UNITED STATES - 9 JULY 2010
The guided-missile destroyer O’Kane is deploying to the Middle East and western Pacific.
The Navy says O’Kane is scheduled to depart Friday following an accelerated training and maintenance period in Pearl Harbor.
The ship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Derek Trinque, says O’Kane will support ballistic missile defense requirements in the Central Command region. He said he expects the ship to take part in a host of other missions as well.
File Photo: U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane
File Photo: U.S. Navy Standard Missile 2 (SM-2)
File Photo: Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) firing by USS O’Kane
Source: Associated Press
Class and type: Arleigh Burke class Guided-Missile destroyer
Length: 505 ft (154 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:
4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)
Sensors and processing systems:
• AN/SPY-1D Radar
• AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
• AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
• AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
Electronic warfare and decoys:
• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
• AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
• MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System
• AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
Armament:
1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with --> 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk Long-Range Cruise Missiles or RUM-139 VL-Asroc Missiles
1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm)
2 × 25 mm chain gun
4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked
The guided-missile destroyer O’Kane is deploying to the Middle East and western Pacific.
The Navy says O’Kane is scheduled to depart Friday following an accelerated training and maintenance period in Pearl Harbor.
The ship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Derek Trinque, says O’Kane will support ballistic missile defense requirements in the Central Command region. He said he expects the ship to take part in a host of other missions as well.
File Photo: U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane
File Photo: U.S. Navy Standard Missile 2 (SM-2)
File Photo: Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) firing by USS O’Kane
Source: Associated Press
Class and type: Arleigh Burke class Guided-Missile destroyer
Length: 505 ft (154 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:
4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)
Sensors and processing systems:
• AN/SPY-1D Radar
• AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
• AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
• AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
• AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
Electronic warfare and decoys:
• AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
• AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
• MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System
• AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
Armament:
1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems with --> 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk Long-Range Cruise Missiles or RUM-139 VL-Asroc Missiles
1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm)
2 × 25 mm chain gun
4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked
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