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DDG 51 - USS Arleigh Burke (HULL 450)

Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer for the United States Navy
Length: 505'
Beam: 66'
Depth: 41'-10"
Draft: 20'-8 1/4"
Displacement: 6,605 (light ship), 8,422 (full load)
Other Data: 4 geared gas turbines, 100,000 horsepower, twin screws, twin rudders, steel superstructure, 2 stacks, 1 mast. 

Keel laid December 6,1988, launched September 16,1989, delivered April 29,1991, commissioned July 4,1991 in Norfolk. 

Lead ship of Class. Complement of 26 officers and 315 enlisted. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.

DDG 51 - Launch - September 16, 1989

  
DDG 51 - Sea Trials