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CGN-25 Bainbridge

CGN-25 Bainbridge

Country: United States United States

Class, [Type]: Bainbridge, [CGN].

Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Launch date: 15 April 1961.

Commission date: 06 October 1962.

Decommission date: 13 September 1996.

Displacement ( tons ): 7.804 light, 8.592 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 172,3 x 17,6 x 9,5

Main machinery: nuclear: 2 x GE PWR D2G, 2 x turbines ( 70.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30.

Complement: 576 ( 48 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 20mm Mk15 Vulcan Phalanx CIWS,4 x 12.7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon ( 2 x quad launchers ); SAM: 80 x GDC Standard SM-2ER ( 2 x twin Mk10 launchers, Mod.13 forward, Mod.14 aft); ASW: 1 x Mk16 octuple launcher (ASROC).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm Mk 32 ( 2 x triple tubes ). Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes.

Radar: Surface search: 1 x Norden SPS 67, G band; Air search: 1 x ITT SPS 48C, 3D, E/F bands, 402km range. 1 x Raytheon SPS 49(V)5, C/D bands, 457km range; Navigation: 1 x Raytheon SPS 64(V)9, I band; Fire control: 4 x Sperry SPG 55C, G/H bands, 51km range; TACAN: URN 25. IFF Mk XV.

Sonar: SQQ-23, bow mounted, active search and attack, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36, chaff and infrared flares launcher. T-Mk6 Fanfare, towed torpedo decoy. ESM/ECM: SLQ32(V)3, combined intercept and jammer. WLR-1 radar warning.

Helicopter: Capable of operating a medium sized helicopter, but no hangar.

Callsign: NJUL (NovemberJulietUniformLima)

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