Published Nov 12th, 2016, 11/12/16 9:20 pm
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USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), named for Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (1901–1996), is the lead ship of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. She was laid down by the Bath Iron Works company at Bath, Maine, on 6 December 1988, and launched on 16 September 1989 by Mrs. Arleigh Burke. The Admiral was present in person at her commissioning ceremony on 4 July 1991, which was held on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
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Name: | Arleigh Burke |
Namesake: | Arleigh Albert Burke |
Ordered: | 2 April 1985 |
Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down: | 6 December 1988 |
Launched: | 16 September 1989 |
Commissioned: | 4 July 1991 |
Homeport: | NAVSTA Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Identification: | DDG-51 |
Motto: | Fast and Feared |
Status: | in active service |
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Class and type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
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Length: | 505 ft (154 m) |
Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion: | 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW) |
Speed: | >30 knots (56 km/h) |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters can be embarked |
Progress | 100% complete |
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