[BIGLOOK]

I was TDY to the USS Bainbridge, DLGN 25 for about a month and a half way back when. This must be another Bainbridge. Thought DLGN 25 decommissioned.

Reason I mention this is Bainbridge was nuke powered.....state of the art at the time. (Although many others would disagree.)

I suppose this USS Bainbridge in heading in at flank.....hours ahead of orders from Obama.

[ArmstedFragg]

We’re talking DDG 96.

[mylife]

I was waiting for a fast attack sub to show up.

[zaphod3000]

USS BAINBRIDGE DDG-96 CLASS - ARLEIGH BURKE Flight IIa As Built. Displacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions: 509' 5" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max) Armament: 1 x 5"/62 RF, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), 96 VLS Cells, 2 SH-60B helicopters, 8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT. Machinery: 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 370. Operational and Building Data: Christened at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine 13 November 2004 Commissioned 12 November 2005 at Ft. Lauderdale. Active unit of the US Navy. Homeported at Norfolk, VA.

[El Gato]

I was TDY to the USS Bainbridge, DLGN 25 for about a month and a half way back when. This must be another Bainbridge. Thought DLGN 25 decommissioned.

The current USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned on 12 November 2005 and is currently in service.

Armament: 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems,
96 x RIM-66 SM-2,
BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes

Aircraft carried: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters