McFaul (DDG 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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Construction of McFAULr ing in which these systems were installed in tight spaces below the main deck after the hull was completed. TTiese earlier prepared assem- bhes werejomed into the completed hull to fomi the basic ship structure. After the basic ship structure was completed and was watertight, it was launched into the Pascagoula River. Until christening, the ship is just a high tech metal fabrication sitting in the water. For it is at christening when the ship takes on an identity of Its own, ceremoniously receiving its name from her sponsor. This mitializes a sequence of events, leading with equipment lightoff and testing, to crew move aboard and custody transfer. The name that this vessel was given was McFAUL and she will be sure to follow in the mile-wide footsteps of her namesake. McFAUL awaits ■Float Off atop In alls floating dryitock McFAUL is gcniiy positioned agiiinst the pici after Float Off

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USS McFAUL was con- structed by Ingalls Ship- building division of Litton In- dustries, Pascagoula, Missis- sippi. It IS evident by the beauty and strength of the McFAUL that the employees of Ingalls took pride m their work. Because of their boundless de- termination, willingness to work overtime and unparalleled en- thusiasm in building the best, McFAUL was delivered to the Navy in superb condition well ahead of schedule and under budget. Construction of our fine na- val destroyer was a long and complicated process. The first step in the construction of any ship IS the laying of the keel. The keel is essentially the back- bone of the ship and is the building block for which all other parts of the ship are based. After the laying of the keel. It took over two years to piece together 8,850 tons of steel, aluminum, and other ma- tenals by a process caUed modu- lar construction. Modular con- ers, cruisers, and amphibious assault ships before the McFAUL. Modular construc- tion involves the initial outfit- A good example of modular cons struction is a technique pio- neered by Litton Industries and Ingalls Shipbuildmg m the early I970 ' s, and refined through assembly line con- struction of over 75 destroy- ting and installation of equip- ment early in the construction process. It achieves maximum efficiency in manpower and ma- terial handling by providing greater accessibility for person- nel and equipment during the construction process. More than 1.6 million square feet of covered work area at Ingalls was utilized for the modular con- struction process. Gigantic heavy-lift crane coverage with lift capacity from 25 to 300 tons allowed for efficient lifting of large assemblies and compo- nents. A vast rail network per- mits heavy-lift cranes to move throughout assembly hull erec- tion areas and permits multiple crane lifts of as much as 500 tons. Raw materials flowed in one end of the yard and the as- semblies were formed, erected and then outfitted. The initial outfitting of the assemblies in- volved the installation of major equipment and machinery system ' s piping, cabling and ductwork before the ship as- semblies were jomed into an en- closed hull. This IS an advance- ment from tradirional shipbuild-

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McFAUL Characteristics TACAN ANTENNA LAMPS ANTENNA Pes C (DIRECTIONALl „ gg ;-•» ' ir IFF AN «PS-67 W an«ps-m y LAMPS ANTENNA ife ' • nc FCS ' NI l fS . . ' J MK99 IP PS - SJ . ' - Jt- 5 54GWS SPG-62A 11 B ab ify (r t ' ' AN SPV-lD--, H fh S X •B-SIZE PHALANX . ri 1 mJJ L 5 VLS LAUNCHER CIWS Q.U ' A S1ZE TOMAHAWK (- SM2 rtJ VLA S y m StaB ' VLS LAUNCHER BP Jy ' TOMAHAWK y,i US » CS SMJ ulflfb (n - SQS-53C VLA AN SL0-32(V)3 CHAFF MK 36 MOD 6 J • ' ' ' ► ' S, : HARPOON TACTAS — X rCy v OVEFUTHE-SIDE TJVSC? TORPEDO HELODECK MK32 LAUNCHERS AN«LO-25 •NIXIE ' Keel Layed: 26 JAN 1996 Electricity: 3 Allison 501-K34 Weapons: Christened: 1 2 APR 1 997 Gas Turbine Generators (2500kW - 2 MK 41 Vertical Launching Commissioned: 25 APR 1998 each) i ystems(VLS) - Aegis Combat System Length: 505 ft Construction: All steel hull and - Advanced Tomahawk Weapons Beam: 66 ft superstructure. System Draft: 32.5 ft - Harpoon weapons system Speed: 31+ knots Displacement: 8800 tons. - 2 Close-in Weapons Systems mounts (CIWS) Propulsion: 4 LM2500 Gas Complement: 25 Officers - 1 MK 45 5 54 Cal hght weight Turbine Engines, 100,000 Shaft 3q cpQ ' s gunmount Horsepower, 2 Controllable Pitch 285 Enlisted - 2 MK 32 3-barrel torpedo Propellers. tubes - MK 36 Super Rapid Blooming Offtjoard Chaff systems (SRBOC)