CIWS Phalanx 20 mm Close-In Weapon System

CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

Specifications

Used by

Refits

1980

Specifications

Used by

Refits

In Service

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

0	Type 26 City class guided-missile frigate FFG	2
0	Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier v stol CVS	3
1961	Iwo Jima class assault carrier LH	2
1964	Sacramento class support ship AO	2
1965	America (1965) class aircraft carrier CV	3
1965	Hamilton class coast guards W	1
1965	Fearless class landing ship/platform dock L	2
1968	John F Kennedy class aircraft carrier CV	3
1968	Kilauea class support ship AO	1
1969	Wichita class support ship AO	2
1969	Protecteur class support ship AO	2
1970	Blue Ridge class command ship LCC	1
1973	Haruna class helicopter carrier H	2
1975	Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigate FFG	1
1975	Nimitz class aircraft carrier (nuclear powered) CVN	4
1976	Tachikaze class guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
1976	Tarawa class assault carrier LH	2
1980	Adelaide class guided-missile frigate FFG	1
1980	Type 42 (Batch 3) guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
1980	Invincible class aircraft carrier v stol CVS	3
1981	Kidd class guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
1981	Cimarron class support ship AO	2
1983	Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser CG	2
1985	Whidbey Island class landing ship/platform dock L	2
1986	Asagiri class destroyer DD	2
1986	Improved Nimitz class aircraft carrier (nuclear powered) CVN	4
1986	Hatakaze class guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
1989	Wasp class assault carrier LH	3
1989	Abukuma class frigate FF	1
1990	Vasco da Gama class frigate FF	1
1991	Arleigh Burke Flight I class guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
1991	Iroquois TRUMP class guided-missile destroyer DDG	1
1992	City class frigate FF	1
1992	Fort II class (1992) support ship AO	2
1992	Hydra class frigate FF	2
1993	Kongo class guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
1993	Cheng Kung class guided-missile frigate FFG	1
1993	Sa'ar 5-class corvette FS	1
1994	Phutthayotfa Chulalok class frigate FF	1
1995	Harpers Ferry class landing ship/platform dock L	2
1996	Murasame class destroyer DD	2
1998	Osumi class landing ship/platform dock L	2
1998	Ocean class assault carrier LH	3
2003	Wave class support ship AO	2
2003	Takanami class destroyer DD	2
2006	Bay class landing ship/platform dock L	2
2007	Atago class guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
2008	National Security Cutter coast guards W	1
2009	Hyuga class helicopter carrier H	2
2012	Akizuki 2010 class destroyer DD	2
2012	Tide class support ship AO	2
2013	Incheon class frigate FF	1
2014	America (2014) class assault carrier LH	2
2017	Hobart class guided-missile destroyer DDG	1
2017	Ford class aircraft carrier (nuclear powered) CVN	2
2017	Bayraktar class landing ship/platform dock L	2
2018	Asahi class destroyer DD	2
2019	Adulyade class guided-missile frigate FFG	1
2020	Maya class guided-missile destroyer DDG	2
2022	Type 26 class frigate FF	2

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-01	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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