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USS Conolly laid up at Philadelphia Naval Intermediate Ship Maintenance Facility on 4 August 2005
History
United States
Name
Conolly
Namesake
Richard Lansing Conolly
Ordered
15 January 1974
Builder
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down
29 September 1975
Launched
3 June 1977
Acquired
25 September 1978
Commissioned
14 October 1978
Decommissioned
18 September 1998
Stricken
18 September 1998
Identification
Callsign: NRLC
Hull number: DD-979
Motto
Leading The Way
Fate
Sunk as target, 29 April 2009
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Spruance-class destroyer
Displacement
8,040 (long) tons full load
Length
529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall
Beam
55 ft (16.8 m)
Draft
29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion
4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed
32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement
19 officers, 315 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems
AN/SPS-40 air search radar
AN/SPG-60 fire control radar
AN/SPS-55 surface search radar
AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar
AN/SPS-65 Missile fire control radar
AN/SQS-53 bow mounted Active sonar
AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array Passive sonar
Naval Tactical Data System
Electronic warfare & decoys
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System
AN/SLQ-49 Inflatable Decoys
Armament
2 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns
1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed)
1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher
2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters
2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk 46 torpedoes)
Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters
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