Elrod (FFG 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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SWIM CALL 77

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TALENT SHOW ' CHIEF SELECTEES ' THE TEMPTATIONS ' THE MACK 76

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CHARACTERISTICS Built by Keel Laid Launched Commissioned Length Bath Iron Works Corporation 21 November 1 983 12 May 1984 06 July 1985 453 feet Beam Displacement Complement 47 feet 41 00 tons 10 Officers, 14 Chief Petty Officers 198 Enlisted MK 92 STIR radar Mk 32 ASW Torpedo Tubes 76 mm MK 75 Rapid fire gun MK IS CIWS LAMPS MK III AN SOR 19 Towed Array Sonar AN SPS-55 Surface Search radar AN SPS-49 Air Search radar MK 92 CAS radar Mk 13 Guided Missile Launcher AN SQS-56 Digital sonar Propulsion Two General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines (40,000 SHP) Two 360 HP Electric Auxilary Propulsion Units One Controllable Reversible Pitch Propeller Combat Systems AN SPS-49 Air Search radar AN SPS-55 Surface Search radar MK 92 Fire Control System AN SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System AN SQS-56 Digital sonar AN SLQ-25A NIXIE Decoy System SRBOC Decoy System Navy Tactical Data System MK 92 STIR radar MK 92 CAS radar Armament MK 13 Guided Missile Launcher -Harpoon anti-surface missile -Standard anti-aircraft missile 76mm MK 75 Rapid fire gun MK 32 ASW Torpedo Tubes -MK 46 ASW Torpedo , MK 15 Mod 1 Phalanx Close-in Weapons Systenj i Maximum Speed j 30 knots plus | Aircraft | Two LAMPS MK III (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) SH-60B Helicopters for anti-submarine and anti-surface Operations 78