The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, a $64 million contract to provide 'lead yard services' for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer and the FFG 7 Perry Class Frigate Programs. Bath Iron Works will provide design, planning and material support services for maintenance and modernization. The work will be performed in Bath, Maine and is expected to be completed by October 2010.
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers have a full-load displacement of 8300 tons, an overall length of 506 feet and a beam of 62 feet. Their maximum speed is in excess of 30 knots and their cruising range is 4400 nautical miles at 20 knots. The ship's complement is approximately 30 officers and 302 enlisted personnel.
All ships of this class have the AEGIS air defense system with the SPY-1D phased array radar. They are armed with a 90-cell vertical launching system capable of storing and rapidly firing a mix of standard, Tomahawk and vertically launched ASROC (VLA) missiles for air defense, strike warfare, and anti-submarine warfare missions. Other armament includes the Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile, the 5"/54 gun with improvements that integrate it with the AEGIS weapon system and the Phalanx close-in weapon system for self-defense.
The Perry class FFGs are primarily undersea warfare ships that can provide open-ocean escort of amphibious ships and convoys in low-to-moderate threat environments in a global war. These frigates are equipped to escort and protect carrier battle groups and amphibious landing groups. Each of these vessels forms a capable undersea warfare platform with the LAMPS-III helicopter onboard. The Mk 13 Mod 4 missile launcher provides secondary, anti-air capability. Ships of this class are often referred to as "FFG-7" (pronounced FIG-7) after the lead ship, the U.S.S. Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7).
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