Building ordered on 15 January 1971, laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoual, Mississippi, USA on 1 July 1974, launched on 24 June 1975, handed over on 5 September 1997, commissioned on 1 October 1997, decommissioned on 15 October 2001, stricken on 5 June 2002 and sunk while used as a target in fleet training exercises.
Part of the Spruance-class destroyers, sub-class Kidd-class, preceded by the Charles F. Adams-class and succeeded by the Arleigh Burke-class. General class specifications. Full load displacement 8.040 tons and as dimensions 61 (waterline)-172 (over all) x 16,8 x 8,8 metres or 529-563 x 55 x 29 feet. The machinery consisted of 4 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines supplying via 2 shafts allowing a speed of 32,5 knots. The range was 6.000 respectively 3.300 nautical miles with a sped o 20 respectively 30 knots. The crew numbered 334 men including 19 officers. Able to carry 2 Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters for which a flight deck and an enclosed hangar were available. The armament consisted of 2-12,7cm/5” cal 54 Mark 45 dual purpose guns, 2-2cm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns, 1-8 cell ASROC launcher or 1-61 cell Mark 41 VLS Tomahawk/ASROC missiles launcher, 1-8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow mark 29 missile launcher, 2-quadruple Harpoon missile canisters, 2x3 32,4cm/12.75” Mark 32 torpedo tubes for Mk46 torpedoes, 2-quadruple ABL Mark 43 Tomahawk missile launchers or 1-21 cell Rolling Airframe Missile launcher.
