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 carried
1 × 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.
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