Keel Laid: December 15, 1997
Launched: January 23, 1999
Commissioned: October 14, 2000

Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, MS.
Propulsion system: 4 - LM2500 GE Marine Gas Turbines 
Propellers: two 
Length, overall: 509.5 - 513.0 feet
Beam: Max 66 feet 
Draft: 31 feet 
Displacement: 9,192-9,217 tons full load
Speed: 31 knots
Crew: 32 Officers 348 Enlisted
Aircraft: two SH-60B/R/F (LAMPS MK III) helicopters
Armament: 
 - 1 MK-45 MOD 4 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun 
 - 2 MK-41 VLS (96 cells) for Standard missiles (SM-2) 
and Tomahawk ASM/LAM 
 - 2 MK-15 MOD 12 20mm Phalanx CIWS 
 - 2 MK-32 MOD 15 triple torpedo tubes (six MK 50/46 
MOD 5A Torpedoes)
Homeport: Mayport, FL.