Arleigh Burke class Guided Missile Destroyer - DDG
The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers (DDG’s) is the first class of destroyers in the United States Navy built around the AEGIS combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. Characteristics: The Arleigh Burke class are among the most powerful destroyers ever built in the United States. Only the Spruance class destroyers were larger (563 feet / 171,6 meters). The Burke class destroyers are more heavily armed than previous DDG’s. However it is important to remember that the mission of the Burke class is significantly different than the Spruance class. The larger Ticonderoga class ships were constructed on Spruance class hullforms, but are designated as cruisers due to their radically different mission and weapons systems. The Arleigh Burke's designers incorporated lessons learned from the Ticonderoga class CG’s. Visually, the angled rather than traditional vertical surfaces and the tripod mainmast of the Arleigh Burke design are part of "stealth" technologies, which improve the ship's ability to evade and/or destroy anti-ship cruise missiles. With the Arleigh Burke class, the US Navy returned to traditional all-steel construction. Combining a steel hull with an aluminum superstructure had been an innovation to reduce topweight, but the lighter metal proved vulnerable to cracking. Aluminum is also less fire-resistant than steel. A 1975 fire aboard USS Belknap gutted her aluminum superstructure. Later battle damage to Royal Navy ships during the Falklands War supported the decision to employ a steel superstructure. A Collective Protection System makes the Arleigh Burke class the first U.S. warships designed with an air-filtration system against nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. So vital has the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) role of the class become that all ships of the class are being updated with BMD capability. Production of Burkes is being restarted in place of the Zumwalt class destroyers. Development: In 1980 the US Navy initiated design studies with seven contractors. By 1983 the number of competitors had been reduced to three: Bath Iron Works, Todd Shipyards and Ingalls Shipbuilding. On 3 April 1985 Bath Iron Works received a US$321.9 million contract to build the first of class, USS Arleigh Burke. Gibbs & Cox was awarded the contract to be the lead ship design agent. The total cost of the first ship was put at US$1.1 billion, the other US$778 million being for the ship's weapons systems. She was laid down by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, on 6 December 1988, and launched on 16 September 1989 by Mrs. Arleigh Burke. The Admiral himself was present at her commissioning ceremony on 4 July 1991, held on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The "Flight IIA Arleigh Burke" ships have several new features, beginning with the Oscar Austin (DDG-79). Among the changes are the addition of two hangars for ASW helicopters, and a new, longer Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch/62-caliber naval gun (fitted on USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) and later ships). Later Flight IIA ships starting with USS Mustin have a modified funnel design that buries the funnels within the superstructure as a signature-reduction measure. TACTAS towed array sonar was omitted from flight IIA ships and they also lack Harpoon missile launchers. Ships from DDG-68 to DDG-84 have AN/SLQ-32 antennas that resemble V3 configuration similar to those deployed on Ticonderoga class cruisers, while the remainder have V2 variants externally resembling ones deployed on some Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates. V3 has an active electronic countermeasures component while V2 is passive only. A number of Flight IIA ships were constructed without a Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS because of the planned Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, but later the Navy decided to retrofit all Flight IIA ships to carry at least one Phalanx CIWS by 2013. USS Pinckney, USS Momsen, USS Chung-Hoon, USS Nitze, USS James E. Williams and USS Bainbridge have superstructure differences to accommodate the Remote Mine-hunting System (RMS). Mk 32 torpedo tubes were moved to the missile deck from amidships as well. Modernization: The US Navy has begun a modernization program for the Arleigh Burke class aimed at improving the gun systems on the ships in an effort to address congressional concerns over the retirement of the Iowa-class battleships. This modernization was to include an extension of the range of the 5-inch (127 mm) guns on the Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (USS Arleigh Burke to USS Ross) with extended range guided munitions (ERGMs) that would enable the ships to fire projectiles about 40 nautical miles (74 km) inland. However the ERGM was cancelled. The modernization program is designed to provide a comprehensive mid-life upgrade to ensure that the class remains effective. Reduced manning, increased mission effectiveness, and a reduced total cost of ownership are the goals of the modernization program. Modernization technologies will be integrated during new construction of DDG-111 and 112, then retrofitted into DDG Flight I and II ships during in-service overhaul periods. The first phase will update the hull, mechanical and electrical systems while the second phase will introduce an open architecture computing environment. The result will be improved capability in both ballistic missile defense (BMD) and littoral combat. The class was scheduled to be replaced by the Zumwalt class destroyer beginning in 2020, but increasing threat of both long and short range missiles caused the Navy to restart production of the Arleigh Burke-class and consider placing littoral combat mission modules on the new ships. In April 2009, the Navy announced a plan that limited the Zumwalt class to three units while ordering another three Arleigh Burke class ships from both Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipbuilding. On 2 December 2009, Northrop Grumman received a $170.7 million letter contract for DDG-113 long lead time materials. Formal awarding of the main construction contract is expected in 2010. Flight III ships will be built starting in FY2016 in place of the canceled CG(X) program. The Flight III destroyers will have 14-foot-diameter (4.3 m) radars (up from 12 feet currently) and various other design improvements. These Air and Missile Defense Radars (AMDR) will use digital beamforming. In July 2010, BAE Systems announced that they had been awarded a contract to modernise 11 ships. Builders: General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works Division and Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Shipbuilding AN/SPY-1 Radar and Combat System Integrator: Lockheed Martin The class was scheduled to be replaced by the Zumwalt class destroyer beginning in 2020, but increasing threat of both long and short range missiles caused the Navy to restart production of the Arleigh Burke-class and consider placing littoral combat mission modules on the new ships. In April 2009, the Navy announced a plan that limited the Zumwalt class to three units while ordering another three Arleigh Burke class ships from both Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipbuilding. On 2 December 2009, Northrop Grumman received a $170.7 million letter contract for DDG-113 long lead time materials. Formal awarding of the main construction contract is expected in 2010. Flight III ships will be built starting in FY2016 in place of the canceled CG(X) program. The Flight III destroyers will have 14-foot-diameter (4.3 m) radars (up from 12 feet currently) and various other design improvements. These Air and Missile Defense Radars (AMDR) will use digital beamforming. However costs for the Flight III ships have increased rapidly as expectations and requirements for the program have grown. In particular, this has been a result of the changing requirements needed to carry the proposed Air and Missile Defense Radar system required for the ships' ballistic missile defense role. The US Navy is considering stretching the acquisition of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer class well into the 2040s, according to revised procurement tables sent to the US Congress which say that the navy will procure Flight IV ships from 2032 through 2041. source: wikipedia
The Aegis System was designed as a total weapon system, from detection to kill. The heart of the system is the AN/SPY-1, an advanced, automatic detect and track, multi-function phased-array radar. This high powered (four megawatt) radar is able to perform search, track and missile guidance functions simultaneously with a track capacity of more than targets. The first Engineering Development Model (EDM-1) was installed in the test ship, USS Norton Sound (AVM 1) in 1973. The computer-based command and decision element is the core of the Aegis combat system. This interface makes the Aegis combat system capable of simultaneous operation against a multi-mission threat: anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare. The Navy built the first Aegis cruisers using the hull and machinery designs of Spruance class destroyers. The commissioning of USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) opened a new era in surface warfare as the first Aegis ship outfitted with the Vertical Launching System (VLS), allowing greater missile selection, firepower and survivability. The improved AN/SPY-1B radar went to sea on USS Princeton (CG 59), ushering in another advance in Aegis capabilities. USS Chosin (CG 65) introduced the AN/UYK-43/44 computers, which provide increased processing capabilities. In 1980, a smaller ship was designed using an improved sea-keeping hull form, reduced infra-red and radar cross section and upgrades to the Aegis Combat System. The first ship of the DDG 51 class, Arleigh Burke, was commissioned on the Fourth of July, 1991. The DDG 51 class was named after a living person, the legendary Adm. Arleigh Burke, the most famous destroyerman of World War II. DDG 51s were constructed in flights, allowing technological advances during construction. Flight II, introduced in fiscal year 1992 (FY 92), incorporated improvements to the SPY radar and the Standard missile, active electronic countermeasures and communications. Flight IIA, introduced in FY 94, added a helicopter hangar with one anti-submarine helicopter and one armed attack helicopter. Modernization of Aegis cruisers and destroyers is a top priority for Navy leadership. Combat System Architecture decisions for existing cruisers and destroyers are being made with the goal of separating software and hardware to create a networked computing environment. The combat system software will also be componentized to enable reuse for in-service and new construction ships. The Aegis fleet modernization program encompasses a series of modifications and upgrades using Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) networking and system infrastructures. Aegis Weapon System (AWS) and Aegis Combat System (ACS) modernization efforts will increase cruisers and destroyers capabilities against current and future threats, extend service life and increase interoperability. The Navy has also decided to restart the production of new DDG 51s. The new Aegis destroyer will utilize software componentized to enable reuse and COTS networking and system infrastructures during installation, modifications, and future upgrades. The Aegis destoryers will incorporate new technologies such as the SPY-1D(V) with Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP), the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 5.0, and the AN/SQQ-89(V) Anti-Submarine Warfare/Undersea Warfare Combat System (ASWCS/USWCS). (USN)
Ships:
Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight I
unit			in service	builder
DDG 51 USS Arleigh Burke			1991	General Dynamics (Bath Iron Works) Bath, Maine
DDG 52 USS Barry			1992	Northrop Grumman (Ingalls Shipbuilding) Pascagoula, Mississippi
DDG 53 USS John Paul Jones			1993	Bath Iron Works
DDG 54 USS Curtis Wilbur			1994	Bath Iron Works
DDG 55 USS Stout			1994	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 56 USS John S. McCain			1994	Bath Iron Works
DDG 57 USS Mitscher			1994	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 58 USS Laboon			1995	Bath Iron Works
DDG 59 USS Russell			1995	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 60 USS Paul Hamilton			1995	Bath Iron Works
DDG 61 USS Ramage			1995	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 62 USS Fitzgerald			1995	Bath Iron Works
DDG 63 USS Stethem			1995	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 64 USS Carney			1996	Bath Iron Works
DDG 65 USS Benfold			1996	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 66 USS Gonzalez			1996	Bath Iron Works
DDG 67 USS Cole			1996	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 68 USS The Sullivans			1997	Bath Iron Works
DDG 69 USS Milius			1996	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 70 USS Hopper			1997	Bath Iron Works
DDG 71 USS Ross			1997	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight II
DDG 72 USS Mahan			1998	Bath Iron Works
DDG 73 USS Decatur			1998	Bath Iron Works
DDG 74 USS McFaul			1998	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 75 USS Donald Cook			1998	Bath Iron Works
DDG 76 USS Higgins			1999	Bath Iron Works
DDG 77 USS O’Kane			1999	Bath Iron Works
DDG 78 USS Porter			1999	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight IIA
DDG 79 USS Oscar Austin			2000	Bath Iron Works
DDG 80 USS Roosevelt			2000	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 81 USS Winston S. Churchill			2001	Bath Iron Works
DDG 82 USS Lassen			2001	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 83 USS Howard			2001	Bath Iron Works
DDG 84 USS Bulkeley			2001	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 85 USS McCampbell			2002	Bath Iron Works
DDG 86 USS Shoup			2002	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 87 USS Mason			2003	Bath Iron Works
DDG 88 USS Preble			2003	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 89 USS Mustin			2003	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 90 USS Chafee			2003	Bath Iron Works
DDG 91 USS Pinckney			2004	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 92 USS Momsen			2004	Bath Iron Works
DDG 93 USS Chung Hoon			2004	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 94 USS Nitze			2005	Bath Iron Works
DDG 95 USS James E. Williams			2004	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 96 USS Bainbridge			2005	Bath Iron Works
DDG 97 USS Halsey			2005	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 98 USS Forrest Sherman			2006	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 99 USS Farragut			2006	Bath Iron Works
DDG 100 USS Kidd			2007	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 101 USS Gridley			2007	Bath Iron Works
DDG 102 USS Sampson			2007	Bath Iron Works
DDG 103 USS Truxtun			2009	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 104 USS Sterett			2008	Bath Iron Works
DDG 105 USS Dewey			2010	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 106 USS Stockdale			2009	Bath Iron Works
DDG 107 USS Gravely			2010	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 108 USS Wayne E. Meyer			2009	Bath Iron Works
DDG 109 USS Jason Dunham			2010	Bath Iron Works
DDG 110 USS William P. Lawrence			2011	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 111 USS Spruance			launched	Bath Iron Works
DDG 112 USS Michael Murphy			keel laid	Bath Iron Works
DDG 113 USS William S. Sims ?			contracted	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 114 USS Callaghan ?			contracted	Ingalls Shipbuilding
DDG 115 USS Scott ?			contracted	Bath Iron Works
specifications / technical data:
Displacement:	DDG 51-71 = 8230 long tons (8360 metric tons) DDG 72-78 = 8637 long tons (8775 metric tons) DDG 79 onwards = 9496 long tons (9650 metric tons)
Length:	DDG 51 - 78 = 505 feet (153,9 meters) DDG 79 onwards = 509,5 feet (155,3 meters)
Beam:	59 feet (18 meters)
Draft:	30,5 feet (9,3 meters)
Speed:	30+ knots (55+ kmh)
Propulsion:	4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines (100000 shaft horsepower = 50000 shp per shaft) 2 shafts / 2 reversible controllable-pitch propellers (17 feet = 5,18 meters in diameter)
Aircraft:	Flight I & II: none; flight deck but no hangar - but LAMPS III electronics installed for coordinated DDG-51 / Helo-ASW operations Flight IIA: flight deck and hangar for 2 SH-60B / MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Crew:	303 (Flight I & II) - 323 (Flight IIA)
Self Defense:	Mk-36 Mod.18 Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff launching system (SRBOC) with six 6-tube launchers. AN/SLQ-25A torpedo countermeasures transmitting set (NIXIE).
Armament:	Mk-41 Vertical Launching System / VLS (1 forward / 1 aft = 96 cells) for a mix of: BGM-109 Tomahawk RIM-66 Standard Missile SM-2MR RIM-67/RIM-156 Standard Missile SM-2ER RIM-161 Standard Missile SM-3 RIM-174 Standard ERAM RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) (DDG-79 onwards) RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC 2 Mk-141 missile launcher for up to 8 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM (not in Flight IIA units) 1 Mk-45 (Mod.1/2) 5”/54 (DDG 51 through 80) or Mk-45 (Mod.4) 5”/62 caliber lightweight gun (DDG-81 onwards) 2 Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS (DDG-51 through 84 / 1 on several later) 2 Mk-32 surface vessel torpedo tubes (SVTT) for 6 Mk-46, Mk-50 or Mk-54 torpedos
Communication:	Interior Communications: - AN/STC-2(V) Integrated Voice Communications System (IVCS), IC switchboards. - AN/USQ-82(V) Fiber Optic Data Multiplex System (FODMS): - Replaces point-to-point information transfer. - Two primary databuses (Fiber Data Distribution Interface (FDDI)). - Alarm and indicating system. - ON-201-(V)1/UYQ-21(V) interconnecting group, intercom. - DC portable communications. Exterior Communications: High Frequency (HF) radio group AN/URC-131A(V): - Low Frequency (LF) through HF, 10 KHz-30 MHz, six receivers.HF receivers, 2-30 MHz, twelve receivers. - HF transmitters, 2-30 MHz; eight broad-band transmitters, one narrow-band transmitter.- Very High Frequency (VHF) transmit and receive, 30-162 MHz: - AN/GRC-211; two transceivers for non-secure voice. - AN/VRC-46A; two FM transceivers for secure voice. - AN/URC-139; one transceiver for bridge-to-bridge communications. Ultra High Frequency (UHF) transmit and receive, 220-400 MHz: - AN/GRC-171B(V)4; two transceivers for Link 4A. - AN/WSC-3(V)7, 11; sixteen transceivers. Satellite Communications (SATCOM) transmit and/or receive: - AN/USQ-122A(V); one receiver for fleet broadcast. - AN/WSC-3(V)15; two transceivers for digital exchange system. Extremely High Frequency (EHF) SATCOM transmit and receive: - AN/USC-38(V)2; one transceiver. Infrared transmit and receive: - AN/SAT-2A; one IR transmitter. Landline terminations, transmit and/or receive: - Single channel Disable Communications (DC) secure Teletypewriter (TTY). - Telephone. Special communications channel: - ON-143(V)6/USQ: Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange Subsystem(OTCIXS). - ON-143(V)6/USQ: Tactical Data Information Exchange System (TADIXS). - TADIXS-B/CTT-H3. - AN/SYQ-7A(V): Naval Modular Automated Communication System/Common User Digital Exchange System (NAVMACS/CUDIXS). - AN/UYQ-62(V)2, Command and Control Processor (C2P). - AN/USQ-118(V)1, Link 11. - AN/URC-107(V): Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS), Link 16. Underwater Communications: - AN/WQC-2A sonar communications set. - AN/WQC-6 sonar communications set.
Navigation:	- AN/WSN-7 Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Navigation (RLGN) system. - Navigation Sensor System Interface (NAVSSI) with Global Positioning System (GPS) Virtual Machine Environment (VME) Receiver Card (GVRC) satellite navigation system. - AN/WGN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log (DSVL). - Integrated Navigation and Tactical Plotting System (INTPS). - AN/URN-25 TACAN. - Navy standard #3 magnetic compass. - Chronometer size 85. - Wind measuring and indicating system.
AEGIS System:	The ship is equipped with the AEGIS Combat System, which includes the AEGIS Weapon System and Surface Search Radar System, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), Electronic Warfare System as well as the Tomahawk, Phalanx, and Gun Weapon Systems. The AEGIS Weapon System consists of the AN/SPY-1D Radar, Vertical Launch System (VLS), Standard Missiles, Command and Decision, Weapon Control System, Fire Control System, Operational Readiness Test System, AEGIS Display System, and the AEGIS Combat Training System. The elements of these systems are further categorized as displays and processors, detection systems, identification and detection systems, control, navigation equipment, communication systems, engagement, and training. Displays and Processors the ship utilizes the following displays and processors: - OA 9482/UYQ-70 Next Generation Peripherals (NGPs) and OJ 721 Embedded Processing System (EPS). - OA 9482/UYQ-70 processors. - OJ-663(V)(1)/UYQ-21(V) computer display consoles with Tactical Graphics Capability (TGC). - OL-191(V)5, 6/UYQ-21(V) processors/converter groups. - C-12206(V)/UYQ-21(V) Optoelectronic control display. - PT-563/UYQ Color Large Screen Display (CLSD) projectors. - OJ-452(V)9/UYQ-21 computer display consoles. - OL-190(V)5/UYQ-21(V) signal data processor groups. - AN/SPA-25G range azimuth indicator: - AN/UYK-43(V) computers with AN/UYH-16(V) Mass Memory Storage Devices (MMSDs). - AN/UYK-44(V) computers.
class variations:
Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight I & II Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight IIA (with hangar for 2 SH/MH-60 helicopters) Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight IIA (with Mk-45 Mod.4 - 5”/62 caliber gun) Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight IIA (without Mk-15 CIWS) Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight IIA (with encapsulated funnel) Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight IIA with modifications for the Remote Mine-hunting System (RMS) (note: the Mk-32 torpedo tubes were moved to the missile deck) Arleigh Burke class DDG - Flight IIA (Mk-32 torpedo tubes still remained on the missile deck) line drawings by shipbucket.com
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