Building ordered on 15 January 1974, laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoual, Mississippi, USA on 20 February 1976, launched on 11 November 1977, handed over on 23 April 1979, commissioned on 12 May 1979, decommissioned on 20 December 2002, stricken on 6 April 2004 and sunk while used as a target in fleet training exercises on 30 July 2004.
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.
