Buena Vista Class Destroyer

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Buena Vista Class Guided Missile Destroyer
General Information
Name Buena Vista-Class Guided Missile Destroyer
Built By Matthews Sound Shipbuilding & McKeesport Yard
Cost $1.3B per unit
Built 60
Planned 75
Preceded by North Rock-Class Destroyer
Namesake City of Buena Vista
Ship Characteristics
Displacement 8,300 tons
Length 505 ft
Beam 66 ft
Draft 30 ft
Power 2x Southern Electric Gas Turbine Engines
Speed 35 Knots
Crew Complement 20 officers

200 enlisted

Armament x90 VLS Launchers of various types

x2 Phalanx CIWS x1 5 inch guns

Aircraft Carried 2x Helicopters

The Buena Vista line of Destroyers is the current destroyer used by South Hills, and has been in service since 1991.


Sensors & Processing Equipment

   AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar
   AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
   AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
   AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
   AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
   AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System

Electronic Warfare

   AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
   AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
   MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System
   AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys

Crew Complement & Various Statistics

Flight I: 303

Flight II: 323

Length: 505 ft (154 m) (Flights I and II)

509 ft (155 m) (Flight IIA)

Beam: 66 ft (20 m)

Draft: 30.5 ft (9.3 m)

Installed power: 3 × Allison AG9140 Generators (2500kW each, 440V)

Propulsion: 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines each generating 29,500 shp (22,000 kW) coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable pitch propeller;

Total output: 118,000 shp (88,000 kW)

Speed: In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)

Range: 4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Boats & landing craft carried: 2 Rigid hull inflatable boat

Aviation

Flight deck for and enclosed hangers for two MH-60R LAMPS III helicopters capable of carrying Anti-Submarine or Anti-Ship missiles.

Armament

   Missiles:
       Flight I: 90 cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)
       Flights II and IIA: 96 cell Mk 41 VLS
           BGM-109 Tomahawk
           RIM-66M Standard medium range SAM (has an ASuW mode)[citation needed]
           RIM-161 Standard Ballistic missile defense missile for Aegis BMD (15 ships as of March 2009[7])
           RIM-162 ESSM (4 per cell) SAM (DDG-79 onward)
           RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
           RIM-174A Standard ERAM to be added in 2011
       RGM-84 Harpoon SSM (not in Flight IIA units)[8]
   Guns:
       1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/54 Mk-45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun) (DDG-51 through −80); or
       1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun) (DDG-81 onwards)
       2 × (DDG-51 through −84); or
       1 × (DDG-85 onwards) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
       2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannons
   Torpedoes:
       2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (six Mk-46 or Mk-50 torpedoes, Mk-54 in the near future)

Ships in class

 Name   Number   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Home port   Status 
Flight I
Buena Vista DDG-51 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 16 September 1989 4 July 1991 Naval Base Matthews Active
Matthews DDG-52 McKeesport Yard 8 June 1991 12 December 1992 Naval Base Matthews Active
Mint Hill DDG-53 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 26 October 1991 18 December 1993 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Huntersville DDG-54 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 16 May 1992 19 March 1994 Naval Air Station Mint Hill Active
Davidson DDG-55 McKeesport Yard 16 October 1992 13 August 1994 Naval Base Matthews Active
Cornelius DDG-56 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 26 September 1992 2 July 1994 Naval Air Station Mint Hill Active
Yi'Luk DDG-57 McKeesport Yard 7 May 1993 10 December 1994 Naval Base Matthews Active
Mt. Vernon DDG-58 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 20 February 1993 18 March 1995 Naval Base Matthews Active
Independence DDG-59 McKeesport Yard 20 October 1993 20 May 1995 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Elizabeth City DDG-60 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 24 July 1993 27 May 1995 Naval Station West Elizabeth Active
Charlestown DDG-61 McKeesport Yard 11 February 1994 22 July 1995 Naval Base Matthews Active
Odyssey DDG-62 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 29 January 1994 14 October 1995 Naval Air Station Mint Hill Active
SayMyName DDG-63 McKeesport Yard 17 July 1994 21 October 1995 Naval Air Station Mint Hill Active
Freedom DDG-64 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 23 July 1994 13 April 1996 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Titan DDG-65 McKeesport Yard 9 November 1994 30 March 1996 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Democracy DDG-66 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 18 February 1995 12 October 1996 Naval Base Matthews Active
Rusnak DDG-67 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 10 February 1995 8 June 1996 Naval Base Matthews Active
Alameda DDG-68 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 12 August 1995 19 April 1997 Naval Station Pittsburgh Active
Albany DDG-69 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 1 August 1995 23 November 1996 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Bay Area DDG-70 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 6 January 1996 6 September 1997 Naval Station West Elizabeth Active
Bellevue DDG-71 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 22 March 1996 28 June 1997 Naval Station Pittsburgh Active
Flight II
Mount Oliver DDG-72 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 29 June 1996 14 February 1998 Naval Base Matthews Active
Mt. lebanon DDG-73 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 10 November 1996 29 August 1998 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Pen Hills DDG-74 McKeesport Yard 18 January 1997 25 April 1998 Naval Base Matthews Active
Gibraltar DDG-75 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 3 May 1997 4 December 1998 Naval Station Pittsburgh Active
Neutrality DDG-76 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 4 October 1997 24 April 1999 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Kongo DDG-77 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 28 March 1998 23 October 1999 Naval Station West Elizabeth Active
Kin DDG-78 McKeesport Yard 12 November 1997 20 March 1999 Naval Base Matthews Active
Flight IIA: 5"/54 variant
Belmost DDG-79 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 7 November 1998 19 August 2000 Naval Base Matthews Active
Clayton DDG-80 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 10 January 1999 14 October 2000 Naval Air Station Mint Hill Active
Flight IIA: 5"/62 variant
Dublin DDG-81 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 17 April 1999 10 March 2001 Naval Base Matthews Active
Concord DDG-82 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 16 October 1999 21 April 2001 Naval Air Station Mint Hill Active
Fairfax DDG-83 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 20 November 1999 20 October 2001 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Fox DDG-84 McKeesport Yard 21 June 2000 8 December 2001 Naval Base Matthews Active
Scraper DDG-85 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 2 July 2000 17 August 2002 Naval Air Station Mint Hill Active
Hoel DDG-86 McKeesport Yard 22 November 2000 22 June 2002 Coast Guard Station Duquesne Active
'Cloverdale DDG-87 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 23 June 2001 12 April 2003 Naval Base Matthews]] Active
Whippet DDG-88 McKeesport Yard 1 June 2001 9 November 2002 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Colma DDG-89 McKeesport Yard 12 December 2001 26 July 2003 Naval Air Station Mint Hill] Active
Central DDG-90 McKeesport Yard 2 November 2002 18 October 2003 Naval Station West Elizabeth Active
Soup DDG-91 McKeesport Yard 26 June 2002 29 May 2004 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Johnston DDG-92 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 19 July 2003 28 August 2004 Coast Guard Station Duequesne Active
Milbrae DDG-93 McKeesport Yard 15 December 2002 18 September 2004 Naval Station West Elizabeth Active
Hopper DDG-94 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 3 April 2004 5 March 2005 Naval Base Matthews Active
Flux DDG-95 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 25 June 2003 11 December 2004 Naval Base Matthews Active
Berlin DDG-96 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 13 November 2004 12 November 2005 Naval Base Matthews Active
Effort DDG-97 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 9 January 2004 30 July 2005 Naval Station West Elizabeth Active
Regret DDG-98 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 2 October 2004 28 January 2006 Naval Base Matthews Active
Bootleg DDG-99 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 23 July 2005 10 June 2006 Naval Base Matthews Active
Altona DDG-100 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 22 January 2005 9 June 2007 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Aurora DDG-101 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 28 December 2005 10 February 2007 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Fort Worth DDG-102 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 16 September 2006 3 November 2007 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Wichita DDG-103 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 2 June 2007 25 April 2009 Naval Base Matthews] Active
Milwaukee DDG-104 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 19 May 2007 9 August 2008 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Stockton DDG-105 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 26 January 2008 6 March 2010 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Hempstead DDG-106 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 10 May 2008 18 April 2009 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Lubbock DDG-107 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 30 March 2009 20 November 2010 Naval Base Matthews Active
Rochester DDG-108 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 18 October 2008 10 October 2009 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Lubbock DDG-109 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 1 August 2009 13 November 2010 Naval Base Matthews Active
Henderson DDG-110 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 15 December 2009 4 June 2011 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Madison DDG-111 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 6 June 2010 1 October 2011 Naval Base McKeesport Active
Capital DDG-112 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding 7 May 2011 6 October 2012 Naval Station West Elizabeth Active
Flight III
Bulkhead DDG-113 McKeesport Yard Laid down
Waddal DDG-114 McKeesport Yard Construction on contract
Protector DDG-115 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding Construction on contract
Defender DDG-116 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding Construction on contract
Mobile DDG-117 McKeesport Yard Contract awarded(MYP)
Joker DDG-118 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding Contract awarded(MYP)
TBD DDG-119 McKeesport Yard Contract awarded(MYP)
TBD DDG-120 Matthews Sound Shipbuilding Contract awarded(MYP)
TBD DDG-121 MYP
TBD DDG-122 MYP
TBD DDG-123 MYP
DDG-124 MYP
DDG-125 MYP
DDG-126 MYP
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