USS Ross (DDG-71)

USS Ross (DDG-71) is an Arly Burke type destroyer. Built at the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, assigned to the Norfolk , Virginia naval base.

USS Ross
USS Ross (DDG-71)
USS Ross (DDG-71)
Service
USA
Named after
Class and type of vessel	URO destroyer
Organization	US Navy
Manufacturer	Ingalls shipbuilding
Ordered to build	April 8, 1992
Construction started	April 10, 1995
Launched	March 23, 1996
Commissioned	June 28, 1997
Status	in the ranks
Main characteristics
Displacement	6,630 tons [1] , 8,315 long tons, 8,775 metric tons (full)
Length	153.92 m . (largest) [1] , 142, 3 m (waterline) [1]
Width	20, 1 m ., [1] , 18.0 m (waterline)
Draft	9.3 m (with gas). [1] , 6.3 m (without gas)
Reservation	not
Engines	4 gas turbine units General Electric LM2500-30 [1]
Power	108,000 liters with. [one]
Mover	2 [1]
Speed	32 knots (maximum)
Sailing range	4,400 miles at 20 knots. [one]
Crew	337 people (including 23 officers ) [1]
Armament
Tactical strike weapons	2 launchers of the Aegis system for 29 (bow) and 61 (stern) missile cells, respectively. The following weapons can be equipped in various combinations: Tomahawk missiles Tomahawk, SAM RIM-66 SM-2 Standard-2, PLUR RUM-139 ASROC
Artillery	1 * 1 127 mm . AU Mark 45. Mod. 3/54 cal., [1] 600 shells [2]
Flak	2 6-barrel 20 mm. ZAU " Phalanx " [1]
Missile weapons	2 * 4 RCC Harpoon [1] up to 74 RIM-66 SM-2 Standard-2 missiles [3]
Anti-submarine weapons	PLUR RUM-139 ASROC
Mine torpedo armament	2 * 3 324 mm. TA Mk. 32 (torpedoes Mk. 46 and Mk.50)
Aviation group	1 helicopter SH-60 LAMPS , [1] no hangar

The destroyer Ross is named after Captain Donald C. Ross (1910-1992), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor .

Ross is equipped with Aegis combat information and control system; Tomahawk cruise missile launchers, RIM-156 SM-2 anti-aircraft missiles or RUM-139 VL-Asroc anti-submarine missiles; as well as various machine gun and cannon weapons. The ship can take on board one helicopter Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk .

On April 7, 2017, the destroyer participated in the Tomahawk cruise missile strike on the Syrian air base of Al-Shairat .