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USS Arkansas underway in 1985
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Arkansas |
Namesake | State of Arkansas |
Ordered | 31 January 1975 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 17 January 1977 |
Launched | 21 October 1978 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Dale Bumpers |
Acquired | 29 September 1980 |
Commissioned | 18 October 1980 |
Decommissioned | 7 July 1998 |
Stricken | 7 July 1998 |
Identification |
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Motto | Defender of Opportunity |
Fate | Disposed of by the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, completed on 1 November 1999 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Virginia-class cruiser |
Displacement | 9,473 short tons |
Length | 585 ft (178 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 30.5 ft (9.3 m) |
Speed | 30+ knots |
Range | Nuclear |
Complement | 473 officers and enlisted men |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Armor | none |
Aircraft carried | none |
USS Arkansas (CGN-41) was a Virginia-class nuclear-propelled guided-missile cruiser of the U.S. Navy. She was in commission (in active service) from October 1980 through July 1998. Her primary missions were in defending aircraft carrier task forces in air defense (AAW) and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) by using her guided missiles, radar systems, and sonar systems.
For her short-range self-defense, especially for defense against enemy anti-ship missiles, Arkansas carried two automated Phalanx radar-directed 20 millimeters (0.79 in) rapid-fire guns. Also, her two 5-inch rapid-fire naval guns had some capability for anti-aircraft defense.