USS Des Moines (CA-134)

The USS Des Moines (CA-134) was a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser in service in the United States Navy from November 16, 1948 to July 6, 1961. It would later spend the next forty-three years decommissioned before being rebuilt along with the USS Long Beach as part of the USN's CGX Program to design and build a large multi-role cruiser to replace the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers. It would be commissioned on September 18, 2006 at Bath, Pennsylvania.

Specifications (2004 Rebuild)

 * Type: Heavy Cruiser (Hull designation symbol CA)
 * Rebuilders: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Pennsylvania
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 740 feet 6 inches (225.7 meters)
 * Beam: 76 feet 6 inches (23.32 meters)
 * Draft: 27 feet 6 inches (8.38 meters)
 * Displacement: 22,650 tons (full load)
 * Crew: 805 (126 officers and 679 enlisted)
 * Power: 162,000 shp
 * Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500+ Gas Turbines, 4 x General Motors Model 265 turbodiesel cruise engines, CODAG propulsion
 * Range: 12,500 nautical miles (23,150 km) at 15 knots
 * Speed: 32.5 Knots (60.19 Kilometers/Hour; 37.4 Miles/Hour)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * AN/SPY-1D(V) 3D Search Radar
 * AN/SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
 * AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
 * AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
 * AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
 * Countermeasures
 * AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
 * AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
 * Mark 36 Mod 12 SRBOC Decoy Launching System
 * Armament:
 * 9 x 8"/55-caliber Mark 71 Mod 3 naval guns
 * 6 x 5"/62-caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 naval guns
 * 2 x 3"/70-caliber Mark 26 Mod 0 naval guns
 * 1 x 64-cell Mk.41 VLS (fits BGM-109 Tomahawk, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-156 SM-2ER, RIM-161 SM-3, and RIM-162 ESSM, RIM-174 ERAM)
 * 4 x Mk.141 RGM-84 Harpoon missile launchers (16 missiles)
 * 2 x Mk/112 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers (42 missile cells, plus reloads)
 * 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS