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Surface
Warfare
Global Engagement Through
Forward Presence
Maritime Dominance  Land Attack  Theater Air Dominance
Surface Warfare Missions
Amphib Ops
Strike
AAW, ASW, ASuW
MIO/FP
Power Projection!
We Maintain Freedom of the Seas!
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Forward Deployed to World Hotspots
Key Instrument of U.S. Foreign Policy
Baltops
South Med Sea
Caribbean/
Haiti Operations
Adriatic Sea
Black Sea
Arabian Gulf
Red Sea
Somalia
East Pacific
South Atlantic/
UNITAS
Korea
Sea of Japan
& Straits of Taiwan
Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
Surface Navy Contributions
-Superior Readiness – Immediate Response
-Strike Groups (CSG, ESG, SSG)
-Theater Missile Defense
-Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO)
-Escort Operations
-Tomahawk Strike
-Force Protection
Homeports
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
CV
CVN
Aircraft Carriers
• Mission
• to provide credible, sustainable, independent
forward presence and conventional
deterrence in peacetime
• to operate as the cornerstone of joint/allied
maritime expeditionary forces in times of
crisis
• to operate and support aircraft attacks on
enemies, protect friendly forces and engage
in sustained independent operations in war
Aircraft Carriers
• Carry strike and fighter aircraft - AAW
• Anti-submarine capabilities with
helicopters
• Command and control center of the
Carrier Strike Group
• CRUDESGRU Staff and DESRON
Staff embarked
• Carrier Air Wing and Staff embarked
Aircraft Carriers
• NIMITZ Class (CVN)
• Nine operational (CVN 68 - CVN 76)
• GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77) under construction
• Crew size:
• Ship’s Company - 3,200
• Air Wing - 2,480
• Engineering
• 2 nuclear reactors and 4 shafts
• Armament:
• 3 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers
• 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts (3 vs. 4 on later
ships)
NIMITZ Class
• Speed
• 30+ knots
• Aircraft total
• 85
• Cost
• $4.5 billion each
TICONDEROGA
CLASS CRUISER
CG-47
Cruisers
• Mission
• multi-mission (AAW, ASW, ASUW, STRIKE,
COMMAND and CONTROL)
• support Carrier Strike Groups or Amphibious
Forces, Flagships for surface action groups, and
may operate independently
• ADC/SHOTGUN/MIO/PLANE GUARD
• NSFS
• Theater Ballistic Missile Defense platforms
(comprised of 2 ships w/SM-3)
TICONDEROGA Class
• 27 ships (CG 47 - 73)
• Crew size:
• Officers - 24
• Enlisted - 340
• Engineering
• 4 GE LM2500 Gas Turbine engines, 2 shafts
• Aircraft:
• 2 SH-60 (all other classes)
• Speed:
• 30+ knots
• Cost: $1 billion each
TICONDEROGA Class
• AEGIS WEAPONS SYSTEM (AWS)
• AN/SPY-1B Radar
• Track up to 900 contacts at distance of up to 256 nm
• MK 41 VLS
• 122 MISSILE CELLS
• TOMAHAWKS, SM2’S, VLA
• 8 HARPOON
• 2 MK 45 5’54” GUNS
• 2 MK 15 CIWS Mounts
• MK 48 Torpedoes
• 2 SH-60B HELOS
• Hellfire
• Penguin missiles
ARLEIGH BURKE
CLASS DESTROYER
DDG51
ARLEIGH BURKE Class
• Mission
• Safeguard larger ships in fleet/Battle
Group
• MIO/Independent OPS/Plane Guard
• Primarily ASW platform
• Can perform multi-missions (ASW,
AAW, ASUW, STRIKE, NSFS)
BURKE Class
• 50 ships in the fleet today (DDG 51 - 101)
• 6 ships currently under construction (DDG 101 - 105)
• Crew size:
• Officers - 23
• Enlisted - 300
• Engineering
• 4 GE LM2500 Gas Turbine engines, 2 shafts
• Aircraft:
• DDG 51-78: none but coordinate efforts with SH60s for ASW
• DDG 79-105: embark 2 SH-60Bs
• Speed:
• 30+ knots
Burke Class
• AEGIS WEAPONS SYSTEM (AWS)
• AN/SPY-1D Radar
• 90 MISSILE CELLS
• SM2, TOMAHAWK
• 8 Harpoon
• 6 MK-46 Torpedoes
• 1 MK 45 5’54” Gun Mount
• 2 20mm CIWS Mounts
• Flight IIA (DDG 79-105):
• Hangar to support helos
OLIVER HAZARD
PERRY Class
FRIGATES
FFG-7
PERRY Class
• Mission
• ASW for amphibious expeditionary
forces, underway replenishment
groups, and merchant convoys
• Drug Ops
• limited role in AAW, ASW, ASUW,
ESCORT DUTY
PERRY Class
• 30 ships in the fleet today (FFG 8 - 61)
• Crew size:
• Officers - 13
• Enlisted - 287
• Engineering
• 2 GE LM2500 Gas Turbine engines, 1 shaft,
2 Auxiliary Propulsion Units
• Aircraft:
• 2 SH-60s / 1 SH-2 (varies with platform)
• Speed:
• 30+ knots
PERRY Class
• WEAPONS SYSTEM
• 76MM Gun
• 1 20mm CIWS Mount
AMPHIBIOUS
WARFARE
LHA/LHD
LPD
LSD
LCAC
LCM/LCU
LHA-1/LHD-1
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
PRIMARY LANDING SHIPS
FOR MEU ASSAULT OPS
TARAWA Class (LHA-1)
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5 total (LHA 1-5)
Older but effective
combine operations with LPD and LSD
medical, C&C, cargo
2 boilers, 2 shafts, 24 kts max
ship’s company = 82 O/883 E
transport 1,900 troops
22 helicopters and 6 Harriers
4 LCUs or 1 LCAC
2 RAM launchers, 2 CIWS, 6 25mm guns
WASP Class (LHD-1)
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Newer version of LHA
expanded medical, C&C, LCACs
2 boilers, 2 shafts, 22kts
ship’s company = 104 O/ 1,004 E
transport 1,894 troops
2 LCUs or 3 LCACs
30 helicopters and 6-8 Harriers
2 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 3 CIWS
mounts, eight 50 cal machine guns
LPD - 4
AUSTIN
CLASS
AMPHIBIOUS
TRANSPORT DOCK
TROOP ( EQUIPMENT,
VEHICLES) TRANSPORT
LPD - 17 SAN
ANTONIO CLASS
AUSTIN Class (LPD-4)
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2 boilers, 2 shafts, 21 kts max
ship’s company = 24 O/396 E
transport 900 troops
6 CH-46
1 LCU or 2 LCAC
2 25mm guns, 2 CIWS, 8 50 cal guns
SAN ANTONIO Class (LPD-17)
• 2 Ships commissioned
• 8 to be built
• state-of-the-art self defense caps
• Command and Control upgrade
• quality of life
• 4 turbo diesels, 2 shafts, 22+ kts
• ship’s company = 32 O/463 E
• transport 720 troops
• 4 CH-46 / 2 MV-22
• 1 LCU or 2 LCAC
LSD
ANCHORAGE CLASS
WHIDBEY ISLAND CLASS
HARPERS FERRY CLASS
DOCK LANDING SHIP
SUPPORT AMPHIBIOUS OPS INCLUDING
LCAC, LCU, AND HELO LANDINGS
LCU
LANDING CRAFT
UTILLITY
TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT AND
PERSONNEL FROM
SHIP/SHORE
LCU 1610, 1627, 1646 Class
• Landing craft used in WWII
• 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 11 kts
• 1800 miles at 8 kts
• 125 tons of cargo / 13 HMMWVs
• ship’s company = 1 CPO/13 E
• troop transport - 440
• two 12.7 mm guns
LCAC
LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION
LCAC
• Mission - High Speed Transport
• over the horizon capability
• achieve tactical surprise
• no concerns with tidal conditions
• can challenge obstacles up to 4 ft in
height
• 50+ knots
• carry 24 troops and 60-75 tons of rolling
stock (9 HMMWVs)
• stock of personal weapons - 9mm
MINE WARFARE
MCM
MHC
AVENGER Class (MCM-1)
• Mine Countermeasures Ship
• Clear mines from vital waterways
• Class designed as mine hunter-killers capable of
finding, classifying, and destroying moored and
bottom mines
• use sonar and video systems, cable cutters
and mine detonating device
released/detonated via remote control
• 14 ships total (MCM 1-14)
• 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 14 kts
• ship’s company = 8 O/ 76 E
• two 50 cal guns
OSPREY Class (MHC-51)
• Clear mines from vital waterways
• Class designed as mine hunter-killers capable of
finding, classifying, and destroying moored and
bottom mines
• 15 Day endurance
• utilize sonar and video systems, cable cutters
and mine detonating device released/detonated
via remote control
• 12 ships total (MCH 51-62)
• 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 10 kts
• ship’s company = 5 O/ 46 E
• two 50 cal guns
NAVY’S VISION IN 21st CENTURY
DD (X)
• In development stages
• Part of a family of new ships
• Cruiser
• Amphib
• Littoral
Combat Ship
DD (X)
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5’54 Gun
Tomahawk
Sea Sparrow
Advanced Land Attack Missile
Small radar cross-section
Quiet