US destroyer URO USS Laboon DDG58 leaves the Black Sea
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The American destroyer URO USS Laboon DDG58 leaves the Black Sea. According to the US Navy's Sixth Fleet, the ship has already begun sailing to the Mediterranean.
On page 6 fleet The US Navy posted on Twitter about the completion of the mission of the destroyer USS Laboon DDG58 on maritime patrols in the Black Sea. The presence of the ship in this region is called "support of NATO allies and partners."
The American destroyer entered the Black Sea on June 11, while in the water area, she took part in exercises together with the destroyer D36 Defender of the Royal Navy of Great Britain and the air defense frigate F805 Evertsen of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The ship was monitored by the forces and assets of the Black Sea Fleet.
The destroyer URO USS Laboon (DDG-58) is the 8th ship in a series of 21 ships of the "Arleigh Burke" class. Full displacement - 8775 tons. Maximum length - 154 meters, width - 20 meters, draft - 9,4 meters. Travel speed over 30 knots. Cruising range 4400 miles at 20 knots. The crew is 281 people, including 33 officers.
The main armament is the "Tomahawk" missile defense system, the RIM-66 SM-2 "Standard-2" missile defense system, the RUM-139 ASROC PLUR, the "Harpoon" anti-ship missile system. It has two universal launchers for 29 (bow) and 61 (stern) cells. In addition, there is one AU Mark 45. Mod. 3/54 caliber 127 mm, two 6-barreled 20-mm Falanx assault rifles. Can be carried by a helicopter.
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