Ident-ships
Champlain
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Builder :
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Keel laid :
3 March 1986
Launched :
3 April 1987
Commissioned :
12 August 1988
Specifications
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Displacement :
Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800Â t) full load
Length :
567 feet (173 m)
Width :
55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft:
34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion :
4 ×
General Electric LM2500
gas turbine engines
2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers
2 × rudders
Speed :
32.5Â knots (60Â km/h; 37.4Â mph)
Range :
Crew :
30 officers and 300 enlisted
Military equipment
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Sensors :
AN/SPY-1
A/B multi-function
radar
AN/SPS-49
air search radar (Removed on some ships)
AN/SPG-62
fire control radar
AN/SPS-73
surface search radar
AN/SPQ-9
gun fire control radar
AN/SQQ-89
(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of:
AN/SQS-53B/C/D
active so
Weapon systems :
Electronic warfare and decoys :
Armament :
2 × 61 cell
Mk 41 vertical launch systems
containing
122 × mix of:
RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB
RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV
RIM-161 SM-3
RIM-162A ESSM
RIM-174A Standard ERAM
BGM-109 Tomahawk
RUM-139A VL-ASROC
8 ×
RGM-84 Harpoon
missiles
2 ×
5Â in (127
Embarked aviation :
2 ×
MH-60R Seahawk
LAMPS Mk III
helicopters.