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Bradley Class Frigate

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Builders: Marinette Marine (Marinette, WI), Austal USA (Mobile, AL), Todd Pacific Shipyards (Seattle, WA), Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME), American Shipbuilding Corporation (Quincy, MA)
Expected in Service: 2013
Planned: 24
Expected Cost: $550 million

FFG-62: USS Bradley
FFG-63: USS Forrestal
FFG-64: USS Samuel Eliot Morison
FFG-65: USS Oldendorf
FFG-66: USS Livingstone

Specifications

Displacement (full load): 5,574 tons
Length: 488.5 feet (148.9 m)
Beam: 52.5 feet (16.0 m)
Draft: 23 feet (7.0 m)
Height: 68.2 feet (20.8 m)

Propulsion: 2 General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, Westinghouse COGAS system, 2 Westinghouse gearboxes, 2 shafts, reversible and controllable pitch propellers
Power: 90,000 shp
Max Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Range: 5,000 mi at 20 knots (37 km/h)

Complement: 375 (47 officers, 328 enlisted)

Electronics: AEGIS Combat System (including AN/SPY-1D(V) radar), SQS-53C Sonar Suite, SLQ-32 electronic warfare system
Armament:
1 Mk 41 48-cell Vertical Launch System (48 missiles, including BGM-109 Tomahawk, RIM-156 SM-2ER, RIM-174 SM-6 Standard, RIM-152 ESSM and RUM-139 VL-ASROC)
2 Mark 143 missile launchers (8 RGM-84 Harpoon missiles)
1 Mark 45 5"/62-caliber naval gun
2 Phalanx 20mm CIWS (fitted and plumbed for Firestrike laser system)
2 Mk 32 SVTT 324mm Triple Torpedo Tubes
Edited by United States of America, Apr 29 2010, 05:58 AM.
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Martin Luther King Class Cruiser

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Builders: National Steel and Shipbuilding (San Diego, CA), American Shipbuilding Corporation (Quincy, MA)
Expected in Service: 2015
Planned: 24
Expected Cost: $1.85 Billion

CGN-74: USS Martin Luther King Jr.
CGN-75: USS Frederick Douglass
CGN-76: USS Alexander Hamilton
CGN-77: USS John Glenn
CGN-78: USS Neil Armstrong

Specifications

Displacement (full load): 15,765 tons
Length: 744 ft 6 in (226.92 m)
Beam: 72 ft 6 in (22.10 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9.44 m)
Height: 87 ft 4 in (25.70 m)

Propulsion: 2 General Electric C2G nuclear reactors, 2 geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
Power: 105,000 shp
Maximum Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: Unlimited
Endurance: 75 days

Complement: 532 (68 officers, 464 enlisted)

Electronics: AEGIS Combat System (including AN/SPY-1D(V) radar), SQS-53C Sonar Suite, SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare system
Armament:
- 4 64-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launch Systems (256 missiles, including BGM-109 Tomahawk, RIM-156 SM-2ER, RIM-174 SM-6 Standard, RIM-152 ESSM and RUM-139 VL-ASROC)
- 4 AGS 155mm naval guns (in two turrets, 225 rounds per gun)
- 4 Mark 143 missile launchers (16 RGM-84 Harpoon missiles)
- 4 Phalanx Firestrike laser CIWS systems
- 2 Mark 32 SVTT Triple 324mm torpedo tubes
Edited by United States of America, May 3 2010, 06:57 PM.
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Wainwright class Anti-Submarine Frigate

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Builders: Todd Pacific Shipyards (Seattle, WA), Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula, MS), American Shipbuilding Corporation (Quincy, MA)
Expected in Service: 2013
Planned: 18
Expected cost: $375 million

FFG-84: USS Wainwright
FFG-85: USS Halsey
FFG-86: USS Rogers
FFG-87: USS Henderson
FFG-88: USS Moosbrugger

Specifications

Displacement (full load): 5,058 tons
Length: 458 feet (139.60 m)
Beam: 54 feet (16.46 m)
Draft: 30 feet (9.14 m)
Height: 71 feet (21.64 m)

Propulsion: 2 General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, Westinghouse COGAS system, 2 Westinghouse gearboxes, 2 shafts, reversible and controllable pitch propellers
Power: 90,000 shp
Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h)
Range: 10,500 nautical miles (12,000 mi, 19,400 km)
Endurance: 75 days

Complement: 146 (20 officers, 126 enlisted)

Electronics: EADS 3D TRS-16 Air Search Radar, SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar, AN/SPG-62 Fire Control Radar, AN/SPS-73 Surface Search Radar, AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
Armament:
- 1 Mk 41 48-cell Vertical Launch System (48 missiles, uses RIM-162 ESSM, RIM-66 Standard-MR and RUM-139 VL-ASROC)
- 2 Mark 143 missile launchers (8 RGM-84 Harpoon missiles)
- 1 Mark 45 5"/62-caliber naval gun
- 1 SeaRAM missile launcher (11 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe missiles)
- 2 Mark 32 SVTT 324mm triple torpedo tubes
Edited by United States of America, Apr 29 2010, 05:54 AM.
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Swordfish Class Submarine

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Builders: General Dynamics Electric Boat (Groton, CT), Long Beach Naval Shipbuilding (Long Beach, CA)
Expected in Service: 2015
Planned: 24
Expected Cost: $450 million

SSK-792: USS Swordfish
SSK-793: USS Sealion III
SSK-794: USS Archerfish
SSK-795: USS Razorback
SSK-796: USS Scorpion

Specifications

Displacement (full load): 4,076 tons
Length: 361 ft 8 in (110.23 m)
Beam: 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draft: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)

Propulsion: 1 General Electric molten carbonate fuel cell, 2 Westinghouse steam turbines, 2 geared electric motors, 1 shaft with 1 seven-blade low-noise propeller
Power: 30,000 shp
Speed (surfaced): 16 knots
Speed (submerged): 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Range: 12,500 nautical miles (14,385 mi, 23,150 km)
Endurance: 60 days
Underwater Endurance: 21 days

Complement: 58 (15 officers, 43 enlisted)

Armament: 6 21-inch torpedo tubes, 24 Mark 48 ADCAP torpedoes or UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, 8 Mark 36 Vertical Launchers for Tomahawk cruise missiles
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Valley Forge Class Amphibious Assault Ship

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Builders: Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula, MS), American Shipbuilding Corporation (Quincy, MA), National Steel and Shipbuilding (San Diego, CA)
Expected in Service: 2013
Planned: 6
Expected Cost: $1.2 Billion

LHA-6: USS Valley Forge
LHA-7: USS Oriskany
LHA-8: USS White Plains
LHA-9: USS Bennington
LHA-10: USS Yorktown
LHA-11: USS Intrepid

Specifications:

Displacement (full load): 45,700 tons
Length: 844 ft (257.3 m)
Beam: 106 ft (32.3 m)
Draft: 28.4 ft (8.65 m)

Propulsion: 2 General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, 2 General Motors Model 265 turbodiesel auxillary engines, 2 shafts
Power: 80,000 shp
Speed: 25 knots (28 mph, 45 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nmi (18,500 km) at 20 knots
Endurance: 75 days

Complement: 70 officers, 844 enlisted
Marine Capacity: 1,875 Marines
Aircraft Capacity: Up to 45
Aircraft Carried: F-35B Lightning II, AV-8B Harrier II, MV-22 Osprey, AH-1Z Viper, UH-1Y Venom, CH-53K Super Stallion, MH-60S Knighthawk, MH-47G Chinook

Armament:
- 2 Mk-49 missile launchers (RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
- 2 Mk-29 missile launchers (RIM-162 ESSM missiles)
- 2 Phalanx 20mm CIWS system (plumbed and equipped for Phalanx Firestrike laser CIWS)
- 7 Twin .50 BMG machine gun mounts
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Poseidon Class Submarine Tender

Builders: National Steel and Shipbuilding (San Diego, CA), Long Beach Naval Shipbuilding (Long Beach, CA)
Expected in Service: 2014
Planned: 8
Expected Cost: $750 million

AS-42: USS Poseidon
AS-43: USS Anthedon
AS-44: USS Antaeus
AS-45: USS Neptune
AS-46: USS Hermes

Displacement: 55,960 tons (full load)

Length: 821 feet 5 inches
Beam: 106 feet 3 inches
Draft: 30 feet

Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 8 General Motors Model 265 turbodiesel cruise engines, turbo-electric drive system, 2 shafts
Power: 140,000 shp (105 MW)
Max Electrical Power Output While Vessel is moving: 80 MW
Top Speed: 24 knots
Range: 15,000 miles (24,100 km) at 15 knots
Endurance: 75 days

Complement: 1,710 officers and men

Capacities
Marine Diesel Fuel: 385,000 gallons
Bottled Gas: 2,000 bottles
Chill and Freeze storage: 1,000 tons
Ordinance Stowage: 4,000 tons
Hydrogen Production Plant Capacity: 40,000 cubic feet/hour

Armament: 1 16-cell VLS launcher (64 ESSM anti-aircraft missiles), 2 Phalanx Firestrike CIWS systems, 6 M2 12.7mm machine guns

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The Poseidon class is the United States' newest submarine tender, designed to operate as a tender to both nuclear and hydrogen-powered submarines, equipped to operate both as a tender as well as a command center for the submarines of a fleet it is commanding. The ship can provide repair service to other vessels other than submarines of course, and is also equipped with extensive command and control, medical and firefighting systems. The Poseidon class is expected to be part of 21st Century naval battle groups when the Swordfish class is the primary submarine component.
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Ranger Class Sea Control Vessel

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Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA
Expected in Service: 2016
Planned: 12
Expected Cost: $1.7 Billion

SCS-1: USS Ranger
SCS-2: USS Cabot
SCS-3: USS Langley
SCS-4: USS Saipan
SCS-5: USS Guadalcanal

Specifications

Displacement: 18,875 tons
Length: 557 feet
Beam: 84 feet
Draft: 27 feet

Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 4 General Motors Model 265 turbodiesel cruise engines, CODAG propulsion, 2 shafts
Power: 140,000 shp (gas turbines), 26,000 shp (turbodiesel cruise engines)
Speed: 35 knots
Range: 7,500 miles (13,750 km) at 20 knots
Endurance: 60 days

Complement: 586 (130 officers, 456 men)

Electronics: AN/SPY-3 multi-function phased array radar systems

Armament:
- 1x 48-cell Mk-41 VLS
- 2x Mark 90 6"/55-caliber naval guns
- 4x Mark 110 57mm/70 caliber naval guns
- 2 Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm autocannons
- 2 Phalanx CIWS systems

Aircraft Carried: 6 F-35B Lightning II, 4 H-92 Superhawk ASW helicopters, 4 MH-60 Seahawk utility helicopters, 4x MQ-8 Fire Scout UAV
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USS Norton Sound High-Temperature Nuclear Reactor Test Ship

USS Norton Sound is being recalled from the National Defense Reserve Fleet to serve as a test ship for the pebble-bed nuclear reactor design, with the goal of establishing the reactor's viability for a variety of uses, including desalinization, hydrogen production, electrical power and warship propulsion.

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Builder: Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (San Pedro, CA)
Rebuilder: American Shipbuilding Company Baltimore Yard (Baltimore, MD)
Major Contractors: PBMR, Motorola, General Electric, Westinghouse, American Nuclear Technologies, United Technologies

Specifications

Displacement (full load): 15,175 tons
Length: 540 ft 5 in (164.72 m)
Beam: 69 ft 3 in (21.11 m)
Draft: 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)

Propulsion: steam turbines, 4 x boilers, 2 x shafts, 12,000 shp (9.0 MW)
Propulsion with nuclear power: 1 PBMR 105MW pebble-bed type nuclear reactor
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Range: 6,000 miles on boilers, unlimited on nuclear power

Complement: 542 (197 officers, 345 men)

USS Norton Sound is a Currituck-class seaplane tender that has spent much of its life as America's primary test vessel for new technologies, and we are recalling Norton Sound again for that same reason.
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Long Beach Class Nuclear Cruiser

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Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company Fore River Shipyards (now American Shipbuilding Corporation Boston Division, Quincy, MA)
Rebuilder: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, WA
Expected in Service: 2012
Planned: 1
Cost (rebuilt): $875 million

CGN-9: USS Long Beach

Specifications

Displacement (full load): 14,428 tons
Length: 721 ft 3 in (219.84 m)
Beam: 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Draft: 30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)

Propulsion: 2 General Electric C2G (identical to S9G) nuclear reactors, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
Power: 105,000 shp
Maximum Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Range: Unlimited
Endurance: 75 days

Complement: 724 (70 officers, 654 men)

Electronics: AEGIS Combat System (including AN/SPY-1D(V) radar), SQS-53C Sonar Suite, SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare system
Armament:
- 2 Mk 41 64-cell Vertical Launch Systems (128 missiles, including BGM-109 Tomahawk, RIM-156 SM-2ER, RIM-174 SM-6 Standard, RIM-152 ESSM and RUM-139 VL-ASROC)
- 4 AGS 155mm naval guns (in two turrets, 225 rounds per gun)
- 4 Mark 143 missile launchers (16 RGM-84 Harpoon missiles)
- 4 Phalanx Firestrike laser CIWS systems
- 2 Mark 32 SVTT Triple 324mm torpedo tubes
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Zumwalt Class Destroyer

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Builders: Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula, MS), Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME), American Shipbuilding Corporation Boston Division (Quincy, MA)
Expected in Service: 2014
Planned: 3
Expected Cost $3.3 Billion

DDG-1000: USS Zumwalt
DDG-1001: USS Michael Mansoor
DDG-1002: USS Robert Heinlein

Specifications

Displacement (full load): 14,564 tons
Length: 600 ft (182.9 m)
Beam: 80.7 ft (24.6 m)
Draft: 27.6 ft (8.4 m)

Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 gas turbines and emergency diesel generators, shafts
Power: 104,000 shp (78 MW)
Speed: 30.3 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 10,000 miles at 20 knots
Endurance: 75 days

Complement: 141 (27 officers, 114 enlisted)

Electronics: AN/SPY-3 radar, SQS-53 sonar suite
Armament:
- 20 Mk 57 VLS modules, 80 missiles (uses RIM-161 Standard SM-3 and BGM-109 Tomahawk)
- 2 155mm AGS naval guns, 920 rounds
- 2 Mk 110 57mm guns
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