Living quarters em arley burke. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. combat capabilities of the destroyer "Arleigh Burke"
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The Orpi Burke-class guided missile destroyers, equipped with a gas turbine propulsion system, replaced the Kuntz-class guided missile destroyers and the Leghi and Belknap-type guided missile cruisers.
Initially it was assumed that it would be a cheaper ship than the Ticonderoga-class cruiser, with less combat capabilities. However, it has become a multi-role warship with very large combat capabilities based on the presence of modern weapons and other combat systems.
The guided missile destroyer Orpey Burke (DDG 51) became the first large American warship built using stealth technology, which reduced the ship's radar signature. Initially, it was planned to use these ships in confrontation with the USSR Navy, but currently they carry out anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and anti-ship defense of the advanced groups of the US Navy, as well as strike ground targets during operations in crisis regions.
The hull configuration of these ships significantly improved their seaworthiness and made it possible to maintain high speeds in difficult sea conditions. The ship's structures, except for the masts, made of aluminum alloys to reduce weight, are made of steel. Combat posts and power plant premises are additionally protected by Kevlar armor. Surprisingly, destroyers of this type became the first ships in the US Navy capable of conducting combat operations in conditions of the use of weapons mass destruction due to complete sealing of the hull and superstructures.
The AN/SPY-1D phased array radar has significantly increased the capabilities of the AEGIS system, especially in the face of enemy electronic warfare.
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The AEGIS system is capable of repelling a massive attack by existing and future cruise missiles on ships of the American group. A conventional radar with a rotating antenna “sees” the target when the antenna beam illuminates it once per full revolution around its axis. To track this target, another radar is required.
In the AEGIS radar system, these processes are combined. The four phased array antennas of the SPY-1D radar radiate energy in all directions at once, providing continuous search and tracking simultaneously. The SPY-1D radar and the Mk 99 fire control system ensure the destruction of aircraft and cruise missiles enemy at long range with Standard missiles launched from the UVP. For self-defense, ZAK "Phalanx" Block 1 is used.
The US Navy planned to have 57 Orly Burke-class destroyers in service by 2004, but budget restrictions imposed by the US Congress pushed this deadline until 2008. One element of the design of these ships that was criticized was the lack of a helicopter hangar, although the first 28 destroyers have a pad for the SH-60 helicopter.
The helicopter hangar is installed on PA series destroyers. They are also equipped with an enlarged air defense device, a new 127 mm artillery gun and an improved REV.
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The former contender for the title of winner of regional martial arts competitions has completely lost touch with reality and now attaches importance to things that are, to put it mildly, strange - he occasionally stretches his flabby muscles, hurting kids in the yard, and spends most of his time in comatose, shaking in the convulsions of another overdose...
As the reader has already guessed, we are not talking about a living person, but about a ship - a destroyer with a guided missile weapon (uh URO) type. The destroyer is unusual in many ways, a recognized record holder for a number of combat characteristics and construction volumes.
62 ships built as of 2013 - the number of American "Burks" exceeds the number of destroyers flying the flags of all other countries in the world combined! At the same time, the construction of the Berks continues: two more ships of the new IIA+ series were laid down in 2011. In total, according to plans, series IIA+ will include 9 units. And then even more advanced “Berkes” of series III (Flight III) will pour in like a steel avalanche - twenty units after 2020.
USS John McCain (DDG-56) launched, 1992
This does not take into account foreign “replicas” of the American destroyer - the Japanese Atago and Kongo, the Spanish Alvaro de Basan, the South Korean King Shojong... The situation is taking a simply frightening turn. "Aegis" are spreading around the world like poisonous insects.
The massive appearance of the Berks is the result of maximum standardization and unification of the US Navy: in the near future, only one type of universal destroyer should remain in the fleet, which will replace all existing (or existing) types of missile cruisers, destroyers and frigates.
How fair is such a decision? Will the Aegis destroyer be able to effectively solve the problems of ships of other classes?
The answer is obvious - the destroyer "Burke" will brilliantly cope with the tasks of any frigate, but the economy of any country will "bend" from such "standardization" - a destroyer with a displacement of 10 thousand tons instead of a 4-5 thousand-ton frigate! The Yankees build their ships on unpaid credit, so they don’t think too much about the exorbitant costs of the fleet. Despite the fact that the cost of the latest “Berkes” is estimated at between 1.8...2 billion dollars.
Will the admirals ask for 20 more destroyers? Sure, not a problem…
Scenarios for the development of the US Navy until 2042. The first, optimistic, assumes a 40-year-old life cycle destroyers. The second, pessimistic, with limited funding, assumes a 35-year cycle. The plans are to keep the number of destroyers at 90 units.
Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-47) will definitely be decommissioned by 2028. Burkes of series I and II (DDG-51) are gradually being replaced by DDG-51 series III. Zamvolts (DDG-1000) - narrow band, series of three experimental destroyers DDG(X) - a new generation destroyer. No one even knows what he will look like yet
Why is the domestic BOD not inferior to Burke?
90 missile launchers. The Aegis combat information and control system, which combines all detection and communication means, a weapons complex and systems for combating the survivability of the ship. Reliable and efficient power plant. Housing built using stealth technology. A multifunctional robot ship capable of destroying targets on land, under water and in the air.
However, first impressions are deceiving. Admiration when meeting the Arleigh Burke quickly gives way to suspicion about the discrepancy between its declared combat capabilities and the real state of affairs.
After all, created as a “castrated” version of the Ticonderoga missile cruiser, the Burke destroyer initially did not have high performance and was a “step back” in terms of creating surface combat ships. The only thing that attracted the admirals to this project was the declared low cost and efficiency: according to initial calculations, the destroyer was supposed to retain 2/3 of the capabilities of a cruiser at 1/2 of its cost. But even these figures turned out to be overly optimistic.
Launched to the sound of fanfare, the lead USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) turned out to be far from the idea of an “ideal” destroyer.
Truth is known through comparison. To understand the main problems faced by American sailors, I propose to take for comparison its Soviet/Russian peers - large anti-submarine ships of projects 1155 and 1155.1.
Even for its intended purpose - as an air defense ship - the design of the Burke raised a lot of questions. First and most important - why does the super destroyer have only three target illumination radars? Of these, there is only one in the front hemisphere. Clear evidence that the destroyer, contrary to its stated qualities, is not capable of repelling massive air attacks.
For comparison, the Soviet BOD, which was never positioned as an air defense ship, was equipped with two antenna guidance posts for ZR95 missiles. Each radar with phased array provided SIMULTANEOUS guidance of up to 8 missiles at 4 air targets in a sector of 60 x 60 degrees.
A small number of radar illumination and a limited number of targets fired are not all the problems of the American destroyer. The leadership of the US Navy ignored the sailors' claims to the AN/SPY-1 multifunctional radar (of course! after billions were invested in the program to create a super radar, there is no turning back).
The main component of the Aegis system is a powerful three-dimensional radar with four fixed phased array antennas, capable of detecting and automatically tracking hundreds of air targets, programming the autopilots of launched anti-aircraft missiles and tracking targets in low Earth orbit.
In practice, it showed the opposite. Despite its ultra-modern appearance and extensive capabilities for controlling airspace at long distances, The AN/SPY-1 radar turned out to be “low-blind” when detecting low-flying targets (LTC)- and rightly so!
Typically, on warships, specialized radars are used to detect high-speed NLCs - for example, the domestic Podkat radar with a narrowly directed search beam and a high data update frequency or the dual-band Japanese radar with active phased array FCS-3A, operating in the C frequency bands (wavelength 7.5 up to 3.75 cm) and X (wavelength from 3.75 to 2.5 cm).
The Americans probably believed that they were smarter than everyone else, so they tried to solve the problem of detecting NLCs using the multifunctional AN/SPY-1 - one radar for all occasions! At the cost of enormous effort, the programming team managed to “drown out” the interference and teach the AN/SPY-1 to scan with a narrow beam over a small elevation angle. But how effective was the AN/SPY-1 in this mode?
There is still no information in the open press about the Aegis hitting supersonic air targets at extremely low altitudes - probably the American Burkes have never learned to deal with such threats. A fired "Mosquito" or Russian-Indian "Brahmos" is highly likely to break through the air defense/missile defense system of the destroyer and hit the target.
In addition, the AN/SPY-1's ability to detect NLCs is limited due to the poor location of the antenna devices: unlike other ships, where they try to place antenna posts on the tops of masts, the AN/SPY-1 phased array antennas hang on the walls of the superstructure, like paintings in the Tretyakov Gallery.
This gives the ship a stylish, modern look, but reduces the detection range of the NLC (radio horizon problem). Finally, as follows from the specifics of the radar itself, four fixed phased arrays are not the best solution when repelling massive attacks from one direction. One of the grids becomes overloaded with information, while the other three are inactive.
By now, "Arleigh Burke" with its AN/SPY-1 is completely outdated - modern British "Darings", French-Italian "Horizons" or Japanese "Akizuki" are head and shoulders superior American destroyer on air defense capabilities, especially in matters of intercepting high-speed NLCs.
Destroyers of other navies have long used radars with active phased arrays (SAMPSON, S1850, FCS-3A). Anti-aircraft missiles are flying with might and main active heads homing (European PAAMS air defense system with Aster family missiles). But the Americans have nothing like that! Burke still uses outdated technology with the low-blind AN/SPY-1 radar and the Standard-2 and RIM-162 ESSM semi-actively guided missiles. Moreover, as mentioned above, the destroyer has only three AN/SPG-62 illumination radars, capable of simultaneously targeting only one missile.
The presence of SM-3 supermunitions, capable of hitting targets at extra-atmospheric altitudes, gives the destroyer nothing in real combat - the three-stage SM-3 interceptor is useless against aircraft and low-flying anti-ship missiles.
That's it. The superhero turned out to be in fact a “frare” with very mediocre characteristics.
If the capabilities of the destroyer Burke to repel air attacks can be defined as “average,” then its anti-submarine and anti-ship capabilities are assessed as “below average,” or even “none at all.”
For example, the first 28 destroyers (Flight I and II) did not have a helicopter hangar at all - only a landing pad at the stern. At a time when domestic BODs carried two anti-submarine helicopters on board!
Further comparison of the anti-submarine (ASW) capabilities of the first "Burks" with the BOD pr. 1155 (code "Udaloy") is like a "one-sided game."
Our BODs were equipped with a grandiose hydroacoustic station “Polynom” weighing 800 tons. The detection range of submarines, torpedoes and sea mines under favorable hydrological conditions could reach 40-50 km. Even the most modern modifications of the American AN/SQS-53 sonar can hardly boast of such characteristics.
On board the BOD there were eight anti-submarine missile torpedoes with a launch range of up to 50 km (Rastrub-B/Vodopad-NK), not counting auxiliary equipment in the form of RBU. For comparison: the modernized American RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC missile-torpedoes are capable of hitting targets at a range of no more than 22 km. From the point of view of real conditions, 22 and 50 km are no longer of particular importance, due to the difficulty of detecting submarines at such distances. However, the numbers speak against Burke...
The anti-submarine capabilities of Aegis destroyers have increased noticeably only since the IIA series (the lead destroyer, Oscar Austin, was commissioned into the Navy in 2000). The entire aft section of the ships of this series was completely reconfigured, where two hangars appeared to accommodate Sea Hawk helicopters of the LAMPS III PLO system.
As one of the readers of Military Review cleverly put it, modern ships are not designed for naval combat. They are designed for comfortable service of contract soldiers in Peaceful time.
This statement fully applies to Arleigh Burke-class destroyers - Wi-Fi, swimming pools and restaurant meals, 4.4 sq. m. meters of living space for each sailor... The only thing that the ship's designers forgot about is that the destroyer must be able to conduct sea battle. But the modern “Burke” is absolutely not capable of this.
BOD "Admiral Chabanenko" (project 1155.1), accepted into the Navy in 1999.
The new Vodopad-NK PLUR complex, launched through conventional launch vehicles, made it possible to place eight supersonic Moskit anti-ship missiles on board. The bow battery of 100 mm guns has been replaced with a twin automatic 130 mm AK-130 mount. Rapid-fire AK-630 replaced with 2 ZRAK "Dirk"
In addition to the general “fragility” of the design, characteristic of all modern ships (the destroyer Cole failed after a boat with 200-300 kg of explosives exploded next to its side, 17 sailors died, 34 were wounded. Complete loss of speed and combat effectiveness - it’s not hard to imagine that will occur in the event of a direct hit on a US Navy destroyer by the most modest anti-ship missile) - in addition to low survivability and resistance to combat damage, The modern Burke is completely devoid of anti-ship weapons!
The presence of a universal “five-inch gun” and the theoretical possibility of firing missiles at surface ships can be neglected.
How so?
Very simple. The destroyers of the first series were equipped with two formidable naval combat systems:
- specialized subsonic anti-ship missiles "Harpoon" (firing range 130 km, speed 0.85 M, warhead weight 225 kg) in two quad Mk141 launchers at the stern of the destroyer;
- BGM-109B TASM anti-ship missiles, which are a modification of the well-known Tomahawk SLCM. The TERCOM relief guidance system has been replaced with an active radar seeker, similar to the Harpoon missiles.
Despite ridicule about its subsonic speed (0.75M), the anti-ship Tomahawk was a difficult-to-detect lethal munition, flying on the cruising stage at an altitude of only a few meters above the crests of the waves (unlike the Soviet monsters P-500/700/1000, which soared up a couple of tens of kilometers). The low speed and obsolescence of the control center data were compensated for by special flight modes at the final part of the trajectory (snake search). Finally, the flight range of five thousand kilometers and a warhead weighing 450 kg are 2-3 times greater than that of conventional small-sized anti-ship missiles (exotic bulky Granites and Vulcans do not count).
During the 1990s, a number of BGM-109B Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missles were routinely carried in vertical launch bays on board U.S. Navy destroyers and cruisers.
Standard Arleigh Burke Series I stern layout.Two AN/SPG-62 illumination radars to cover the aft corners (behind the chimneys), a Phalanx carriage (the complex itself was dismantled for technical reasons), Mk.141 inclined launchers for the Harpun anti-ship missile system and, finally, UVP cells with "Tomahawks"
Alas, by now “Burke” has completely degraded. Due to the disappearance of the only worthy enemy - the USSR Navy, the anti-ship Tomahawk turned into unnecessary ballast. The BGM-109B was completely retired in the early 2000s.
On IIA series destroyers, the installation of anti-ship missiles was generally considered an unnecessary and useless exercise. As a result, Burke lost its last weapon, the Harpoon anti-ship missile. Of course, the sailors did not think of giving up missiles - everything was decided for them by the fleet command, which sought to reduce the already exorbitant costs.
As a result, a shameful situation has arisen: any Iranian corvette or MRK can “hit” the defenseless “Burke” with a pair of anti-ship missiles, and the American destroyer will not even have anything to snap back at.
Realizing their helplessness, the sailors made a fuss. The result of the debate was the LRASM (Long Range Anti Ship Missle) project - the development of a long-range subsonic stealth anti-ship missile based on the AGM-158 JASSM aircraft cruise missile launched from Mk41 UVP cells.
Instead of a high-speed “race to the bottom,” LRASM relies on an “intelligent” breakthrough of the enemy’s air defense/missile defense system - high autonomy, stealth, complex evasive maneuvers, and jamming. The new missile is expected to enter service with the US Navy in the second half of this decade.
In the meantime... the Americans are helplessly clenching their fists at the sight of Iranian missile corvettes.
Another moment of degradation of the Arleigh Burke - the last destroyers enter service without close-range self-defense systems. The usual one was recognized as an obsolete weapon, and in return the destroyer received... an empty space. It was initially assumed that the radar-guided anti-aircraft guns would be replaced by the RIM-116 Rolling Airfame Missle (RAM) - a 21-round launcher on a Phalanx carriage; rocket design - fuselage from the aircraft Sidewinder + infrared seeker from the Stinger MANPADS. The complex is suitable for hitting air targets at a range of up to 9 km.
However, it was decided to save money on the self-defense air defense system. "Burke" lost its last line of defense.
USS Spruance (DDG-111) is a Series IIA destroyer. At the stern is an outdated Phalanx. There is emptiness in front
At present strike weapons Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are limited to Tomahawk cruise missiles - many modifications with different guidance algorithms and types of warheads. In this category, American destroyers have no equal - the Burke in its “strike” version is capable of taking on board 56 Axes. A powerful missile launcher for local combat operations, capable of finishing off the air defense of any “banana republic” with one salvo. The main thing is not to get close to the shore, otherwise you can get hit hard by counterfeit Chinese C-802 anti-ship missiles and other “wonderwaffes” that have proliferated around the world in extraordinary quantities. There is no hope for AN/SPY-1, and instead of the good old Phalanx, the Americans now, sorry, have a bare butt.
Lots of plans
I wonder how the Yankees are going to fight on these, even now outdated, “tubs” for the next 50 years? After all, no matter how much the Pentagon puffs itself up, the US Navy will not have any other destroyers in the near future (three experimental Zamvolts do not make a difference).
Even if we assume the emergence of promising DD(X) destroyers in the 2030s, the Burkes will remain the backbone of the US Navy's surface component until at least mid-century. And according to a number of forecasts, the last of the Burke destroyers will leave the active composition in the 2070s! No other type of ship in history has remained in service in the “first line” for such a long time.
Changing the gun barrel length from 54 to 62 calibers will not get you off here. As well as the addition of various high-tech systems (for example, MASKER, which supplies air bubbles to the bottom of the ship to reduce hydroacoustic signature). Autonomous robotic mine detectors RMS, active rockets, five armored bulkheads in the superstructure... no! We need something fundamentally different!
The Yankees really hope for the Third Series (Flight III). There is no exact information on these ships. Surely even the developers themselves have not yet decided on the appearance of the modernized Burke.
But one thing is already clear - the AN/SPY-1 radar will be retired. Instead, there will be a radar with an active phased array AMDR or something similar - extremely energy-intensive, for control upper layers atmosphere and LEO. Having suffered a fiasco with the “universal” destroyer, the Yankees are increasingly inclined to the idea of turning the Berks into floating rocket launch sites national system PRO.
There are plans to redesign the engine rooms - instead of gas turbines, the destroyers will be equipped with full electric propulsion. If necessary, one of the helicopter hangars will be donated to install an additional generator.
A 155-mm long-range AGS cannon instead of a bow gun, active defense systems based on laser weapons, new types of missile ammunition, target designation from F-35 fighter radars...
Testing and small-scale assembly of SM-6 anti-aircraft missiles are in full swing. Raytheon promises to deliver the first large batch to the Navy in 2015. The Yankees, 10 years late, still hope to adopt active-guided missiles.
The “degradation” of the destroyer Burke is nothing more than a cruel joke. The modern American destroyer really does not shine with its performance characteristics, but sooner or later quantity turns into quality. The Yankees do have a lot of destroyers, and even more plans to modernize them.
Destroyers"Arleigh Burke" type (Russian “Arly Burke”) - a type of fourth-generation URO (guided missile) destroyers. Destroyers have been built for the US Navy since 1988, and construction of ships of this type continues. The type was named after the lead ship, the guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke, named after an American admiral of World War II. The first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was commissioned into the US Atlantic Fleet on July 4, 1991. After the decommissioning of the last destroyer of the type on September 21, 2005 "Spruance" USS Cushing remains the only type of guided missile destroyer in the US Navy - the Arleigh Burke destroyers.
As of May 2010, the Arleigh Burke destroyer is the largest-scale type of surface warship with a total displacement of more than 5,000 tons in the entire post-war history of the fleet. Considering the rather low pace of construction of destroyers in other countries, in the coming years no country in the world will be able to break this unique record.
In addition to the US fleet, four Arleigh Burke-class ships, albeit with a slightly modified design and built to civilian standards (Kongo-class destroyers), are in service with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces. In 2000, it was planned to introduce three more ships into the Japanese Navy by 2010, modernized to the level of series IIA, but currently the construction of these ships has been abandoned in favor of more advanced ones Atago-class destroyers .
Purpose of ships of this type
The main combat missions assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers include:
- Protecting your own aircraft carrier and ship strike groups from massive missile attacks by the enemy, who uses anti-ship missiles launched both from surface ships and from nuclear submarines with missile systems.
- Air defense of one's own forces (naval formations, convoys or individual ships) from enemy aircraft.
- Combating enemy submarines and surface ships;
- Ensuring a naval blockade of certain areas;
- Artillery support for landing operations;
- Tracking enemy ships;
- Participation in search and rescue operations.
History of the development of the construction of ships of the series
Development history
Development of a new type of guided missile destroyers capable of complementing 31 destroyers "Spruance" type and replace destroyers of previous types, began in the late 1970s and ultimately led to the creation of the appearance of ships of this type and the emergence of a program for their construction. A fundamentally new type of URO destroyers was supposed to be a means of achieving superiority for the US Navy over the Navy of the Soviet Union. Initially, the development of a new destroyer design was proposed in 1980 to the designers of seven shipbuilding enterprises. Their number had already been reduced to three companies in 1983: Todd Shipyards, Bath Iron Works, and Ingalls Shipbuilding.
As a result, on April 5, 1985, the Bath Iron Works shipyard received a contract to build the first ship of the Ι series. The contract was concluded for $321.9 million, and the total cost of the first-born destroyer along with weapons was $1.1 billion (in 1983 prices). The Bath Iron Works shipyard also received a contract to build the 3rd and 4th destroyers in the series, and later sought more and more new contracts. The second destroyer of the first series was ordered to a second company, Ingalls Shipbuilding (Todd Shipyards was unable to secure a contract).
Serial construction
After the order for the construction of the first three destroyers (DDG-51 - 53) on December 13, 1988, an order followed for the construction of five more destroyers of the series. This order was followed on February 22, 1990 by a new one for the construction of an additional five destroyers, then the shipyards received an order (dated January 16, 1991) for four more destroyers. Last order on five destroyers of the first series of the ship was received by the Bath Iron Works and Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyards on April 8, 1992, and the last of the five destroyers ordered in 1992, Mahan, was completed as a ship of the Flight II series.
Orders for ships of the II series were distributed as follows: January 19 - 21, 1993 - four destroyers (DDG-73 - DDG-76), July 20, 1994 - three (DDG-77 - DDG-79), and the last of these three destroyers, Oscar Austin, built according to the Flight IIA project.
Orders for the construction of series IIA ships were carried out in the following terms: January 6, 1995 - three units. (DDG-80 - DDG-82), June 20, 1996 - two units. (DDG-83 - DDG-84), December 13, 1996 - four units. (DDG-85 - DDG-88), March 6, 1998 - thirteen units. (DDG-89 - DDG-101), September 13, 2002 - eleven units. (DDG-102 - DDG-112), June 15, 2011 - one unit. (DDG-113), September 27, 2011 - two units. (DDG-114 - DDG-115), option announced for DDG-116.
At the beginning of June 2011, the construction of 75 destroyers of this type is planned, of which 61 ships have already been built and 2-3 new ships are commissioned annually. The last, 61st destroyer of the series, Spruance, was commissioned into the US Navy on October 1, 2011. After the refusal in July 2008 from the large-scale construction of destroyers of the DDG-1000 type, plans emerged to build another 8-11 ships of the Arleigh Burke type in addition to the already ordered 62 and to increase the total number of built destroyers of the series to 70-73 units. The construction of new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers following the USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) allows shipyards The United States will not interrupt the production of destroyers until the start serial production at these enterprises, cruisers of new types CG(X) and CGN(X), which is expected no earlier than 2015 (except for the small-scale construction of DDG-1000 destroyers). In December 2009, the US Navy awarded a $117 million contract to purchase materials for the destroyer DDG-113, and in April 2010, a $114 million contract to purchase materials for the destroyer DDG-114.
In June 2011, it became known that the leadership of the US Navy had decided to increase the order for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and continue their construction until at least 2031. As part of the 2012 and 2013 programs, it is planned to develop a new improved modification of the destroyer - Series III, according to which, starting in 2016 (from the ship DDG-122), 24 new ships of this type should be laid down. It is planned that ships from DDG-113 to DDG-121 will gradually be “saturated” with Series III technologies.
Construction cost
The cost of building the lead destroyer in 1983 prices was $1.1 billion. In 2004, the average cost of building one ship of the IIA series was $1.1 - 1.25 billion, and the annual cost of servicing one ship (with one repair every two years )= $20 million. By 2009, due to inflation, the cost of one destroyer of the third subseries (Flight IIa) increased to $1.4 billion (equivalent in purchasing power parity to 26.32 billion rubles), and the annual maintenance cost to $ 25 million
The bulk of the funds from the total cost of construction and armament of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers goes directly to the acquisition and installation of weapons systems on destroyers. Thus, 6 destroyer hulls ordered by Bath Iron Works for laying in 2002-2005 cost $3,170,973,112, the cost of 4 hulls ordered by Ingalls Shipbuilding at the same time = $1,968,269,674, from which the average price can easily be subtracted hull of one destroyer, equal to ≈ $500 million, that is, a little more than a third of the total cost of the ship. Thus, almost two-thirds of the cost of commissioning a ship comes from its armament. The most expensive element of the armament of the Arleigh Burke destroyers is the combat system "Aegis" - its cost is approximately $300 million.
The next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) (construction is expected to begin in 2009) will cost the US Navy budget $2.2 billion. It is assumed that the average cost of the remaining destroyers of the future series, the construction of which so far only planned, will not exceed $1.7 billion.
The increase in costs is due, in addition to inflation, also to the installation of new weapons systems on ships under construction.
Ship design
Hull and superstructure
Series I
Destroyers of the Arleigh Burke type are typical single-hull ships with a hull aspect ratio (at the waterline) = 7.1 of a long forecastle design. For the first time in many years in American shipbuilding practice, the hulls of ships in the series began to be made almost entirely of high-strength steel, using only individual components and sections of aluminum, in particular, pipes of gas turbine units and the main mast. Experience prompted American designers to return to the use of steel in the construction of ships Falklands War , which revealed the weak security of British ships with aluminum hulls, as well as a number of fires on their own ships (in particular, the fire on the missile cruiser Belknap, which broke out on November 22, 1975 when the cruiser collided with the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, completely destroyed the superstructure of the cruiser and claimed the lives of 7 people).
Designed for destroyers of this project the new hull has full contours in the bow and a small camber of the surface branches of the bow frames, which is noticeably different from its predecessor - Spruance-class destroyer project . According to the developers of the Arleigh Burke destroyer project, despite some increase in water resistance, this hull form has better seaworthiness. The positive qualities of the Arleigh Burke destroyers lie in the greater smoothness and smallness of pitching, moderation of flooding and splashing, and small angles of roll of the ship in circulation. The destroyer's hull is low-drawing.
The hulls of the ships are rationally divided by watertight bulkheads reaching to the upper deck into 13 compartments and have a double bottom along their entire length. There are two continuous decks running through the entire ship, not counting the upper one. There is a through passage in the lower decks, allowing the crew to occupy combat positions without going to the upper deck. The camber of the sides has a value of more than 8° over a significant length of the hull length. The height of tweendecks for the US Navy is standard - 2.9 m.
Ships are built according to a modular principle, that is, the hull of a ship during construction is formed from pre-assembled modules (blocks). This facilitates and speeds up the construction process. The complete ship construction process (from keel to launch) takes from 10 to 17 months, with most ships being built in less than 15 months. A certain delay from construction schedules was observed after Hurricane Katrina , which delayed the delivery of several destroyers to the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Pascagoula.
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers became the first after frigates "Lafayette" type ships, the construction of which uses technology "Stealth" . Destroyers of the Arleigh Burke class are the first ships in the US Navy, which, as a result of the creation of a superstructure architecture made using Stealth technology (with sharp ribs, for greater scattering of radio waves) and the use of coatings that absorb radio energy, have a significantly reduced effective scattering area. In order to reduce the thermal field, the smokestacks of destroyers are equipped with special mixing chambers in which exhaust gases are mixed with cold air. Reducing the thermal field of ships is achieved by isolating hot areas through the use of an air cooling system for exhaust gases.
Series IΙ
The metacentric height of the 2nd series ships has been increased by reducing the weight of the superstructure. On three-quarters of the hull length of the 2nd series destroyers, the thickness of the metal plating was increased, and fuel efficiency was improved by making changes to the design of the bow of the vessel. The propeller design has also been improved to reduce cavitation noise. In addition, the living quarters of the destroyers of the series were expanded to accommodate air group personnel, as well as female soldiers. In order to increase combat survivability, five armored bulkheads were additionally installed in the ship's hull.
Series IΙA
Compared to the Arleigh Burke destroyers of the first series, the hull was lengthened by 1.37 m - to 155.29 m. The width of the hull remained the same. For the construction of IΙA series destroyers, a previously unused technology is used, in which sections are saturated before they are integrated into the main hull modules. Beginning with the USS Shoup (DDG-86), helicopter hangars are made of composite materials to reduce secondary radar field levels. All Series IIA destroyers are equipped with satellite communications, allowing crew members to call home or use the Internet at any time. All destroyers, starting with USS McCampbell (DDG-85), have a dedicated laundromat. In addition, a number of other, smaller changes were made to the design and equipment of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers of the IIA series.
Power plant
A new phenomenon for American shipbuilding was the two-shaft main one installed on the Arleigh Burke destroyers. power plant, consisting of 4 gas turbine engines General Electric LM2500 with a heat recovery circuit that provides an additional 25 percent fuel savings. The main power plant of the ship is mounted on soundproofing foundations and shock-absorbing supports. The power plant (gas turbine, compressor, pipelines) and the soundproof casing are made in the form of a single block (module). The ship's propulsion system allows it to develop full speed speed of at least 30 knots in any sea state. The lead destroyer of Series I, USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), during sea trials at full hull displacement, achieved a 30-knot speed with a 35-foot (10.67 m) wave and a total shaft power of 75,000 hp. With. Ships of all series have 3 reserve Allison 2500 gas turbine engines (each with a power of 2.5 MW), on which the ships are capable of moving when the power plant fails. The movement of the Arleigh Burke destroyers is provided by 2 five-blade adjustable pitch propellers of the KaMeWa brand.
The maximum cruising range of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers of series I at operational-economic speed (20 knots) reaches 4,400 nautical miles (8,148.8 km), on ships of series II and IIA due to increased fuel efficiency of the ship, achieved through improved bow designs parts of the hull and the placement of additional fuel tanks, the ship's cruising range was increased to 4,890 miles (9,056 km). The cruising range of destroyers at economic speed (18 knots), according to some sources, reaches 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 km). The cruising range of the Arleigh Burke destroyers is assessed as relatively small, especially since for the previous type of destroyers of the US Navy - Spruance-class destroyers it was 6,000 miles at 20 knots and 3,300 miles at 30 knots.
Crew
The crew of series I and II ships consists of 22-26 officers and approximately 300-330 sailors of the rank of warrant officer and below. On ships of the IIΑ series, the crew was increased to 380 people (the total number of officers increased to 32) due to the appearance of a special group on the ships Maintenance 2 helicopters, consisting of 18 people, including 4 officers. The accommodation conditions for the crew on the Arleigh Burke destroyers are quite comfortable, officers are accommodated in separate cabins, and sailors are accommodated in cockpits. There are 4 m² of living quarters per ship crew member.
Combat survivability
When designing Arleigh Burke-class destroyers Special attention The designers and developers of the project paid attention to the issues of properly ensuring the structural protection and survivability of destroyers of this type. To achieve this, the dimensions of the all-steel superstructure were minimized, the outer surfaces of the superstructure were inclined to the main plane with surfaces lined with reducing EPR radio-absorbing coatings.
Vital combat stations are located below the main deck; REV antenna posts were distributed throughout the ship in order to reduce the likelihood of damage. Control posts for anti-submarine sensors and missile fire control "Tomahawk" placed separately from the BIC. The premises of the power plant, electronic control units and control posts have Kevlar anti-fragmentation protection. In total, more than 130 tons of Kevlar are consumed during construction to protect the main combat posts and units of each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (including 70 tons of this durable but expensive material used to protect combat posts).
The purpose of protecting mechanisms and equipment below the structural waterline is also served by local anti-fragmentation armor made of high-strength aluminum-magnesium alloys up to 25.4 mm thick. Plates made of these alloys protect the main waveguides, cables and the most important combat posts (upper tiers of superstructures, control rooms, ammunition cellars). The hull and superstructure of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, including the AN/SPY-1 radar antennas), are designed for an overpressure during an explosion of 0.5 kg/cm², which is more than 2 times higher than previously accepted in military shipbuilding USA standard value is 0.21 kg/cm². To reduce hydroacoustic signature, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are equipped with systems whose functions include supplying air to the underwater part of the ship (Masker system) and to the edges of the propeller blades (PRAIRIE system). As a result of the operation of the latter system, a cloud of air bubbles is formed, distorting and smoothing out the ship's acoustic signal. A ship using the PRAIRIE system can be identified by its wake being paler and foamier than usual. When using the Masker system, the wake does not start under the stern, but from about half the length of the hull.
The project ships received an improved system of protection against weapons of mass destruction. There are no portholes in the hull and superstructures; the ship's ventilation system is equipped with automatic flaps and special filters. All doors along the external contour of the ship are equipped with air vestibules for air insulation purposes. Overpressure is artificially created in the interior spaces of the ship to prevent contaminated air from entering them. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers also have a system water protection and decontamination posts.
Many experts consider destroyers of the Arleigh Burke type to be among the most protected destroyers of the modern fleets of the world. However, the experience of combat operation of ships makes us take a more balanced approach to such statements and allows us to identify a number of significant shortcomings in ships of this project. So on October 12, 2000, an explosion with a power of only 200-230 kg in TNT equivalent on the destroyer Cole, having penetrated the two-level armor protection of the central part of the hull (close to the midship frame), completely disabled the ship’s gas turbine engines, depriving it of power and control. During the explosion, the cockpits were flooded, and one sixth of the crew (56 people) was put out of action (including 17 killed). However, despite the damage received, the ship remained afloat, and the roll that arose after the explosion did not exceed 4°.
The incident with the destroyer Cole once again showed that, despite the lessons of the Falklands and Iran-Iraq wars, not only destroyers of the Arleigh Burke type, but absolutely all modern guided missile destroyers have weak structural protection (or do not have it at all) . Protection of individual elements of the hull, engines and weapons using Kevlar, as Cole's experience has shown, provides only anti-fragmentation or, at best, anti-ballistic protection from light and medium caliber artillery shells. The structural protection of all modern types of destroyers cannot protect against the destructive effects of powerful explosive devices and anti-ship missiles.
To a large extent, the weak structural protection of destroyers of the Arleigh Burke type is compensated by powerful anti-aircraft and anti-submarine protection provided by the capabilities of the multifunctional Aegis BIUS, as well as the introduction of means for reducing thermal and acoustic signature on destroyers of the type. The defeat of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers by a single anti-ship missile or torpedo is almost impossible, given the combat capabilities of the system "Aegis" generally.
In order to increase the combat survivability of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, it is planned to equip them, starting with the USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79), with mine protection systems. In many ways, the decision to install mine protection systems on ships of this series was due to the incident with the destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98), when on August 8, 2007, during the latter’s visit to Sevastopol, a German 480-kilogram gun spontaneously surfaced 300 m from the destroyer. galvanic shock anchor ship mine from the times of the Great Patriotic War with an explosive power equal to 50 kg of TNT. The mine was safely neutralized by the joint actions of divers Black Sea Fleet Russia and the Ukrainian Navy. As a result of the actions to defuse the mine, the American destroyer was not injured.
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are equipped with two 24-foot (7.32 m) semi-rigid inflatable search and rescue boats (RHIB or RIB) stored on dinghies on the starboard side. A commercial crane is used to launch and retrieve RHIB boats. The equipment of the Arleigh Burke destroyers also includes 15 life rafts, each designed for 25 people.
Armament
Aegis system
Aegis (English: Aegis combat system) is a multifunctional combat information and control system (CIUS), which is an organizational and technical integration of shipborne means of illumination, destruction and control based on the widespread introduction of automated systems combat control(ASBU). In addition, the system is capable of receiving and processing information from sensors of other ships/aircraft of the formation and issuing target designations to their launchers. Thus, the system can support the air defense commander of the formation, although it cannot fully automate all air defense functions. In a typical case, however, this role is played not by destroyers, but by guided missile cruisers.
The main components (subsystems) of the Aegis multifunctional weapon system:
- helicopter subsystem LAMPS;
- LAMPS Mark Z helicopter subsystem equipment;
- Radar for detecting air and surface targets;
- friend-foe identification station;
- AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare subsystem;
- navigation equipment;
- BIUS PLO with internal GAS ;
- digital radio link terminal equipment (LINK-11);
- automated command and control subsystem (Mark 1);
- automated subsystem for coordinated control of shipborne weapon systems (Mark 1);
- radar control unit with phased array;
- antenna and transmitter part of a multifunctional radar;
- automated subsystem for testing operation, searching and localizing faults;
- information display subsystem;
- radio communication equipment;
- terminal devices of a digital radio communication line;
- launcher for passive jamming subsystem;
- automated artillery fire control subsystem;
- SAM "Aegis";
- launchers for ship-based missiles, missiles and anti-ship missiles;
- automated fire control subsystem KR "Tomahawk" ;
- automated fire control subsystem Anti-ship missile "Harpoon" ;
- anti-aircraft artillery complex "Vulcan-Phalanx" ;
- automated fire control subsystem for anti-submarine weapons.
The main components (subsystems) of the Aegis multifunctional weapon system are closely interconnected. The means of management and control of the system are general, that is, they are used in the interests of each element and the entire system as a whole. These tools include the OMVK and the display subsystem.
The Aegis system also includes a display subsystem, which can include up to 22 multifunctional consoles (MFP) with tactical situation displays, including four commander’s (the latter display a generalized situation). The display equipment is located in the combat information center(BIC) of the ship. Functionally, the display equipment is divided into the following circuits: processing tactical information, assessing this information and making decisions, air defense, anti-submarine warfare, combating surface ships and striking the shore.
Nomenclature of weapons of the Arleigh Burke destroyers
The armament of the Arleigh Burke destroyers of different subseries differs quite significantly. The main weapons of all 53 active ships of this type are 2 Mark 41 VLS vertical launch units (VLS). The standard set of UVP weapons for destroyers of the first two subseries consists of 74 anti-aircraft missiles RIM-66 SM-2 , 8 cruise missiles BGM-109 Tomahawk (and 8 RUM-139 VL-Asroc anti-submarine missiles in a multi-purpose version or from 56 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 34 RIM-66 SM-2 and RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles in an attack version.
On series IIA destroyers total number The number of missiles carried by the ship increased from 90 to 96. The standard set of weapons for UVP destroyers of the third series consists of 74 RIM-66 SM-2 missiles, 24 missiles RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (four per cell), 8 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 8 RUM-139 VL-Asroc anti-submarine guided missiles.
Artillery
The main artillery armament of ships of the Arleigh Burke type is lightweight 127 mm Mark 45 artillery mount . In mod. 2 it is installed on the first 30 destroyers of the type (DDG-51-DDG-80), in the mod. 4 - on all other destroyers, starting with USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81). Standard ammunition artillery installation Mark 45 Mod. 2 - 680 unitary rounds of Mark 68, Mark 80, Mark 91, Mark 116, Mark 127 or Mark 156. Horizontal range - 23 km, maximum rate of fire - 20 rounds per minute. The weight of the gun mount is only 24.6 tons.
Weight and rate of fire of the Mark 45 Mod artillery mount. 4 remained the same as in previous modifications. The firing range of high-explosive fragmentation shells has been increased from 23 to 37 km, and ERGM and BTERM active-reactive ammunition with a flight range of up to 116 km has been added to the ammunition load. Standard ammunition for the Mark 45 Mod artillery mount. 4 was increased due to changes in the design of the artillery cellar. There are the following options for completing the ammunition of an artillery mount - 700 high-explosive fragmentation rounds or 400 active-reactive ERGM rounds or (in a mixed ammunition configuration) 232 high-explosive fragmentation rounds + 232 ERGM or BTERM rounds. It usually takes 16 hours to fully reload the artillery magazine of the Arleigh Burke destroyers.
Anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons
On the ships of the first two series, two quad units are installed in the stern Anti-ship missile "Harpoon" . The main anti-submarine weapons of the Arleigh Burke class ships are helicopters of the LAMPS-III system. Onboard weapons are anti-submarine guided missiles (ASLMs) RUM-139 VL-Asroc . They are capable of hitting submarines at a distance of up to 20 km from the PLUR carrier ship.
As auxiliary anti-submarine weapons, the destroyers of all three series have two built-in Mk. torpedo tubes. 32. Ammunition - 6 anti-submarine torpedoes Mk. 46 or Mk. 50. The maximum firing range of torpedoes is 10 km. There is no provision for recharging them. On series IIA ships, the Harpoon anti-ship missile systems were abandoned due to the requirement to reduce the cost of the ship. The torpedo tubes on the IIA series ships were retained.
Air defense
The main component of the air defense of destroyers is the Aegis air defense system, which bears the same name as the multifunctional control system. The air defense system may include, depending on the distribution of ammunition, from 34 to 74 anti-aircraft missiles Standard-2ER for missiles RIM-67B (1981, maximum firing range - 128 km), RIM-67C (1981, maximum firing range - 185 km), RIM-156 (Standard-2ER Block IV, 1999, maximum firing range - 240 km), currently all new destroyers are armed with anti-aircraft guided missiles Standard-3 with a launch range doubled (up to 500 km) and a launch altitude virtually unlimited by the Earth’s atmosphere (up to 250 km).
It was mandatory to install two rapid-firing six-barreled anti-aircraft artillery mounts of the caliber 20 mm "Vulcan-Phalanx" , designed to finish off anti-ship missiles at a distance of up to 1.5 km, if they break through a sufficiently powerful ship’s air defense system. One ZAK is located directly in front of the setting and one behind it. On the ships of the IIA series, the Vulcan-Phalanx anti-aircraft artillery complexes (ZAC) were abandoned due to the requirement to reduce the cost of the destroyers of the project, but they were nevertheless installed on the first 6 ships of the IIA series. Instead of the Vulcan-Phalanx ZAK, the armament of the destroyers of the IIA series includes a self-defense anti-aircraft missile system RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (24 missiles in 6 containers of the VLS Mark 41 system).
Tactical strike weapons
Each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is armed with up to 56 cruise missiles. BGM-109 Tomahawk Block 3 (with a launch range of up to 1250-1609 km in the tactical (non-nuclear version) and 2500 km in the strategic (nuclear) version. In 2004, the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile was successfully tested (but was not delivered to ships) (a modernized version of the Tomahawk, English Tactical Tomahawk Block 4).
Aviation
On ships of series I-II, due to the lack of a helicopter hangar, only 1 helicopter can be temporarily based SH-60 Sea Hawk . The ammunition store, located next to the helipad, stores weapons for the helicopter (up to 9 Mark-46 torpedoes). There is also an aviation fuel tank. But maintenance or repair of helicopters is not provided.
Additional weapons
As anti-sabotage, as well as auxiliary anti-aircraft weapons, the Arleigh Burke destroyers are equipped with 4 12.7 mm M2HB machine gun . As an option, it is possible to install 25-mm Bushmaster assault rifles. They have a small elevation angle and are unsuitable for anti-aircraft fire.
Overall rating project
Destroyers of the Arleigh Burke class are generally recognized as one of the best types of guided missile destroyers. In relation to destroyers of the Arleigh Burke type, there are even such assessments as “one of the best ships of the late 20th century.” Ships of this type are capable of successfully operating in a variety of conditions, both in peacetime and during periods of their participation in wars and military operations, while performing a wide variety of tasks: from missile strikes across enemy territory to the anti-aircraft, anti-ship and anti-submarine defense of ships and naval formations of the US Navy. During the design of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, American designers managed to achieve a rare harmony of seaworthiness, well-thought-out naval architecture and powerful strike weapons.
Having become a kind of role model, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers from the moment of their appearance determine the development path for ships of the destroyer class in almost all major navies of the world, with the exception of the fleets of India, China and Russia. At the same time, it should be noted that for American shipbuilding, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are already a “passed stage”; to replace them, the construction of Zamvolt-class destroyers has begun on an experimental basis, which, in turn, will become a kind of “testing ground” for testing promising ship technologies and new ship weapons systems. However, until the mid-2030s (before the start of the mass withdrawal of Series II destroyers from the US Navy), Arleigh Burke-class destroyers will form the backbone of the American fleet.
The first Arleigh Burke I-class destroyer entered service Navy Navy USA in 1991. The contract to build the ships was divided between two companies, Litton and Ingalls SB.
The ships of the Arleigh Burke I series are the main and most numerous representatives of the class EM Destroyer V Navy Naval forces USA - by the end of the 90s it is planned to have Navy Naval forces about 50 such ships.
When starting to create a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke I type, the Americans proceeded from two fundamental points: the ship must have high survivability and have the Aegis MFSO. The composition of the weapons was the same as on Ticonderoga, only reducing the total number of MK41 container cells from 122 to 90. Compared to Spruence, the speed decreased slightly. Other innovations include a gas turbine power plant with a heat recovery circuit, which allowed for 25 percent fuel savings, an improved system of protection against weapons of mass destruction (in particular, all doors along the external contour are equipped with air vestibules), a device for discharging torpedoes, and an artillery control system. fire with laser rangefinders.
EM Destroyer type "Arleigh Burke I" are designed like cruisers URO Guided missile weapons type Ticonderoga, for zonal protection against air attacks of NK formations (primarily AUG Carrier strike group), landing groups and convoys, combating PL Submarine and enemy NK, artillery support for landing operations, tracking the ships of a potential enemy, ensuring a naval blockade of certain areas, as well as participation in search and rescue operations. At the same time, "Arleigh Burke I", compared to Ticonderoga, has smaller dimensions, better stability parameters and combat survivability (due to the increased width of the hull, the absence of AMG in superstructure designs and a more rational division of the hull into waterproof compartments).
For the Arleigh Burke I, a new hull was developed with full contours in the bow and a small camber of the surface branches of the bow frames. According to experts Navy Naval forces USA, despite some increase in water resistance, this hull shape has better seaworthiness. These include the smoothness and smallness of the pitching range, moderation of flooding and splashing, and small roll angles during circulation. The ship's hull is made of steel, with a characteristic forecastle extended far aft. It is divided into 13 compartments by watertight bulkheads extending to the upper deck and has a double bottom throughout, as well as two continuous decks not counting the upper one. The camber of the sides is more than 8° over a significant part of the length, the hull is low-slung. During the tests, the ability to maintain a speed of 30 knots in hurricane winds and waves of up to 9 points was demonstrated.
When designing the Arleigh Burke I, special attention was paid to issues of structural protection and survivability. For this purpose, the dimensions of the all-steel superstructure were minimized; its outer surfaces were inclined to the main plane with surfaces lined with radio-absorbing coatings to reduce the ESR. To reduce the thermal field, the chimneys were equipped with special mixing chambers in which exhaust gases are mixed with cold air; vital combat posts were located in the ship's hull; AP REV was distributed throughout the ship in order to reduce the likelihood of damage. Premises GEM Main power plant, REV and control posts have Kevlar anti-fragmentation protection. To protect mechanisms and equipment below the water level, local armor made of high-strength aluminum-magnesium alloys up to 25.4 mm thick is also used. Plates made of these alloys protect the main waveguides and cables, as well as the most important combat posts (power supply rooms, ammunition cellars and the upper tiers of superstructures). The ship is equipped with a system of collective protection against weapons of mass destruction. Also to reduce hydroacoustic signature EM Destroyer equipped with air supply systems under the Masker bottom and to the edges of the PRAIRIE propeller blades.
The main means of illuminating the air and surface situation is a multifunctional Radar Radar station AN/SPY-1D with four headlights. To provide all-round visibility, they are mounted on the outer surfaces of the bow block of the superstructure. Radar Radar station capable of detecting and tracking air targets at distances of up to 400 km. Data on the elements of movement of air targets is transmitted to BIUS and a system for displaying information, as well as a system for developing recommendations to the ship commander for decision-making. From BIUS Combat information and control system Information about air targets transferred to the SU by shooting SAM Anti-aircraft missile systems And ZAK Anti-aircraft artillery complex Mk 99, which have three Radar Radar station AN/SPG-62, designed to control SAM Anti-aircraft guided missile and illumination of the bombarded computer centers. System SAM Anti-aircraft guided missile Mk 99 can control 18 simultaneously SAM Anti-aircraft guided missile. Systems for displaying information and making recommendations to the commander can also receive information from Radar Radar station AN/SPS-67 about air and surface conditions, from GAK Hydroacoustic complex SQQ-89(V)4 about the underwater situation and from the AN/SLQ-32 complexes about the radio technical situation. In addition, these systems can receive information from other NK and aircraft. Based on the information received, decisions are made on the use of one or another weapon.
The peculiarity of "Arleigh Burke I" in contrast to other American EM Destroyer And KR Cruise missile URO Guided missile weapons is the lack of a helicopter hangar. There is only runway Airstrip with RAST forced landing system.
EM Destroyer type "Arleigh Burke I" took part in all conflicts of the late 20th - early 21st centuries. The presence of VPU on ships made it possible not only to provide tasks Air defense Air defense And PRO Missile defense AUG Carrier strike group, but also participate in striking the shore.
Summarizing the above, we can conclude that Arleigh Burke I-class destroyers are truly successful ships high class capable of operating equally successfully in a variety of conditions when performing various tasks. American shipbuilders managed to achieve a rare harmony in the ship's seaworthiness, its architecture and armament. EM Destroyer The Arleigh Burke I class can easily be called one of the best ships of the late twentieth century.
A worthy continuation of the Arleigh Burke I series was the Arleigh Burke II series and the Arleigh Burke IIA series.
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Missile USS destroyer Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) is the lead destroyer of the Arleigh Burke class, built for the United States Navy. Named in honor of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, who fought in the Pacific during World War II.
It was built at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. The construction contract was concluded on April 2, 1985. The keel laying ceremony took place on December 6, 1988. Launched on September 16, 1989. The ship was sponsored by the wife of Admiral Arleigh Albert Burke, after whom it was named. The admiral himself attended the ceremony of introducing the ship into the Atlantic Fleet on July 4, 1991 in Norfolk. Home port naval base in Norfolk, Virginia.
Main characteristics: Total displacement 6630 tons. Length 153.92 meters, beam 20.1 meters, draft 9.3 meters. Maximum speed 32 knots. Cruising range 4400 nautical miles at 20 knots. Crew 337 people, including 23 officers.
Engines: 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbine units, with a total power of 108,000 hp. Mover 2.
Weapons:
Tactical strike weapons: 2 Aegis launchers for 29 (bow) and 61 (stern) missile cells, respectively. In various combinations they can be armed with: Tomahawk missile launcher, RIM-66 SM-2 Standard-2 missile defense system, RUM-139 ASROC missile launcher.
Artillery: 1x1 127 mm. AU Mark 45. Mod. 2/54 cal., 680 rounds.
Anti-aircraft artillery: Two 6-barrel 20 mm. JSC "Falanx"
Missile armament: 2x4 Harpoon anti-ship missiles up to 74 RIM-66 SM-2 “Standard-2” missiles.
Anti-submarine weapons: PLUR RUM-139 ASROC.
Mine and torpedo armament: 2x3 324 mm. TA Mk. 32 (torpedoes Mk.46 and Mk.50).
Aviation group: 1 SH-60 LAMPS helicopter, no hangar.
In 1993, he participated in Operation Provide Promise.
During the second combat deployment ship in 1995, arrived in the Mediterranean and participated in air security in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During his third sea voyage in 1998, he visited the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Red and Black Sea, as a participant in numerous naval exercises involving the US Navy.
During the ship's fourth long-distance voyage in 2000-2001, she served in the Mediterranean and Red Seas and in the Persian Gulf, enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq and conducting joint naval exercises with US partners in the military-strategic sphere.
During her fifth deployment, which lasted from January to June 2003, the destroyer participated in Operation Enduring Freedom along with the other ships of the carrier strike group formed around the carrier. During this combat tour, the destroyer attacked targets in Iraq with Tomahawk cruise missiles, escorted merchant and auxiliary naval vessels, and combated piracy in the Gulf of Aden. During his deployment, he spent almost 93 percent of his time at sea.
In October 2007, he was involved in anti-piracy operations in Somalia.
In 2009 it was deployed to the east coast of Africa.
In August 2010, he arrived at BAE Systems Ship Repair in Norfolk, Virginia, to modernize the ship's systems and extend its service life to 40 years.
On September 23, 2014, he launched a Tomahawk missile from the Red Sea at ground targets in Syria.
On August 28, 2018, she left her home port for a planned deployment. In September, conducting operations in the area of responsibility of the US Sixth Fleet as part of an aircraft carrier strike group. October 25 with a planned visit to the port of Haifa, Israel.