DDG-95 James E. Williams

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Arleigh Burke ( Flight IIA ), [DDG].

Builder: Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississipi, U.S.A.

Launch date: 25 June 2003.

Commission date: 11 December 2004.

Displacement ( tons ): 9.400 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 155,3 x 20,27 x 6,68

Main machinery: 4 x GE LM 2500-30 gas turbines ( 105.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 4.400 at 20 knots.

Complement: 380 ( 36 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/62 Mk45 Mod. 4, 2 x 20mm Mk15 Mod. 12 Block IB Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 25mm/75 Mk38 Mod. 1 Bushmaster, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  2 x Mk41 Mod. 0 VLS; AGM: Tomahawk; SAM: 96 x Standard SM-2 MR Block IV; ASW: ASROC.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes (2 x triple Mk32 Mod. 15 launchers), Mk46 and Mk54 torpedoes.

Radar: Air/Weapons Control: Raytheon SPY 1D(V), E/F bands; Surface: 1 x AIL SPS 67(V)3, G band; Navigation: 1 x Decca BridgeMaster E ARPA, I band; Firing Control: 3 x Raytheon/RCA SPG62A, I/J bands, 2 x Mk90 (CIWS); TACAN: URN 25, IFF Mk XII AIMS UPX-29.

Sonar: Gould/Raytheon/GE SQQ89(V)15 combined with an active SQS-53C(V)1 hull sonar, Kingfisher HF mine-avoidance set, Northrop Grumman SLX-1 MSTRAP. WLD-1(V)1/3 Remote Minehunting System.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Mk53 (Nulka), Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36 Mod 12 (4 x Mk 137 Mod. 5 launchers, for infrared flares and chaff); Towed torpedo decoy SLQ25 Nixie (SSTD Phase I); SLQ-39; ESM/ECM: Raytheon SLQ32A(V)3.

Helicopter: 2 x SH60B/F LAMPS III.

Callsign: NPBR ()

Homeport: Norfolk.

Awards (as of 16/06/2023): 

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