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  • DDG-71 USS Ross

    US US Navy




    1997 to present    



    DDG-71 USS Ross

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    MMSI: 368938000
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    Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding


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    History of US DDG-71 USS Ross

    1994-apr-8Ordered
    1995-apr-10Laid down
    1996-mar-22Launched
    1997-jun-28Commissioned
    2014-junHomeportESRota Naval Base Homebased at NAVSTA Rota as part of Forward deployed naval forces (FDNF)
    2014-sep-5Port VisitROConstanta Naval Base visited Constanța
    2015-oct-3DeploymentUKNorth Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 15-2 participated in JW 15-2 off north west coast of Scotland
    2016-sepDeploymentEastern Mediterranean Opération Chammal Part of French Carrier Group against ISIS
    2016-oct-24AircraftEastern Mediterranean Escorting Charles de Gaulle during operations against ISIS. French Panther 486 aboard
    2017-apr-7DeploymentSyria gas attack retaliation launched Tomahawk missiles against al Sharyat airbase in Syria, while operating with US 6th Fleet from Eastern Mediterranean, with USS Porter.
    2018-mar-24Port VisitUKHMD Devonport Visited Devonport
    2019-jun-9Deployment BALTOPS 19 participated in BALTOPS 19, exercising with HSM-70.
    2020-sepDeploymentparticipated in Joint Exercise in high arctic with KNM Thor Heyerdahl, HMS Sutherland and RFA Tidespring.
    2020-oct-4DeploymentUKNorth Western Approaches JW 20-2 Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2 Participated in Ex Joint Warrior 20-2 off NW Scotland
    2021-may Formidable Shield 2021

    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
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    Builder

       

    US Ingalls Shipbuilding,



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