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USS Stethem (DDG-63) - Definition and Overview

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USS Stethem
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Ordered: 22 February 1990
Laid down: 11 May 1993
Launched: 17 June 1994
Commissioned: 21 October 1995
Decommissioned:  
Status: Active in service as of 2005.
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General Characteristics
Displacement: 8,315 tons
Length: 505 ft (154 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20.1 m)
Draught: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (56 km/h)
Range:  
Complement: 337 officers and enlisted
Armament: 1 x 29 cell, 1 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 90 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft: 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked
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USS Stethem (DDG-63) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

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