GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Well, anybody who has been reading my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog and this blog can probably guess the motto of this ship.
MOTTO: Go ahead and guess. Answer below.
COMMISSIONED: 10 February 2007
SPEED: 30+ knots
CREW: 320 to 380
ARMAMENT:
One 5-inch
Two 25mm autocannons
Four .50 caliber machine guns
One 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Two Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
96 cell Mk 41 VLS for:
RIM-66 Standard Missile 2
BGM-109 Tomahawk
RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles
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AIRCRAFT: Two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Don't Think I'd Mess With This Ship. --Cooter
In case you're wondering about the ship's motto, it is "Fire When Ready." Who'd have figured that?
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