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I u USS CO OLLY I QDD-9791 I - ISSION SHIP, OPERATING WITH EQUAL EFFEC I 1iI.JOvlSEJC?RIiSA .:IUlN3ITTOLFEAAlCIAJRLR1IEIRTTI1:SK FORCE. SHE CAN BOMBARD ENEMY ISJHOIRIIEP i MILITARY AND MERCHA T I POSITIONS, SUPPORT AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS ESCORT ESTABUSH BLOG . RFACE SHIPS AS WELL AS SUBMARINE, I KNIDXFCERFCTRJINISIXSIEAIECXII-TIXNDURESCUE MISSIONS. DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR ANTI-SUB TRACKING AND ASW CONOLLY , , HAS THE MOST ADVANCED UNDERWATER DETECT IO I FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS YET DEVELOPED FOR SURFACE COMBATA NTS. SHE WAS BUILT I TO ENSURE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS MISSION WITH MAXIMUM I EQEFEECI-TR?EEl3JzEgISIcC12JJNOLLYIS MORE THAN TWICE AS LARGE AS THE DESTROYER OF WO '+ II WHICH SHE IS INTENDED TO REPLACE. .I I I ,D I I I I I I . CONOLLY IS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST 1 , MAJOR CLASS OF SURFACE SHIPS IN THE NAVY 0. ' I POWERED WITH M'ARi'NE CAS TURBINE ENGINES FOUR CAS TURB ' JET AIRCRAF . INE ENGINES, DERIVED I T TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCE MORE THAN 2o,ooo HORSEPOWER EACH TO DRIV SHIP MORE THAN so KNOTS. THREE SMALLER GAS TURBINE ENGINES TURN THE SHIP'S GENERATORS, PROVIDING UP TO SIX MILLION WATTS OF ELECTRICAL POWER THE ' REVERSIBLE PITCH PROPELLORS GIV . TWIN E CONOLLY AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH DECREE OF MANEUVERABILITY. THE HEART OF CONOLLY, THE SUBMARINE SURVEILLANCE AND DETECTION SONAR, IS L IN A LARGE BULBOUS DOME AT THE BOW OF THE SHIP. THIS LONG-RANGE SONAR WILL DETECT, IDENTIFY, AND TRACK MULTIPLE UNDERWATER TARGETS. WITH ITS HIGHER P 1 AND IMPROVED SIGNAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, THE SONAR WAS THE FIRST IN THE Ii' TO BE LINKED DIRECTLY TO DIGITAL COMPUTERS, THUS ENSURING SWIFT, ACCURATE C PROCESSING OF TARGET INFORMATION. THE ARMAMENT ABOARD CONOLLY CONSISTS I .F MARK 45 LIGHTWEIGHT, s INCH GUNS, AN ANTISUBMARINE ROCKET IASROCI LAUNQHER F. TORPEDO TUBES AND HELICOPTERS FOR ASW DETECTION AND LONG RANGE WEAPONS DELIVERY. THE MARK 45 GUNS, ONE MOUNTED FORWARD AND ONE AFT, ARE FULLY ' AUTOMATIC AND ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED. THEY CAN FIRE A PROJECTILE OVER T wgs MILES AGAINST AIR, SURFACE OR LAND TARGETS AT A MAXIMUM RATE OF zo ROUNDS F MINUTE. THE ASROC LAUNCHER IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERINC DEP TORPEDOES ON HOSTILE SUBMA TH CHARGES M RINES. MOUNTED PORT AND GR HM .AMIDSHIPS ARE THE TORPED .I fi STARBOARD JUST Ar- S ' O TUBE LAUNCHERS SLIDING HATCH DOORS WHICH X x 4 rw ' ' I? lf: ' FIRE HOMING TOP A I CA df' , , COMPLETELY REMOTE CONTROLLED FROM THE SHIEFSQQES W INFORMATION CENTER. A KEY ELEMENT IN THE BASIC DESIGN OF CONOIIY If FEIS? I HABITABILITY AND MANNING. WORK SAVERS INCLUDE RUST PROOF ALUMFNYUR I A ilIiIlgElgrI'gEIUISTURE, IMPROVED PROTECTIVE PAINTS, VINYL COVERED BULKHEAISS DEC TIE OOF CARPETTING. CAREFUL ATTE . f F A . HEATING AND RECREATION AREAS. NTION To LIGHTING' AIR CON I O DI TIONING, I f 'L