USS Gonzalez
| Career | USN Jack |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 16 January 1991 |
| Laid down: | 3 February 1994 |
| Launched: | 18 February 1995 |
| Commissioned: | 12 October 1996 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Template:Active in service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,315 tons |
| Length: | 505 ft |
| Beam: | 66 ft |
| Draught: | 31 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 337 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 29 cell, 1 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 90 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 1 SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter can be embarked |
| Motto: | Beyond the Call |
USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. It is named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War. The ship took part in Operation Allied Force, firing Tomahawk Cruise Missles at Serbian targets in 1999.
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.