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The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer centered around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multi-function 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.
Arleigh Burke. Taken in 1920 while he was attending the U.S. Naval Academy. Burke was born in Boulder, Colorado, on October 19, 1901, to Oscar Burke and Clara Mokler.His grandfather, August Björkgren, was a Swedish immigrant to the US and changed his surname to 'Burke', a common Irish surname, to sound more 'American'. [1]
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), named for Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (1901–1996), is the lead ship of the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer. She is of the Flight I variant. She was laid down by the Bath Iron Works company at Bath, Maine , on 6 December 1988; launched on 16 September 1989; and commissioned on 4 July 1991.
USS Mason (DDG-87) is the 37th Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.She is named in honor of the Black crewmembers who served on board USS Mason (DE-529) during the period of racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
USS Arleigh Burke, a Flight I ship and the lead of her class, seen here on deployment in 2003 USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. , a Flight IIA "T.I." ship, commissioned in May 2022 This is a list of Arleigh Burke -class destroyers , serving the United States Navy , including ships in active service as of September 2023, [update] as well as those ...
The Ticonderoga-class cruisers were instead to be replaced by Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. [26] All five of the twin-arm (Mk-26) cruisers have been decommissioned. In 2003, the newer 22 of the 27 ships (CG-52 to CG-73) in the class were upgraded to keep them combat-relevant, giving the ships a service life of 35 years.
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is the 43rd Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer serving in the United States Navy (USN). Chung-Hoon was named in honor of Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979), recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star.
USS Lassen (DDG-82) is the 32nd Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Commander Clyde Everett Lassen. Lassen was the 14th ship of this class to be built by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and construction began on 24 August 1998. She was launched ...