USS THE SULLIVANS

USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) is one of the ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51) class of AAW destroyers serving with the US Navy. THE SULLIVANS was alongside Pier 21 and HMC Dockyard in Halifax on several occasions during the summer of 1998. THE SULLIVANS is named after five brothers who were all killed in the Pacific during WWII when the ship they were serving on sank.


USS THE SULLIVANS
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USS THE SULLIVANS docked at Pier 21 in Halifax, NS, during MARCOT '98. 
THE SULLIVANS, with HMCS ST. JOHN'S tied up alongside, and a Canadian OBERON class submarine forward. While only 60 feet longer than ST. JOHN'S, the BURKE class is rather beamier than the HALIFAX class, has a higher bow and superstructure, and displaces about three thousand tons more.
Looking forward near the bow. 
Looking aft to the superstructure, and the business end of the FMC 5"/54 Mk.45 gun. Immediately behind the gun, and just visible, is the forward 29 cell Mk.41 VLS. This vertical launch system can accommodate the SM-2(MR) antiaircraft missile, the Tomahawk land attack missile, and the VL ASROC (for ASW warfare). Behind the gun and above is the 20mm Phalanx CIWS, and above that is the forward RCA SPG 62 fire control radar. The large octagonal facets to either side of the Phalanx belong to the SPY 1D 3D phased array radar. There are two more facing aft. On the outside of the SPY 1D facets are the SLQ 32 (V)3 electronic warfare units. Note that the SLQ 32 has three panels per face, denoting it as a (V)3 instead of a (V)2 which only has two panel. The third panel is a jammer.
A close-up of the forward Phalanx installation.
Looking forward from the port bridge wing. The Mk.41 is visible just aft of the gun.
Again taken from the port bridge wing, looking at the bridge superstructure. The top of the Phalanx is just visible through the window to the far left.
Looking up the single mast found on THE SULLIVANS. At the very bottom is part of a satellite communications antenna; when a ship is at sea these antennae rotate to follow the satellite they are tracking. The Raytheon SPS 64(V)9 navigation radar is visible on the mast. 
This photo was taken from the rear port side of the bridge looking to starboard, with the helm visible just this side of the people present.
The forward end of the bridge, with the executive officer's seat to the left. The skipper's seat is visible in the background, immediately forward of the chart table and storage area. 
The helm station on THE SULLIVANS, with the throttle control to the right of the console. 
Taken on the starboard bridge wing looking forward, with the searchlight platform in the foreground. The radar antenna to the right of the photo is the SPS 49 on HMCS ST. JOHN'S. 
Looking up the port side, with the aft port SPY 1D facet shown just below the port searchlight platform. 
This shot was taken on the starboard side of the ship looking aft. 
The aft Mk.41 VLS launcher, with 61 cells. Along with the forward launcher, this gives the BURKE class the ability to carry up to 90 missiles (96 if the strikedown crane is omitted, as will be done in the Flight IIA ships). The aft funnel is visible on the port side, to the left of the photo. 
This shot looks forward along the starboard side of the aft superstructure. The aft Phalanx is shown to the left (with an access panel open on the radar), and the two aft SPG 62 fire control radars visible just aft of the main (aft) funnel set. 
Taken on the flight deck, this picture shows the ship's 'control tower', from where the ship's crew can observe and assist a helicopter in its landing. Flights I and II of the BURKE class can service and refuel a helicopter, but have no hangar to carry one at sea. This will be fixed in the Flight IIA ships, on which a hangar will be added (although the SQR 19 passive towed array sonar and the Harpoon missiles which THE SULLIVANS carries will be omitted from those ships). 
This shot was taken looking forward from the flight deck. Just below the Phalanx CIWS can be seen the racks on which Harpoon anti-ship missiles can be carried, when they are embarked on the ship. THE SULLIVANS can carry at least 8. 
 

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