HMAS Hobart (DDG 39)

HMAS Hobart in December 2017
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Hobart, Tasmania
Ordered	4 October 2007
Builder	Navantia (designer) AWD Alliance (project coordinator) ASC (primary shipbuilder) Forgacs Group (now Forgacs Marine and Defence) and BAE Systems Australia (module builders), Osborne Naval Shipyard
Laid down	6 September 2012
Launched	23 May 2015
Acquired	16 June 2017
Commissioned	23 September 2017
Homeport	Fleet Base East, Sydney
Identification	MMSI number: 503617000
Motto	Grow with Strength
Honours and awards	Nine inherited battle honours
Status	Active as of 2021
General characteristics (as designed)
Class and type	Hobart-class destroyer
Type	Air warfare/Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load
Length	147.2 metres (483 ft)
Beam	18.6 metres (61 ft) maximum
Draught	5.17 metres (17.0 ft)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement 2 × General Electric Marine model 7LM2500-SA-MLG38 gas turbines, 17,500 kilowatts (23,500 hp) each 2 × Caterpillar 3616 diesel engines, 5,650 kilowatts (7,580 hp) each 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	Over 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	Over 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	Missiles: 48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System firing: RIM-66 Standard 2 missile RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile 2 × 4-canister Harpoon missile launchers Torpedoes: 2 × 2-tube Mark 32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers firing MU90 Impact torpedoes Guns: 1 × 5"/64 calibre Mark 45 mod 4 main gun 2 × 25mm M242 Bushmaster Mk 38 mod 2 Typhoon RWS 1 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	1 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]