| General Characteristics: | Keel Laid: February 3, 1994 |
| Launched: December 12, 1994 | |
| Commissioned: October 12, 1996 | |
| Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | |
| Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Blades on each Propeller: five | |
| Length: 505,25 feet (154 meters) | |
| Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters) | |
| Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 8.300 tons full load | |
| Speed: 30+ knots | |
| Aircraft: None. But LAMPS 3 electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG/helicopter ASW operations. | |
| Armament: two MK 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun, two Phalanx CIWS Mk 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts) | |
| Homeport: Norfolk, Va. | |
| Crew: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted |
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