Builders:
N : New York Shipbuilding, Camden, United States
T : Puget Sound, Seattle, United States
Dimensions:
792' x 107' 9" x 38' / 241.40m x 32.90m x 11.60m
Displacement:
18700 tons std / 56600 tons max
Complement:
33 + 567
Armament:
All ships:
Eight 3" guns in four twin turrets.
Aircraft Facilities:
A flightdeck and hangar for three helicopters is fitted, although the normal complement would be
two UH-46 Sea Knights for VERTREP operations.
Armour:
None known.
Powerplant:
Four boilers with four General Electric steam turbines producing a total of 100000shp on two shafts.
Maximum speed is 29kts and range at 17kts is 10000NM or 6000NM @ 26kts.
Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Mk23 fire control
Mk95 Sea Sparrow fire control
Sonar:
None carried.
Other:
Mk91 Sea Sparrow fire control
SLQ-32 EW suite
Miscellaneous:
An SLQ-25 Nixie towed decoy is fitted. Maximum stores load is 23718 tons oil, 2150 tons munitions and
750 tons dry stores.