HMAS Sydney (DDG 42)

HMAS Sydney in 2021
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Sydney, Australia
Ordered	4 October 2007
Builder	Navantia (designer) AWD Alliance (project coordinator) ASC (primary shipbuilder) Forgacs Group BAE Systems Australia (module builders), Osborne Naval Shipyard
Laid down	19 November 2015
Launched	19 May 2018
Commissioned	18 May 2020
Homeport	Fleet Base East, Sydney
Identification	MMSI number: 503000127
Motto	Thorough and Ready
Status	Active
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General characteristics (as designed)
Class and type	Hobart-class destroyer
Displacement	7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load
Length	147.2 m (482 ft 11 in)
Beam	18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) maximum
Draught	5.17 m (17 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement 2 × General Electric Marine model 7LM2500-SA-MLG38 gas turbines, 17,500 kW (23,500 hp) each 2 × Caterpillar 3616 diesel engines, 5,650 kW (7,580 hp) each 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	Over 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	Over 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	186 + 16 aircrew Accommodation for 234
Sensors and processing systems	Aegis combat system Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D(V) S-band radar Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band pulse Doppler horizon search radar Raytheon Mark 99 fire-control system with two continuous wave illuminating radars 2 × L3 Technologies SAM Electronics X-band navigation radars Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems' Integrated Sonar System Ultra Electronics Series 2500 electro-optical director Sagem VAMPIR IR search and track system Rafael Toplite stabilised target acquisition sights
Electronic warfare & decoys	ITT EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems ES-3701 ESM radar SwRI MBS-567A communications ESM system Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems multi-purpose digital receiver Jenkins Engineering Defence Systems low-band receiver 4 × Nulka decoy launchers 4 × 6-tube multi-purpose decoy launchers
Armament	1 × Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch gun 48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System RIM-66 Standard 2 missile RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile 2 x 4-canister Naval Strike Missile launchers 2 × 2-tube Mark 32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers firing MU90 Impact torpedoes 1 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannons in Typhoon mounts
Aircraft carried	1 x MH-60R Seahawk

HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), named after the city of Sydney, New South Wales, is the third and final ship of the Hobart–class air warfare destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).