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Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 1 of 3
Ticonderoga-class cruiserlarger figure on 2 of 3
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Ticonderoga class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
567 feet (173 m)[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
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13 February 1975[source] |
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| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | — |
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| Renamed | Okapi[source] | — |
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| Home port | Kiel , Germany[source] | — |
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| Identification | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Type | Rhön -class tanker[source] | Guided-missile cruiser[source] |
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| Tonnage | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers 2 × rudders[source] |
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| Capacity | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German tanker Spessart · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference | United States[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Ingalls Shipbuilding Bath Iron Works[source] |
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| Operators | — | United States Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Strike cruiser (planned, canceled) Virginia -class cruiser (actual)[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Cruiser Baseline (planned, canceled, succeeded by CG[X]) CG(X) (planned, canceled) Arleigh Burke -class destroyer Flight III (actual) DDG(X) (planned)[source] |
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| Cost | — | ~ US$1,000,000,000 (equivalent to $2,172,204,760 in 2025) in 1994, for final ship[source] |
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| Built | — | 1980–1994[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1983–present[source] |
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| Completed | — | 27[source] |
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| Active | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — | 21[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | AN/SPY-1 A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar (Removed on some ships) AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-73 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SQQ-89 (V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of: AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie[source] |
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| Armament | — | CG-47 – 51 2 × Mk 26 missile launchers 68 × RIM-66 SM-2 20 × RUR-5 ASROC 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 45 lightweight gun 2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes CG-52 – 73 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems containing 122 × mix of: RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV RIM-161 SM-3 RIM-162A ESSM RIM-174A Standard ERAM BGM-109 Tomahawk RUM-139A VL-ASROC 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/62 caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 lightweight gun 2 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes[source] |
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| Armor | — | Limited Kevlar splinter protection in critical areas[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters.[source] |
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