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Monday, 2 September 2019

American destroyer USS Hewitt (DD-966) 1971-2001


Building ordered on 1 January 1971, laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoual, Mississippi, USA on 23 July 1973, launched on 24 August 1974, handed over 1 September 1976, commissioned on 25 September 1976, decommissioned on 19 July 2091, stricken on 5 June 2002 after she sold to the International Shipbreaking Incorporated, Brownsville, Texas to be broken up on 9 August 2001.

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.