US sent another missile destroyer URO to the Black Sea
The USS U.S. destroyer Porter (DDG-78) of the Arleigh Burke class has been dispatched from the US Navy naval base in the Spanish Rota to the Black Sea, where it will conduct a series of exercises and maneuvers with ships and vessels of US "allies and partners" and NATO. He should pass the Bosporus and Dardanelles by Thursday evening. This is the sixth ship of the US Navy, sent to the Black Sea since the beginning of the year.
- said the commander of the 6 m fleet of the US Navy Lisa Franchetti.
The USS "Porter" missile destroyer (DDG-78) is an 28 Arleigh Burke class ship. Pledged 2 December 1996 year, launched on 12 November 1997 year. It was handed over to the US Navy on 11 on January 1999 of the year and commissioned on March 20. Since spring, 2015 has been assigned to the US Navy base in the Spanish Company.
Displacement full 8915 tons. Length - 153,92 meters, width - 20,1 meters, draft with gas - 9,4 meters, without gas - 7,3 meters. The maximum speed of the 32 node. Cruising range of 4400 miles on 20 nodes. The crew is 337 people (including 23 officer).
Armament: 2 launchers on the 29 (bow) and 61 (stern) cell for the Tomahawk rocket launcher, SAM RIM-66 SM-2 "Standard-2", RUR-RUM-139 ASROC, one 127-mm artillery gun Mark 45. Mod. 3 / 54, two 6-barrel 20-mm "Phalanx", two launchers of four RCC Harpoon, helicopter SH-60 LAMPS
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