

22 June 2002

Mason

DDG-87

Bath Iron
Works

Preble

DDG-88

Mustin

DDG-89

Chafee

Bath Iron
DDG-90
Works

Pinckney

DDG-91

Momsen

DDG-92

Chung-Hoon

Ingalls
15 December 18 September
DDG-93
Shipbuilding 2002
2004

Nitze

DDG-94

Bath Iron
Works

James E. Williams

Washington Active
Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Ingalls
9 November
1 June 2001
Shipbuilding
2002

San Diego,
California

Active

Ingalls
12 December
26 July 2003
Shipbuilding 2001

Yokosuka,
Japan

Active

Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii

Active

Ingalls
26 June 2002 29 May 2004
Shipbuilding

San Diego,
California

Active

Bath Iron
Works

Everett,
Active
Washington

23 June 2001 12 April 2003

2 November 18 October
2002
2003

19 July 2003 28 August 2004

Pearl
Harbor,
Hawaii

Active

3 April 2004 5 March 2005

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

DDG-95

Ingalls
11 December
25 June 2003
Shipbuilding
2004

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Bainbridge

DDG-96

Bath Iron
Works

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Halsey

DDG-97

Ingalls
9 January
Shipbuilding 2004

30 July 2005

San Diego,
California

Active

Forrest Sherman

DDG-98

Ingalls
2 October
Shipbuilding 2004

28 January 2006

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Farragut

DDG-99

Bath Iron
Works

Mayport,
Florida

Active

Kidd

DDG100

Ingalls
22 January
Shipbuilding 2005

9 June 2007

San Diego,
California

Active

Gridley

DDG101

Bath Iron
Works

28 December 10 February
2005
2007

San Diego,
California

Active

Sampson

DDG102

Bath Iron
Works

16
September
2006

San Diego,
California

Active

DDG103

Ingalls
Shipbuilding 2 June 2007 25 April 2009

Norfolk,
Virginia

DDG104

Bath Iron
Works

San Diego,
California

Truxtun
Sterett

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13 November 12 November
2004
2005

23 July 2005 10 June 2006

3 November
2007

19 May 2007 9 August 2008

Active
Active
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Dewey

DDG105

Ingalls
26 January
Shipbuilding 2008

6 March 2010

San Diego,
California

Active

Stockdale

DDG106

Bath Iron
Works

10 May 2008 18 April 2009

San Diego,
California

Active

Gravely

DDG107

Ingalls
30 March
Shipbuilding 2009

20 November
2010

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

Wayne E. Meyer

DDG108

Bath Iron
Works

18 October
2008

10 October
2009

San Diego,
California

Active

Jason Dunham

DDG109

Bath Iron
Works

1 August
2009

13 November
2010

Norfolk,
Virginia

Active

William P. Lawrence

DDG110

Ingalls
15 December
4 June 2011
Shipbuilding 2009

San Diego,
California

Active

Spruance

DDG111

Bath Iron
Works

6 June 2010 1 October 2011

San Diego,
California

Active

Michael Murphy

DDG112

Bath Iron
Works

Pearl
7 May 2011 6 October 2012 Harbor,
Hawaii

John Finn

DDG113

Ingalls
Shipbuilding

Construction on
contract[50]

Ralph Johnson

DDG114

Ingalls
Shipbuilding

Construction on
contract[51]

Rafael Peralta

DDG115

Bath Iron
Works

Construction on
contract[52]

Thomas Hudner

DDG116

Bath Iron
Works

Construction on
contract

Active

USS Michael Murphy was originally intended to be the last of the Arleigh Burke class. However with reduction of
the Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class production, the Navy requested new DDG-51 class ships.[53] Long-lead
materials contracts were awarded to Northrop Grumman in December 2009 for DDG-113 and in April 2010 for
DDG-114.[54] General Dynamics received a long-lead materials contract for DDG-115 in February 2010.[55][56] It
is anticipated that in FY2012 or FY2013, the Navy will commence detailed work for a Flight III design and
request 24 ships to be built from 2016 to 2031.[57] In April 2011, a total of 75 Burke class ships was planned.[58]

Foreign interest
In May 2011 Saudi Arabia received a price estimate for the purchase of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.[59]

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In this image of
USS Fitzgerald (DDG62), a Flight I ship, note
TACTAS in center of
fantail, lack of helicopter
hangars, and design of
stacks.

In this image of
USS Mustin (DDG-89),
a Flight IIA ship, note
lack of TACTAS in
center of fantail, aft
helicopter hangars,
Phalanx CIWS mount
and different design of
exhaust stacks.

Starboard side of
USS Momsen (DDG92), note torpedo tubes
mounted on missile deck
vs earlier mounted
amidships. Also note
superstructure changes
to accommodate a
Remote Minehunting
System (RMS) holding
bay.

See also
Kong-class destroyer; Japanese
Atago-class destroyer; Japanese
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate; Norwegian
Sejong the Great-class destroyer; Korean
lvaro de Bazn-class frigate; Spanish
Type 45 (Daring-class) destroyer; United Kingdom

Notes
1. ^ a b O'Rourke, Ronald (19 April 2011). "Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and
Issues for Congress" (http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?
Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA543249) . Congressional Research Service. http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA543249. Retrieved 23 October 2011. Since 1 and 2
ships are procured in alternate years and the "1 in a year" ships cost more, the fairest estimate of unit price comes
from averaging three ships across two years. US$50-300m is spent on long lead-time items in the year before the
main procurement of each ship. DDG-114 and DDG-115 together cost US$577.2m (FY2010) + US$2,922.2m
(FY2011) = US$3,499.4m,(p25) and DDG-116 cost US$48m (FY2011) + US$1,980.7m (FY2012) =
US$2,028.7m,(p12) making an average for the three ships of US$1,847.2m. DDG-113 cost US$2,234.4m.(p6)
2. ^ "DOD Announces Selected Acquisition Reports" (http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?
releaseid=14411) . United States Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public
Affairs). 15 April 2011. Archived
(http://web.archive.org/web/20110529134621/http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14411)
from the original on 29 May 2011. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14411. Retrieved 20
April 2011.
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3. ^ "Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress"
(http://opencrs.com/document/RL32109/2010-02-26/?24684) . Congressional Research Service Reports For The
People (Open CRS). 26 February 2010. Archived
(http://web.archive.org/web/20100423160951/http://opencrs.com/document/RL32109/2010-02-26/?24684) from
the original on 23 April 2010. http://opencrs.com/document/RL32109/2010-02-26/?24684. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
4. ^ "COMDESRON FIFTEEN" (http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cds15/Pages/CDS15Ships.aspx) . United States
Navy. http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cds15/Pages/CDS15Ships.aspx. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
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October 2010.
6. ^ DDG-51 Arleigh Burke - Flight IIA (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ddg-51-flt2a.htm)
7. ^ pamphlet 09-MDA-4298 (4 MAR 09).
8. ^ http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=900&ct=4
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27. ^ DN-SD-07-24674 (up to DDG-96) (http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Assets/Still/2007/Navy/DN-SD-0724674.JPEG)
28. ^ Taken from the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, pages 67-68
(http://armedservices.house.gov/NDAA2007CommiteeReport.pdf)
29. ^ Taken from the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, p. 193
(http://armedservices.house.gov/NDAA2007CommiteeReport.pdf)
^ Federation of American Scientists
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CIWS added after commissioning)
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References
Baker, A.D. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 19981999. Annapolis,
Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
Gardiner, Robert and Chumbley, Stephen. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 19471995.
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.

Further reading
Sanders, Michael S. (1999). The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works. New York:
HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-019246-1. (Describes the construction of Donald Cook (DDG-75) at Bath Iron
Works.)

External links
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (http://destroyerhistory.org/arleighburkeclass/) at Destroyer History
Foundation (http://destroyerhistory.org/)
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Arleigh Burke class (Aegis) page on naval-technology.com (http://www.navaltechnology.com/projects/burke)
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