According to a tweet published by General Dynamics on September 1, 2022, NASSCO successfully undocked the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) after six months of repairs. The USS Pinckney (DDG 91) has visited NASSCO's dry dock twice, with 12 dockings and seven years between repairs.
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Arleigh Burke-class IIA destroyer USS Pinckney (Picture source: NASSCO)
USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 16 July 2001 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, at Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched on 26 June 2002, and commissioned on 29 May 2004 at Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme.
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 multi-function passive electronically scanned array radar.
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 array sonar, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopters; and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) with Harpoon missiles.
The destroyer USS Pinckney is powered by four General Electric LM2500 gas turbines developing 100,000 shp. She can reach a top speed of 31 knots (57 km/h).
The ship is armed with one 5 inches (127 mm)/54 caliber Mk 45 naval gun, 25 mm Mk 38 automatic cannons, four .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns, two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedo, 96-cell Mk 41 VLS ( able to launch RIM-66M medium-range surface-to-air missiles, BGM-109 Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles, and RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC anti-submarine missiles.
