USS Nitze

USS Nitze on 23 April 2011
History
United States
Name	Nitze
Namesake	Paul Nitze
Ordered	6 March 1998
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	20 September 2002
Launched	3 April 2004
Commissioned	5 March 2005
Identification	MMSI number: 369974000 Callsign: NCWR Hull number: DDG-94
Motto	Vision, Courage, Determination
Honours and awards	See Awards
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
Displacement	6,600 tons light, 9,200 tons full, 2,600 tons dead
Length	509 feet 6 inches (155.30 m) length overall 471 feet (144 m) waterline length
Beam	66 feet (20 m) extreme 59 feet (18 m) at waterline
Draft	31 feet (9.4 m) maximum 22 feet (6.7 m) limit
Propulsion	Four General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	Over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	30 officers, 350 sailors
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Nitze (DDG-94) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. She is named for Paul Nitze, who served as Secretary of the Navy under president Lyndon B. Johnson and as chief arms control adviser in the administration of president Ronald Reagan.