Keel Laid: May 3, 1965
Launched: July 30, 1966
Commissioned: May 23, 1970
Decommisioned: September 30, 2006
 
Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co., Seattle, WA.
Propulsion system: two Foster-Wheeler boilers, geared 
turbines, twin shafts, 24,000 shaft horsepower
Length, overall: 570 feet (173.8 meters)
Beam: 84 feet (25.6 meters) 
Draft: 23 6" feet (7.2 meters)
Displacement: 16.912 tons full load
Speed: 20+ knots
Crew: 117 active-duty Navy and 146 civilian mariners
Aircraft: two light helicopters
Armament: 
 - two Mk 15 Mod 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS)
 - .50 cal machine gun mounts