Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

USS Jack H. Lucas during acceptance trials
Class overview
Name	Arleigh Burke class
Builders	Ingalls Shipbuilding Bath Iron Works
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Kidd class Spruance class
Succeeded by	Zumwalt class DDG(X)
Cost	US$2.2 billion per ship (FY2024)[1][N 1]
Built	1988–present
In commission	1991–present
Planned	92
On order	9
Building	10
Completed	73
Active	73
Retired	0
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	Fully loaded: Flight I: 8,300 long tons (8,400 t)[2] Flight II: 8,400 long tons (8,500 t)[3] Flight IIA: 9,500 long tons (9,700 t)[4] Flight III: 9,700 long tons (9,900 t)[5]
Length	Flights I & II: 505 ft (154 m)[7] Flights IIA & III: 509.5 ft (155.3 m)[7]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[2]
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)[2]
Installed power	Flights I–IIA: 3 × Rolls-Royce AG9140 Generators (3,000 kW (4,000 hp) each, 450 V) Flight III: 3 × Rolls-Royce AG9160 Generators (4,000 kW (5,400 hp) each, 4,160 V)[14][15]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines each generating 26,250 bhp (19,570 kW);[6] coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable-pitch propeller; Total output: 105,000 bhp (78,000 kW)
Speed	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[7]
Range	4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[2]
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × rigid-hull inflatable boats[13]
Complement	Flight I: 303 total[8] Flight IIA: 23 officers, 300 enlisted[8]
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPY-1D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA) AN/SPY-6(V)1 AESA 3D radar (Flight III) AN/SPS-67(V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 – DDG-118) AN/SPQ-9B surface search radar (DDG-119 onwards) AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 – DDG-86) BridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onwards) 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar Mk 46 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA)[10] Mk 20 electro-optical sight system (Flight III)[11] AN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system: AN/SQS-53C sonar array AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II, IIA) TB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onwards) AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures Mk 36 Mod 12 decoy launching systems Mk 53 Nulka decoy launching systems Mk 59 decoy launching systems[12]
Armament	Guns: DDG-51 to 80: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 Mk 45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun) DDG-81 onwards: 1 × 5-inch/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) DDG-51 to 84: 2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS DDG-85 onwards: 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 1 × Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy[N 2] DDG-88: 1 × High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance Missiles: Flights I & II only: 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher Flights I & II: 1 × 29-cell, 1 × 61-cell (90 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system Flights IIA & III: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system: RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile (BMD-equipped ships) RIM-162 ESSM BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC 1 × SeaRAM[N 3] Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Armor	130 tons of Kevlar splinter protection around vital areas[9]
Aircraft carried	Flights I & II: None Flights IIA & III: Up to two MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities	Flights I & II: Flight deck with LAMPS III electronics Flights IIA & III: Flight deck with LAMPS III electronics and two hangars

The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer centered around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multi-function passive electronically scanned array radar. The class is named for Admiral Arleigh Burke, an American destroyer officer in World War II and later Chief of Naval Operations. With an overall length of 505 to 509.5 feet (153.9 to 155.3 m), displacement ranging from 8,300 to 9,700 tons, and weaponry including over 90 missiles, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are larger and more heavily armed than many previous classes of guided-missile cruisers.

These warships are multi-mission destroyers able to conduct anti-aircraft warfare with Aegis and surface-to-air missiles; tactical land strikes with Tomahawk missiles; anti-submarine warfare (ASW) with towed array sonar, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopters; and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) with ship-to-ship missiles and guns. With upgrades to their AN/SPY-1 radar systems and their associated missile payloads as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, as well as the introduction of the AN/SPY-6 radar system, the class has also evolved capability as mobile anti-ballistic missile and anti-satellite platforms.

The lead ship of the class, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned during Admiral Burke's lifetime on 4 July 1991. With the decommissioning of the last Spruance-class destroyer, USS Cushing, on 21 September 2005, the Arleigh Burke-class ships became the U.S. Navy's only active destroyers until the Zumwalt class became active in 2016. The Arleigh Burke class has the longest production run of any U.S. Navy surface combatant. As of October 2023,^[update] all seventy-three built are active, with nineteen more planned to enter service.

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