USS Gonzalez DDG-66

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USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War.

History

The warship took part in Operation Allied Force, firing Tomahawk cruise missiles at Serbian targets in 1999. She also assisted a cruise ship, Seabourn Spirit, after an abortive attack by pirates off the coast of Somalia in 2005.[1]

On 1 March 2006, she rescued the crew of an Iranian ship, whose engine and rudder were broken down since 18 February. The Iranian crew were returned to Iran. She was involved in the Action of 18 March 2006 with suspected pirates, along with the cruiser USS Cape St. George. The two U.S. warships exchanged fire with the suspected pirates about 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the coast of Somalia. Initial reports indicated that one suspected pirate was killed and five others wounded.

On 17 July 2006, CNN reported that Gonzalez would be deployed to help in evacuation efforts of American citizens from Lebanon in the midst of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. On 26 July 2006, Frank James of The Chicago Tribune reported on the evacuation efforts of Gonzalez.

Name: USS Gonzalez

Namesake: Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez

Ordered: 16 January 1991

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine

Laid down: 3 February 1994

Launched: 18 February 1995

Acquired: 14 June 1996

Commissioned: 12 October 1996

Motto: "Beyond the Call"

Status: in active service

Badge: USS Gonzalez DDG-66 Crest.png

General characteristics

Class and type: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

Displacement:

Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t)

Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)

Length: 505 ft (154 m)

Beam: 66 ft (20 m)

Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)

Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW)

Speed: >30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Range:

4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots

(8,100 km at 37 km/h)

Complement:

33 commissioned officers

38 chief petty officers

210 enlisted personnel

Sensors and

processing systems:

AN/SPY-1D 3D radar (Flight I,II,IIa)

AN/SPY-6 AESA 3D radar (Flight III)

AN/SPS-67(V)2 surface-search radar

AN/SPS-73(V)12 surface-search radar

AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar

AN/SQS-53C sonar array

AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar

AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system

Electronic warfare

& decoys:

AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System

AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures

MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System

MK 53 Nulka Decoy Launching System

AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys

Armament:

1 × 29 cell, 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launching systems with 90 × RIM-156 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles

2 x Mk 141 Harpoon Missile Launcher SSM

1 × Mark 45 5/54 in (127/54 mm)

2 × 25 mm chain gun

4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns

2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes

Aircraft carried: 2 Sikorsky MH-60R helicopters can be embarked