Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 31 August 2019
Of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, preceded by the Kidd-class oh which 67 units were completed. Building ordered on 21 February 1990, laid down by Ingalis Shipbuilding, Pensacola, Mississippi, USA on 4 January 1993, launched on 1 February 1994 and commissioned on 22 July 1995. Homeport Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Motto Par Excellence.
General technical specifications of her class. Displacement 6.900 (light)-9.000 (full load) tons and s dimensions 154 x 120 x 9,4 metres or 505 66 x 31 feet. The machinery consists of 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines supplying totally 100.000shp via 2 screws allowing a speed of over 30 knots and with a speed of 20 knots a range of 4.400 nautical miles. Her crew numbers 281 men including 32 commissioned officers and 38 petty officers. Armament consist of 1x29 cell, 1c61 cell Mk 4.1 vertical launching system with 90 RIM-156 SM-2 BGM -109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles,, 2 Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers SSM, 1-127/54mm-4.5” Mark 45 Mod 1/2, 2-25cm chain guns, 4-12,7mm/0.5 machineguns, 2-2cm Phalanx CIWS and 2Mk32 triple torpedo tubes and able to take 2 Siorsky MH-60R helicopters with her.
