Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers In Action
(Soft Cover)
Product Code: SS14031

Overview

By John Gourley

Expanded Edition with more photos, updated content and 20+ more
pages'. Currently the most capable and sophisticated destroyer
class in the world, Arleigh Burke-class had its beginnings in the
mid-1970s, the result of a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
research project. In the years following the Vietnam War, cost
and size constraints were dominate factors motivating the design
process. The new ship had to be effect as an antisubmarine escort
for the carrier battle groups, but also able to engage and
neutralize airborne threats. The new ship was also intended to
replace older ships of several classes due for replacement. The
need for Arleigh Burke, Flights of Ships, Ships of Flight, DDG-51
Class Operational Notes, Overhaul and Refit Periods, Mk 41
Vertical Launch System (VLS), Operation Tomodaci & Odyssey Dawn,
Shipboard Electronics, Aegis fire control illuminator AS-3444,
SLQ-32 ECM antenna array, Radars, Data-links and SRS-1 Combat DF.


Illustrated with over 200 color photo's; 80 pages.