CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

1980

Last line of defense against air attacks, R2D2 was first tested in 1973 and introduced into service in 1980. Since then, all types of ships has been retroffited to carry at least one of them

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20	caliber (mm)
4500	Rate of fire (round/min)
1.50	range (km)

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0	Aircraft Carrier V STOL Queen Elizabeth class	3
1961	Assault Carrier Iwo Jima class	2
1964	Support Ship Sacramento class	2
1965	Landing Ship/Platform Dock Fearless class	2
1965	Aircraft Carrier America (1965) class	3
1965	Coast Guards Hamilton class	1
1968	Aircraft Carrier John F Kennedy class	3
1968	Support Ship Kilauea class	1
1969	Support Ship Wichita class	2
1969	Support Ship Protecteur class	2
1970	Command ship Blue Ridge class	1
1973	Helicopter Carrier Haruna class	2
1975	Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) Nimitz class	4
1975	Guided-Missile Frigate Oliver Hazard Perry class	1
1976	Guided-Missile Destroyer Tachikaze class	2
1976	Assault Carrier Tarawa class	2
1980	Guided-Missile Frigate Adelaide class	1
1980	Guided-Missile Destroyer Type 42 (Batch 3)	2
1980	Aircraft Carrier V STOL Invincible class	3
1981	Guided-Missile Destroyer Kidd class	2
1981	Support Ship Cimarron class	2
1983	Guided-Missile Cruiser Ticonderoga class	2
1985	Landing Ship/Platform Dock Whidbey Island class	2
1986	Destroyer Asagiri class	2
1986	Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) Improved Nimitz class	4
1986	Guided-Missile Destroyer Hatakaze class	2
1989	Assault Carrier Wasp class	3
1989	Frigate Abukuma class	1
1990	Frigate Vasco da Gama class	1
1991	Guided-Missile Destroyer Arleigh Burke Flight I class	2
1991	Guided-Missile Destroyer Iroquois TRUMP class	1
1992	Support Ship Fort II class (1992)	2
1992	Frigate Hydra class	2
1992	Frigate City class	1
1993	Guided-Missile Destroyer Kongo class	2
1993	Guided-Missile Frigate Cheng Kung class	1
1993	Corvette Sa'ar 5-class	1
1994	Frigate Phutthayotfa Chulalok class	1
1995	Landing Ship/Platform Dock Harpers Ferry class	2
1996	Destroyer Murasame class	2
1998	Landing Ship/Platform Dock Osumi class	2
1998	Assault Carrier Ocean class	3
2003	Support Ship Wave class	2
2003	Destroyer Takanami class	2
2006	Landing Ship/Platform Dock Bay class	2
2007	Guided-Missile Destroyer Atago class	2
2008	Coast Guards National Security Cutter	1
2009	Helicopter Carrier Hyuga class	2
2012	Support Ship Tide class	2
2012	Destroyer Akizuki 2010 class	2
2013	Frigate Incheon class	1
2014	Assault Carrier America (2014) class	2
2017	Guided-Missile Destroyer Hobart class	1
2017	Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) Ford class	2
2018	Destroyer Asahi class	2
2019	Guided-Missile Frigate Adulyade class	1
2020	Guided-Missile Destroyer Maya class	2
2022	Frigate Type 26 class	2

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1980-apr	USS America CV-66	Aircraft Carrier America (1965) class	3x CIWS fitted during refit
1989	HMS Fearless L10	Landing Ship/Platform Dock Fearless class	refit at HMD Devonport, including replacement of guns and her 4x quadruple Seacat launchers for new 20mm and Phalanx CIWS. Completed 1991.
1990	HMS Edinburgh D97	Guided-Missile Destroyer Type 42 (Batch 3)	included addition of a pair of Phalanx CIWS, completed 1991
1999	RFA Fort George A388	Support Ship Fort II class (1992)	fitted with Phalanx CIWS
1999-feb-1	RFA Fort Victoria A387	Support Ship Fort II class (1992)	refit at Babcocks, until Jun 1999, fitted with Phalanx CIWS
2017-mar	HMS Albion L14	Landing Ship/Platform Dock Albion class	Received 2 sets of Phalanx to replace Goalkeeper. Rejoined the Fleet after refit on 21 Jul.
2018	RFA Wave Knight A389	Support Ship Wave class	Completed refit in Dec 2018, with Phalanx now fitted to the previously provided mount stations, fore and aft.

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CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

1980

Specifications

Used by

Refits

In Service