MALABAR 2020 IV - USS Princeton (CG 59) conducts flight operations and a live-fire exercise

Описание: INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 20, 2020) The guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) conducts flight operations and a live-fire exercise with Indian and Australian ships and aircraft as part of Malabar 2020. Malabar 2020 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Pacific where the U.S. Navy has patrolled for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

USS Princeton (CG 59)
Commissioned: 11 February 1989
Homeport: San Diego, California

General characteristics
Class and type: Ticonderoga-class cruiser
Displacement: Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length: 567 feet (173 m)
Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft: 34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement: 30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:
AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
AN/SPS-49 air search radar
AN/SPG-62 fire control radar
AN/SPS-73 surface search radar
AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of:
AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar
AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar
AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system
Armament:
2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems containing
122 × mix of:
RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB
RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV
RIM-161 SM-3
RIM-162A ESSM
RIM-174A Standard ERAM
BGM-109 Tomahawk
RUM-139A VL-ASROC
8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
2 × 5 in (127 mm)/62 caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 lightweight gun
2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 gun
2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun
2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B
2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
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USS Princeton Flight and Live Fire Operations
(UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)
11.20.2020
Courtesy Video
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet

(U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums)

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