Keel Laid: July 9, 1996
Christened: May 3, 1997
Commissioned: December 4, 1998

Builder:  Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas 
turbine engines 
Propellers: two 
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length, overall: 505,25 feet (154 meters)
Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 8.300 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Crew: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted
Armament:
 - 2 MK 41 VLS for Standard Missiles, Tomahawk 
 - 1 MK 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun 
 - 1 MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS
 - 1 MK-15 Mod 31 SeaRAM Launcher
 - 2 MK-38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS)  
 - MK 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts)
Homeport: Mayport, FL.