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US Navy conducts naval drills with German frigate in Baltic Sea.


| 2022

According to a tweet published by Ryan Chan on March 11, 2022, US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) and USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) conduct maneuvering drills with German frigate FGS Sachsen in the Baltic Sea.
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Russian Vyborg Shipyard laid the Purga ice class coastguard ship of project 23550 925 001 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Donald Cook, Baden-Württemberg class frigate Sachsen Anhalt and USS Forrest Sherman (Picture source: U.S. DoD)


The Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multifunction passive electronically scanned array radar.

The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class has a length of 509 feet (155 m) and a wide of 59 feet (18 m), with a displacement of 9,496 tons. They are powered by four General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines driving 2 shafts that can reach a top speed of 31 knots (57 km/h).

These warships were designed as multi-mission destroyers, able to fulfill the strategic land strike role with Tomahawk missiles; anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) role with powerful Aegis radar and surface-to-air missiles; anti-submarine warfare (ASW) with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopter; and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) with Harpoon missile launcher.

The 5-inch (127 mm) Mark 45 gun is mounted on the Arleigh Burke-class. The Mark 45 Mod 2 variant, with a barrel length of 54 calibers (270 inches, 6,900 mm) is installed on ship hull numbers DDG-51 – DDG-80 (30 ships). Hull numbers beginning with DDG-81 employ the Mark 45 Mod 4 variant, which has a barrel length of 62 calibers (310 inches, 7,900 mm).


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