Saturday, November 6, 2021

USS Russell (DDG-59)-- Part 3: A Whole Lotta Don't Mess With Me Ship

MORE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

(From Wikipedia)

RANGE:  4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots

COMPLEMENT:  33 commissioned officers, 38 chief petty officers, 210 enlisted

SENSORS AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS:  8 systems

ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND DECOYS:  5 systems  (I don't now about you, but with this and the above, I wouldn't want to mess with this ship.

ARMAMENT:  

Two missile-launching  systems with 90 missiles
2 Harpoon missile launchers
1 Mark  45 gun
2  25 mm chain guns
4 50-caliber guns
2  20mm Phalanx CIWS
2 MK 32 triple torpedo tubes

AIRCRAFT:  2 Sikorski helicopters can be embarked

Again, Bad Guys, Stay Away from This Ship.  --CootDon'tMessWithMe


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