USS FITZGERALD (DDG 62) is the twelfth platform of the Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyers. The mission
FITZGERALD is to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea in support of U.S. national policy. Equipped
with the world's most sophisticated weapon system, FITZGERALD is able to operate in a high density, multi-threat
environment as an integral member of a carrier battle group, surface action group or underway replenishment group.
Powered by four quick-response GE LM-2500 Gas Turbine engines, FITZGERALD is capable of speeds in excess
of over thirty knots. Home to a crew of 330, FITZGERALD is a small town at sea, complete with a barber shop, post
office, ship's store, laundry facilities and ATM.
| Built By | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Commissioned | October 14, 1995 |
| Length(Overall/Waterline) | 505 ft/466 ft |
| Beam (Max/Waterline) | 66 ft/59 ft |
| Draft | 31 ft |
| Displacement | 8315 tons |
| Personnel | 25 Officers |
| 25 Chief Petty Officers | |
| 280 Enlisted | |
| Armament | 1 5"/54 caliber Gun Mount |
| 2 Vertical Launching Systems | |
| - Tomahawk Missiles | |
| - Standard Missiles | |
| - Vertical Launch ASROC | |
| 2 Harpoon ASM Launchers | |
| 2 Triple Torpedo Tubes | |
| 2 25 mm Close-In Weapon Systems | |
| 1 25 mm Chain Gun | |
| Sensors | AN/SPY-1D Radar |
| An/SQS-53C Sonar Array | |
| Engineering | 4 GE LM2500 Gas Turbine Engines |
| 3 Allison 2500 KW Generators |
| 2 17 ft diameter Propellers |
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