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  • DDG-62 USS Fitzgerald

    US US Navy




    1995 to present    



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    Call Sign: NFTZ
    Shipyard: Bath Iron Works


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    History of US DDG-62 USS Fitzgerald

    1990-feb-22Ordered
    1993-feb-9Laid down
    1994-jan-29Launched
    1995-oct-14Commissioned
    1999-oct-9DeploymentSan Francisco Naval Shipyard Pier 35 San Francisco Fleet Week 1999 Present for Fleet Week 1999.
    2011-marDeploymentEarthquake/Tsunami Relief Operation Tomodachi - Tohoku Earthquake Relief Contributed to Earthquake and Tsunami relief operations off Japanese east coast.
    2016-junRefitJPYokosuka Naval Base In Yokosuka at Extended Drydocked Selective Restricted Availability (EDSRA) (effectively intense maintenance / refit). Complete by Apr 2017
    2017-jun-17DeploymentAccident collided with container ship c 45nm SW of Yokosuka, while operating with US 7th Fleet. Subsequently towed back to Yokosuka Naval Base and then transported to Pascagoula on heavy lift vessel mv Transshelf for repair.

    Specifications

       

        from Arleigh Burke Flight I class
    280crew
    6800light (tn)
    8800full load (tn)
    154length (m)
    20beam (m)
    9.40draught (m)
    4400range (nm)
    31max speed (knots)
    100000power (shp)
    4Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
    2Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon
    2Missile Launcher Mk 41 VLS
    2Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm
    1Naval Gun Mark 45 5/54 inch (127mm)
    2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
    2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm
    1Chaff and decoys AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
    1Chaff and decoys AN/SLQ-32 EW
    1Chaff and decoys AN/SLQ-39 chaff buoys
    1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC
    1Aids AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III
    1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPY-1 AEGIS
    1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67
    1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-73
    1Sonar hull mounted sonar AN/SQS-53
    1Sonar towed array sonar AN/SQR-19

    Aircraft

       

        Typical Max
    Landing platform only. No hangar
    US US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 01

    The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard    

    Builder

       

    US Bath Iron Works,



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