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  HMAS SYDNEY (DDG 42)

 

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HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), named after the city of Sydney, New South Wales, is the third and final ship of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship is the fifth named after the city that has served the RAN.

Details

 

Class & typeHobart-class destroyer

Displacement7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load

Length147.2 m (482 ft 11 in)

Beam18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) maximum

Draught5.17 m (17 ft 0 in)

Propulsion

Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement

2 × General Electric Marine model 7LM2500-SA-MLG38 gas turbines, 17,500 kW (23,500 hp) each

2 × Caterpillar 3616 diesel engines, 5,650 kW (7,580 hp) each

2 × controllable pitch propellers

SpeedOver 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)

RangeOver 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Complement

186 + 16 aircrew

Accommodation for 234

Sensors &
processing systems

Aegis combat system

Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D(V) S-band radar

Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band pulse Doppler horizon search radar

Raytheon Mark 99 fire-control system with two continuous wave illuminating radars

2 × L3 Technologies SAM Electronics X-band navigation radars

Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems' Integrated Sonar System

Ultra Electronics Series 2500 electro-optical director

Sagem VAMPIR IR search and track system

Rafael Toplite stabilised target acquisition sights

Electronic warfare
& decoys

ITT EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems ES-3701 ESM radar

SwRI MBS-567A communications ESM system

Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems multi-purpose digital receiver

Jenkins Engineering Defence Systems low-band receiver

4 × Nulka decoy launchers

4 × 6-tube multi-purpose decoy launchers

Armament

1 × Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch gun

48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System

RIM-66 Standard 2 missile

RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile

2 x 4-canister Naval Strike Missile launchers

2 × 2-tube Mark 32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers firing MU90 Impact torpedoes

1 × Phalanx CIWS

2 × 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannons in Typhoon mounts

Aircraft carried1 x MH-60R Seahawk

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