Freitag, 17. Juni 2011

USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CG-58)

Arriving for Kiel Week visit 2011 after BALTOPS 2011 manouvre

USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser on active service in the United States Navy.

Builder: Bath Iron Works  Commissioned: 18 March 1989
Homeport: Mayport, Florida
Displacement: Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length: 173 m Beam: 16.8 meters Draft: 10.2 meters-
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW) 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 enlisted

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