Visit of USS Hamilton to build strategic Indo-US ties: Barsano

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Visit of USS Hamilton to build strategic Indo-US ties: Barsano
Posted by: Navhind Times March 19, 2015 in Goa News

The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) anchored at MPT berth on Wednesday. Sudesh Bhosle | NT

VASCO: The commanding officer of USS Paul Hamilton, Commodore John Barsano has said that the visit of USS Paul Hamilton to India will strengthen ties between India and the United States of America.

Speaking to media persons onboard the guided missile destroyer, Commodore Barsano said, “The visit of USS Paul Hamilton would also help to build a strong relationship between the US and India thereby exchanging advanced technology between both navies.”

The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) is on a five-day visit to Goa and is presently anchored at Mormugao Port Trust.

The Commodore disclosed that USS Paul Hamilton has around 320 crew members (sailors) on board and the navy will be involved in theater security cooperation and maritime presence operations with partner nations.

He further informed that during their stay in Goa, the sailors on board USS Paul Hamilton will hold a reception with the aviation wing of the Indian Navy besides playing basketball and football with the sailors of the Indian Navy. Commodore Barsano and other officials onboard the US ship displayed advanced equipments and other fighting capabilities to the media during their visit on Wednesday morning.

Paul Hamilton is a multi-mission ship designed to operate independently or with an associated strike group. The ship is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 21 and is home ported in Hawaii within the US 3rd Fleet area of operations. USS Paul Hamilton is an Arleigh Burke Class of the US Navy. The ship will sail back to America on March 21.

Meanwhile, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Royal Navy arrived in Goa on Wednesday on a day’s visit.

Admiral Zambellas was received by Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area Rear Admiral Balvinder Singh Parhar at Headquarters Goa Naval Area.

The Indian Navy and the Royal Navy cooperate with each other in technical training, anti-piracy patrols and Navy to Navy staff talks.

The two navies have been exercising together at sea since 2004. Warships from both navies call at each other’s ports, which provide excellent opportunity for professional

Visit of USS Hamilton to build strategic Indo-US ties: Barsano | The Navhind Times

• US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 10h10 hours ago
  Great to have the USS Paul Hamilton DDG60 in #India! CC: @USandIndia @USNavy #IndianNavy #NavalWeek

• US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 10h10 hours ago
  On the USS Paul Hamilton in #Goa. Its motto: “The Courage to Prevail!” #NavalWeek

• US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 11h11 hours ago
  Taking a tour of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG60. It’s 150+ feet tall, 500+ feet long. #NavalWeek in #Goa

 

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US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 12h12 hours ago
CDR Barsano welcomes guests onboard his ship.He’s not just Captain, but also alum of @NavalWarCollege & @UofSanDiego

US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 7h7 hours ago
#CGVajda discusses US-Goa opportunities with #Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar @LParsekarBJP

US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai Mar 18
#CGVajda and staff meet with #Goa Governor Mridula Sinha on Wednesday, March 18, in #DonaPaula

Livefist ‏@livefist 8h8 hours ago
.@USNavy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Paul Hamilton in Goa this week on port visit. (Photos / @USAndMumbai)

 

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Livefist ‏@livefist 8h8 hours ago
.@USNavy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Paul Hamilton in Goa this week on port visit. (Photos / @USAndMumbai)

Livefist ‏@livefist 8h8 hours ago
.@USNavy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Paul Hamilton in Goa this week on port visit. (Photos / @USAndMumbai)

 

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US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 1h1 hour ago
Let’s shoot some hoops! USS Hamilton crew & students of Don Bosco Engrng #Goa after a game of basketball. #NavalWeek

US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 5h5 hours ago
Building ties thru sports! USS Paul Hamilton sailors play basketball w/ students of Don Bosco college Goa. #NavalWeek

US Consulate Mumbai ‏@USAndMumbai 12m12 minutes ago
Thank you Don Bosco Engineering College #Goa for hosting the crew of USS Paul Hamilton! Great game! #NavalWeek

 

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@Dr. Sen and this?

 

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Any spec on this destroyer ? How it is compared to our Kolkata Class ?

 

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Any spec on this destroyer ? How it is compared to our Kolkata Class ?

DDG-60 Paul Hamilton is a Flight I Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, commissioned in 1995:

Specifications:

Displacement: Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t)
Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)
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)
Speed: >30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots
(8,100 km at 37 km/h)
Complement: 33 Officers
38 Chief Petty Officers
210 Enlisted Personnel
Sensors and
processing systems:

• AN/SPY-1D 3D 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 launching systems with 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles
2 x Mk 141 Harpoon Missile LauncherSSM
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 Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter can be embarked




Flight I Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers differ from Flight II, Flight IIA and Flight IIA Restart, the later will incorporate technologies from the proposed Flight III

These are the Specification for DDG-112 USS Michael Murphy, a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke Class, Commissioned in 2012:

Displacement: 9,200 tons
Length: 510 ft (160 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots
Complement: 323 Sailors (23 officers and 300 enlisted)
Armament: 1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2,BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 [62 diameters = barrel length], 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns
2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried: 2× SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters



Compared with the Specifications of a Kolkata Class Destroyer:

Displacement: 7,500 t (7,400 long tons; 8,300 short tons) full load
Length: 163 m (535 ft)
Beam: 17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:

• Combined gas and gas system: Twin Zorya M36E gas turbine plants with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes
• 2 × Bergen/GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each
• 4 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving CumminsKTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators

Speed: In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Crew: 325
Sensors and
processing systems:

• IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-bandAESA multi-function radar
• Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar
• BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar
• BEL Nagin active towed array sonar
• BEL Electronic Modular Command & Control Applications (EMCCA Mk4) combat management system

Electronic warfare
and decoys:

• Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite

Armament: Anti-air missiles:
4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32;
Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 70 km (43 mi))

Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles

Guns:
1 × 76 mm gun Oto Melara SRGM
4 × AK-630 CIWS

Anti-submarine warfare:
4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes

2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 × Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters



Compare that with the USN's latest Class, Zumwalt

Specification:

Displacement: 14,564 tons
Length: 600 ft (182.9 m)
Beam: 80.7 ft (24.6 m)
Draft: 27.6 ft (8.4 m)
Installed power: Integrated Power System (IPS)
Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 gas turbines plus 2 Rolls-Royce RR4500 gas turbine generator sets, 78 MW
Speed: 30.3 knots (56.1 km/h; 34.9 mph)
Complement: 142
Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array)
Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array)
Armament: 20 × MK 57 VLS modules, with 4 vertical launch cells in each module, 80 cells total. Each cell can hold one or more missiles, depending on the size of the missiles, including:
• RIM-66 Standard
• Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile(ESSM)
• BGM-109 Tomahawk
• RUM-139 Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket
2 × 155 mm Advanced Gun System
920 × 155 mm total; 600 in automated store + Auxiliary store room with up to 320 rounds (non-automatic) as of April 2005
70-100 LRLAP rounds planned as of 2005 of total
2 × Mk 46 30 mm gun (GDLS)
Aircraft carried: 2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or 1 MH-60R helicopter
3 MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV