HMAS Hobart (DDG 39)

HMAS Hobart in December 2017
History
Australia
NamesakeCity of Hobart, Tasmania
Ordered4 October 2007
Builder
Laid down6 September 2012
Launched23 May 2015
Acquired16 June 2017
Commissioned23 September 2017
HomeportFleet Base East, Sydney
IdentificationMMSI number: 503617000
MottoGrow with Strength
Honours and
awards
Nine inherited battle honours
StatusActive as of 2021
General characteristics (as designed)
Class and typeHobart-class destroyer
TypeAir warfare/Guided missile destroyer
Displacement7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load
Length147.2 metres (483 ft)
Beam18.6 metres (61 ft) maximum
Draught5.17 metres (17.0 ft)
Propulsion
SpeedOver 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
RangeOver 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
  • 186 + 16 aircrew
  • Accommodation for 234
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Aegis combat system
  • Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D(V) S-band radar
  • Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band pulse Doppler horizon search radar
  • Raytheon Mark 99 fire-control system with two AN/SPG-62 fire-control radars
  • 2 × L-3 Communications SAM Electronics X-band navigation radars
  • Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems' Integrated Sonar System
  • Ultra Electronics Series 2500 electro-optical director
  • Sagem VAMPIR IR search and track system
  • Rafael Toplite stabilised target acquisition sights
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ITT EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems ES-3701 ESM radar
  • SwRI MBS-567A communications ESM system
  • Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems multi-purpose digital receiver
  • Jenkins Engineering Defence Systems low-band receiver
  • 4 × Nulka decoy launchers
  • 4 × 6-tube multi-purpose decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried1 x MH-60R Seahawk

HMAS Hobart (DDG 39), named after the city of Hobart, Tasmania, is the lead ship of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship, based on the Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate designed by Navantia, was built at ASC's shipyard in Osborne, South Australia from modules fabricated by ASC, BAE Systems Australia in Victoria, and Forgacs Group in New South Wales. Hobart was ordered in 2007, but errors and delays in construction caused extensive schedule slippage. Despite commissioning initially planned for December 2014, the ship was not laid down until September 2012, and launched in May 2015. The Department of Defence accepted delivery of HMAS Hobart on 16 June 2017.[1] The ship was commissioned on 23 September 2017.[2]

  1. ^ "Defence accepts delivery of first Air Warfare Destroyer Hobart" (Press release). Australian Department of Defence. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ^ "PM to commission new navy destroyer". skynews.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2017.