Sydney Opera House and USS Chosin.

Sydney Opera House and USS Chosin at the Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review 2013. These Navy Centenary Celebrations were held on Sydney... more

by Geoff Childs

Title

Sydney Opera House and USS Chosin.

Artist

Geoff Childs

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Photograph - Digital Photogtaphy

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Sydney Opera House and USS Chosin at the Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review 2013. These Navy Centenary Celebrations were held on Sydney Harbour, Australia October 2013.
More than 35 RAN and visiting warships as well as 17 tall ships with 8,000 navy personnel from 19 nations participated.
This special event commemorated the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet into Sydney Harbour in 1913.


USS Chosin is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir of the Korean War. Commissioned in 1991, she is currently serving in the Pacific Fleet, based in Pearl Harbor. She has participated in Operation Southern Watch.

General characteristics
Class & type: Ticonderoga-class guided missile 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, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW)
2 � controllable-reversible pitch propellers
2 � rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Complement: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 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
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, or RUM-139A VL-ASROC
8 � RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
2 � Mk 45 Mod 2 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun
2 � 25 mm Mk 38 gun
2�4 � .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
2 � Phalanx CIWS Block 1B
2 � Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes for lightweight torpedoes
Aircraft carried: 2 � Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.

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October 8th, 2013