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BAINBRIDGE CLASS (nuclear propolsion) |
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Origin USA
Year 1959
Displacement, tons 7 600
Dimensions, meters 172.3 x 17.6 x 7.7
Aircraft - Missiles 8 Harpoon 6 ASROC 8 RIM-66 (AA)
Guns 2 X 20mm Mk 67
Torpedo 6 x Mk 32
Main Engines 60.000 shp Nuclear Powered
Speed, knots 30
Range, miles 50.000
Complement 470
The third nuclear powered ship ever to be built by the US Navy. (after Long Beach and Enterprise ) The ship was authorized in 1959 and was built at a total cost of $163 million. |
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BELKNAP CLASS |
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Origin USA
Year 1962
Displacement, tons 6 570
Dimensions, meters 166.7 x 16.7 x 8.8
Aircraft 1 helicopter
Missiles 8 Harpoon 8 ASROC 8 RIM-66 (AA)
Guns 1 x 127mm/54 Mk 42 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Torpedo 6 x Mk 32
Main Engines 85.000 shp
Speed, knots 32
Range, miles 9.500
Complement 418
The Belknap class guided missile cruiser has a distinctive feature whereas the 127mm gun is place in the rear and the missile launchers are place in the front. This design also allows for a helicopter pad. Equipped with modern weaponry the Belknap is a formidable warship. A total of 9 ship where built between 1962 and 1967. |
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BRISTOL CLASS |
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Origin United Kingdom
Year 1973
Displacement, tons 6 100
Dimensions, meters 149.3 x 16.8 x 5.2
Aircraft -
Missiles 8 x Sea Dart
Guns 1 x 155mm/55 Mk 8 2 x 20mm
Torpedo -
Main Engines 2 x geared steam - 2 x Bristol-Siddely Marine Olympus TMIA. 30.000 shp
Speed, knots 28
Range, miles 5.000
Complement 407
HMS Bristol (D23) was the only Type 82 destroyer of the Royal Navy. It is designated as a light cruiser but has the “D” prefix for destroyer. Originally intended as the first of a class of new large destroyers to escort the CVA-01 aircraft carriers projected to come into service in the early 1970s, Bristol turned out to be a unique ship. The rest of the class were cancelled when the CVA-01 carriers fell victim to the 1966 Strategic Defence Review. Bristol saw a number of new systems introduced into the Navy, including the Sea Dart and Ikara missile systems, which remains in service on board the Type 42 destroyers of the fleet in the early 21st century. Bristol had a relatively long Navy career that included service in the Falklands War, where ships with the Sea Dart system were desperately needed. However, as the 1990s dawned, the ship was increasingly becoming an anachronism. |
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BROOKLYN CLASS |
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Origin USA
Year 1937
Displacement, tons 10 000
Dimensions, meters 185.4 x 21.0 x 7.3
Aircraft -
Missiles -
Guns 6 x 152mm/47 triple Mk 16 8 x 127mm/25 single Mk 27 28 x 40mm/60 24 x 20mm/80
Torpedo -
Main Engines Parsons geared turbines. 100 000 shp
Speed, knots 32.5
Range, miles 7.600
Complement 888
The third Brooklyn (CL-40) was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of seven. She was launched 30 November 1936 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey, daughter of Rear Admiral F. R. Lackey; and commissioned 30 September 1937, Captain W. D. Brereton, Jr., in command. Brooklyn joined the fleet in the Panama Canal Zone during the latter part of 1938. She was assigned to Cruiser Division 8 and attended to routine duties with the fleet until April 1939. In mid-April she returned to the United States where she participated in the opening of the New York World's Fair ( 30 April 1939 ).
On 23 May Brooklyn was ordered to the scene of the Squalus (SB-192) disaster, six miles south of the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire . Until 3 June she acted as a base ship during the salvage and rescue operations. Brooklyn then steamed to the west coast where she joined the Pacific Fleet and participated in the opening of the Golden Gate Exposition ( 18 February 1940 ).
She served on the west coast until March 1941, when she departed on a good-will and training tour of the South Pacific. In May she left Pearl Harbor for the east coast where she joined the Atlantic Squadron. During 1-7 July 1941 she escorted the convoy carrying Marines to Reykjavik , Iceland . During the remainder of 1941 Brooklyn engaged in convoy escort and Neutrality Patrol. With the entry of the United States into World War II Brooklyn got underway from Bermuda to patrol the Caribbean Sea . In April 1942 she was assigned convoy escort duty between the United States and the United Kingdom.
On 3 September during one of the trans-Atlantic crossings, Wakefield (AP-21), a member of the convoy caught fire and was abandoned. Brooklyn rescued 1,173 troops which had been embarked on board Wakefield . Although severely damaged by the fire, Wakefield was towed to safety and repaired. On 24 October 1942 Brooklyn departed Norfolk , Virginia for North Africa.
On 8 November she bombarded shore installations to cover the Fedhala landing. While thus engaged she was hit by a dud projectile from a coastal defense gun which damaged two of the cruiser's guns and wounded five of her crew. She departed Casablanca for the east coast 17 November 1942 . Between January and July 1943 she made three convoy escort voyages between the east coast and Casablanca and then steamed to the Mediterranean where she carried out screening and fire support duties during the invasion of Sicily (10-14 July). Remaining in the Mediterranean , Brooklyn next covered the Anzio-Nettuno landings (22 January-9 February 1944). Between 13 and 23 May 1944 she participated in the bombardment of the Formia-Anzio area and then carried out exercises in preparation for the invasion of southern France.
On 15 August 1944 Brooklyn furnished part of the heavy naval gunfire which preceded the landing of Allied troops on the coast of southern France . She remained on duty in the Mediterranean until 21 November 1944 when she departed Sicily for New York , arriving 30 November. Between December 1944 and May 1945 Brooklyn underwent extensive overhaul and alteration at New York Navy Yard. From May through September 1945 she exercised along the eastern seaboard and then reported to Philadelphia Navy Yard for her pre-inactivation overhaul. She went in commission in reserve 30 January 1946 and out of commission in reserve 3 January 1947.
On 9 January 1951 Brooklyn was transferred under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program to Chile , where she was renamed O'Higgins. |
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