AEGIS ships

vincelee said:

but popeye, the F124 is actually equiped with Thales Nederland's APAR, so that system might very well be superior to the SPY-1D. The F124 itself probably doesn't have as much combat potential as the Burkes, but if the Germans enlarge the F124 to 9000 tons or so....

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Thanks for that info.

Enlarge a F124 to 9000 tons?? Boy oh boy. Don't give the "PS" artist any ideas!

The F124 is very new..there are only two in comission. I just looked it up and the F124 is a very capable ship. It does not have the firepower of a A/B or Tico. But it will suit the Germans well.

As for all that electronic gagdetry either it be Thales or Ageis..My knowledge is limited by what I have read and what my son has told me by his actual at sea with Aegis first hand knowledge.....Right now I will take Aegis. I know it works.

f125 will hab 8000+ tons

we're talking about EXISTING systems, not PROPSED SYSTEMS. If you want to talk about future systems, then there is the 12500 ton DD(X) and the Chinese strike carrier with enough armaments to give the Kirov a run for its money.

Vinclee and MigLeader, calm down. This is a good conversation and I would like to see it continuing.

whoops!!! i responded to the wrong guy, and vince starts going crazy!!
calm down vince.

Thanks IDon't for listing some of the AEGIS specifications. Saved me the trouble.

Don't forget, Australia is joining the AEGIS family soon.

I thought they went their own way with APARs and a European combat information system.

Lavi said:

I was just wondering if anyone has a complete list over which countries operates or builds AEGIS-ships? One of my sources, although just a year or two old, states that the US and Japan are the only countries operating it, but since then the number seems to have grown quite a lot...

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As of this minute, I believe only thrree nations have AEGIS specifially:

US - Arleigh Burke DDG (49 units), Ticonderoga CG (24 Units)




Spain - F100 FFG (4 Units)



Japan - Kongo, DDG (4 Units)

The USN is comissioning another Arliegh-Burke class DDG . The USS Bainbridge DDG-96 will be comissioned this Saturday in Ft. Lauderdale FL.





Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Bainbridge
Story Number: NNS051108-08
Release Date: 11/8/2005 2:25:00 PM

Special release from the U.S. Department of Defense

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Bainbridge (DDG 96), will be commissioned Nov. 12 in an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Rep. E. Clay Shaw, 22nd District, state of Florida, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Susan Bainbridge Hay will serve as sponsor of the ship named for her great-great-great-grandfather. In a time-honored Navy tradition, she will give the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"

The new guided-missile destroyer honors the outstanding and heroic service of Commodore William Bainbridge, who served in the Navy from 1789 to 1833. Four previous ships have been named in honor of Bainbridge, including a 259-ton brig (1842-1863), two destroyers (1902-1920 and 1921-1945), and a nuclear-powered cruiser (1962-1997).

Cmdr. John M. Dorey of Auburn, Mass., a 1986 Naval Academy graduate, is the ship’s first commanding officer and will lead a crew of 292 officers and enlisted personnel. The 9,200-ton Bainbridge was built by Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company in Maine, and has an overall length of 509.5 feet, a waterline beam of 59 feet, and a navigational draft of 33 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.

Bainbridge is the 46th of 62 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers currently authorized by Congress. This highly capable multimission ship can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of the National Military Strategy. Bainbridge will be capable of fighting air, surface, and subsurface battles simultaneously. The ship contains a myriad of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century

Is the number of Tico's the whole number commisioned or the ones still in service? Also, is there any further plans for commisioning any more Burke's?