Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

USS Roosevelt, a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke–class destroyer at sea
Class overview
NameArleigh Burke class
Builders
  • Ingalls Shipbuilding
  • Bath Iron Works
Operators United States Navy
Preceded by
  • Kidd class
  • Spruance class
Succeeded by
CostUS$2.2 billion per ship (FY2024)[1][N 1]
Built1988–2011, 2013–present
In commission1991–present
Planned99
On orderFlight III: 15
BuildingFlight III: 6
Completed78 (Active ships + 2 Flight III and 2 Flight IIA Technology Insertion)
Active
  • Total 74:
  • Flight I: 21
  • Flight II: 7
  • Flight IIA: 34
  • Flight IIA Restart: 3
  • Flight IIA Technology Insertion: 8
  • Flight III: 1
Retired0
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer
Displacement
  • Fully loaded:
  • Flight I: 8,300 long tons (8,400 t)[2]
  • Flight II: 8,400 long tons (8,500 t)[3]
  • Flight IIA: 9,500 long tons (9,700 t)[4]
  • Flight III: 9,700 long tons (9,900 t)[5]
Length
  • Flights I & II: 505 ft (154 m)[6]
  • Flights IIA & III: 509.5 ft (155.3 m)[6]
Beam66 ft (20 m)[2]
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)[2]
Installed power
  • Flights I & II: 3 × AG9130 generator sets (2,500 kW (3,400 hp) each, 450 V)[7]
  • Flight IIA: 3 × AG9140 generator sets (3,000 kW (4,000 hp) each, 450 V)[8]
  • Flight III: 3 × AG9160 generator sets (4,000 kW (5,400 hp) each, 4,160 V)[9][10]
Propulsion
  • 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines each generating 26,250 bhp (19,570 kW);[11]
  • coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable-pitch propeller;
  • Total output: 105,000 bhp (78,000 kW)
SpeedIn excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[6]
Range4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[2]
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × rigid-hull inflatable boats[12]
Complement
  • Flight I: 303 total[13]
  • Flight IIA: 23 officers, 300 enlisted[13]
Sensors &
processing systems
  • AN/SPY-1D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA)
  • AN/SPY-6(V)1 AESA 3D radar (Flight III)
  • AN/SPS-67(V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 – DDG-118)
  • AN/SPQ-9B surface search radar (DDG-119 onwards)
  • AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 – DDG-86)
  • BridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onwards)
  • 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar
  • Mk 46 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA)[14]
  • Mk 20 electro-optical sight system (Flight III)[15]
  • AN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system:
    • AN/SQS-53C sonar array
    • AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II, IIA)
    • TB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onwards)
    • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures
  • Mk 36 Mod 12 decoy launching systems
  • Mk 53 Nulka decoy launching systems
  • Mk 59 decoy launching systems[16]
Armament
  • Main Gun:
  • DDG-51 to 80: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 Mk 45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun)
  • DDG-81 onwards: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun)
  • CIWS:
  • DDG-51 to 84: 2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS on front and rear
  • DDG-85 onwards: 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS on rear
  • Eight destroyers:[N 2] 1 × SeaRAM (occupying a rear Phalanx CIWS slot)
  • Autocannons and heavy machine guns:
  • 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) M242 Bushmaster equipped Mk 38 machine gun systems
  • 4 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 Browning heavy machine guns
  • Canister launched anti-ship missiles:
  • Flights I & II only: 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher with 4 or 8 Harpoon missiles
  • DDG-62: 4 × Naval Strike Missile (Harpoon missiles removed)
  • Vertical Launching System:
  • Flights I & II: 1 × 29-cell, 1 × 61-cell (90 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system
  • Flights IIA & III: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system
  • Mix of:
    • BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile family
      • Land-attack variant
      • Anti-ship variant (future)
    • RIM-161 SM-3 SAM
    • RIM-174 SM-6 SAM
    • RIM-156 SM-2ER Blk. IV SAM
    • RIM-66 SM-2MR SAM
    • RIM-162 ESSM SAM (quad-packed capable)
    • RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC anti-submarine missile
  • Torpedoes:
  • 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:
    • Mark 46 lightweight torpedo
    • Mark 50 lightweight torpedo
    • Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
  • Others:
  • Six destroyers:[N 3] 1 × Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy
  • DDG-88: 1 × High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS)
Armor130 tons of Kevlar splinter protection around vital areas[17]
Aircraft carried
  • Flights I & II: None
  • Flights IIA & III: Up to two MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities
  • Flights I & II: Flight deck with LAMPS III electronics
  • Flights IIA & III: Flight deck with LAMPS III electronics and two hangars

The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyers centered around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multifunction passive electronically scanned array radar. The class is named after Arleigh Burke, an American destroyer admiral in World War II and later Chief of Naval Operations. With an overall length of 505 to 509.5 feet (153.9 to 155.3 m), displacement ranging from 8,300 to 9,700 tons, and weaponry including over 90 missiles, the Arleigh Burke–class destroyers are larger and more heavily armed than many previous classes of guided-missile cruisers.

These warships are multimission destroyers able to conduct antiaircraft warfare with Aegis and surface-to-air missiles; tactical land strikes with Tomahawk missiles; antisubmarine warfare (ASW) with towed array sonar, antisubmarine rockets, and ASW helicopters; and antisurface warfare (ASuW) with ship-to-ship missiles and guns. With upgrades to their AN/SPY-1 radar systems and their associated missile payloads as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, as well as the introduction of the AN/SPY-6 radar system, the class has also evolved capability as mobile antiballistic missile and antisatellite platforms.

The lead ship of the class, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned during Admiral Burke's lifetime on 4 July 1991. With the decommissioning of the last Spruance-class destroyer, USS Cushing, on 21 September 2005, the Arleigh Burke–class ships became the U.S. Navy's only active destroyers until the Zumwalt class became active in 2016. The Arleigh Burke class has the longest production run of any U.S. Navy surface combatant. As of January 2025, 74 are active, with 25 more planned to enter service.

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