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USS Fitzgerald on 13 August 2005
History
USS FitzgeraldUnited States
NameFitzgerald
NamesakeWilliam Charles Fitzgerald
Ordered22 February 1990
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down9 February 1993
Launched29 January 1994
Sponsored byBetty Ann Fitzgerald
Christened29 January 1994
Commissioned14 October 1995
HomeportSan Diego
Identification
  • MMSI number: 338839000
  • Callsign: NFTZ
  • Hull number: DDG-62
MottoProtect Your People
Nickname(s)
  • Fighting Fitz
  • Fightin' Fitz
Honors and
awards
See Awards
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t)
  • Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)
Length505 ft (154 m)
Beam59 ft (18 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion2 × shafts
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
  • 33 commissioned officers
  • 38 chief petty officers
  • 210 enlisted personnel
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPY-1D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA)
  • AN/SPY-6(V)1 AESA 3D radar (Flight III)
  • AN/SPS-67(V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 – DDG-118)
  • AN/SPQ-9B surface search radar (DDG-119 onwards)
  • AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 – DDG-86)
  • BridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onwards)
  • 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar
  • Mk 46 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA)[1]
  • Mk 20 electro-optical sight system (Flight III)[2]
  • AN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system:
    • AN/SQS-53C sonar array
    • AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II, IIA)
    • TB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onwards)
    • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures
  • Mk 36 Mod 12 decoy launching systems
  • Mk 53 Nulka decoy launching systems
  • Mk 59 decoy launching systems[3]
Armament
  • Guns:
  • 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 mk 45 mod 1/2 (lightweight gun)
  • 2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system
  • 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns
  • Missiles:
  • 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher
  • 1 × 29-cell, 1 × 61-cell (90 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):
    • RIM-66M surface-to-air missile
    • RIM-156 surface-to-air missile
    • RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile
    • BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile
    • RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC
  • Torpedoes:
  • 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:
    • Mark 46 lightweight torpedo
    • Mark 50 lightweight torpedo
    • Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried1 × Sikorsky MH-60R

USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), named for United States Navy officer Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the US Navy.

In the early morning hours of 17 June 2017, the ship was involved in a collision with the container ship MV ACX Crystal, seriously damaging the destroyer. Seven of her crew were killed. Several others were injured, including her commanding officer, Commander Bryce Benson.

  1. ^ "Mk46 MOD 1 Optical Sight System". Kollmorgen. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ Rockwell, David (12 July 2017). "The Kollmorgen/L-3 KEO Legacy". Teal Group. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  3. ^ Hart, Jackie (17 December 2023). "Decoy Launch System Installed Aboard USS Ramage". navy.mil. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

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