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Arleigh Burke destroyers are grouped into flights with important equipment differences. Flight III should be compared as its own configuration rather than as an average of the entire class.
United StatesUSS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) in 2003; family photograph, not a Flight III ship.
U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Patrick Reilly / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedArleigh Burke class
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Kidd class Spruance class
Zumwalt class DDG(X)
US$2.2 billion per ship (FY2024)
1988–2011, 2013–present
1991–present
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Total 75 : Flight I: 21 Flight II: 7 Flight IIA: 34 Flight IIA Restart: 3 Flight IIA Technology Insertion: 9 Flight III: 1
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Guided-missile destroyer
Fully loaded: Flight I: 8,300 long tons (8,400 t ) Flight II: 8,400 long tons (8,500 t) Flight IIA: 9,500 long tons (9,700 t) Flight III: 9,700 long tons (9,900 t)
Flights I & II: 505 ft (154 m) Flights IIA & III: 509.5 ft (155.3 m)
66 ft (20 m)
31 ft (9.4 m)
Flights I & II: 3 × AG9130 generator sets (2,500 kW (3,400 hp) each, 450 V) Flight IIA: 3 × AG9140 generator sets (3,000 kW (4,000 hp) each, 450 V) Flight III: 3 × AG9160 generator sets (4,000 kW (5,400 hp) each, 4,160 V)
4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines each generating 26,250 bhp (19,570 kW); coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable-pitch propeller ; Total output: 105,000 bhp (78,000 kW)
In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
2 × rigid-hull inflatable boats
Flight I: 303 total Flight IIA: 23 officers, 300 enlisted
AN/SPY-1 D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA) AN/SPY-6 (V)1 AESA 3D radar (Flight III) AN/SPS-67 (V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 – DDG-118) AN/SPQ-9B surface search radar (DDG-119 onward) AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 – DDG-86) BridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onward) 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar Mk 46 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA) Mk 20 electro-optical sight system (Flight III) AN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system: AN/SQS-53C sonar array AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II, IIA) TB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onward) AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system
AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures Mk 36 Mod 12 decoy launching systems Mk 53 Nulka decoy launching systems Mk 59 decoy launching systems
130 tons of Kevlar splinter protection around vital areas
Flights I & II: None Flights IIA & III: Up to two MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Flights I & II: Flight deck with LAMPS III electronics Flights IIA & III: Flight deck with LAMPS III electronics and two hangars
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The system in detail
The US Navy identifies the SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar with Flight III. Class-level information can still combine vessels from multiple flights, so each table row needs a configuration check.
Launch cells, displacement and radar descriptions answer different questions. Neither the number of cells nor a radar label establishes a ship’s loaded missile mix, availability or probability of interception.
Arleigh Burke equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesNaval inventory of the source class and listed configurations; excludes orders and construction. Source-year holdings, not immediately deployable strength.