Keel Laid: March 1, 1966
            Launched: February 3, 1968
            Commissioned: November 16, 1968
            Decommissioned: October 1, 1997

            Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.
            Propulsion system: Two boilers, one geared steam turbines, 
             one shaft, 22,000 total shaft horsepower, 16 MW
            Length: 603,65 feet (184 meters)
            Beam: 104 feet (31.7 meters)
            Draft: 25,9 feet (7.9 meters)
            Displacement: approx. 19,500 tons full load
            Speed: 23 knots
            Crew: Ship: 82 officers, 638 enlisted; Marine Detachment: 1,750
            Armament: 
             - two Phalanx CIWS
       - two Mk 25 Sea Sparrow Missile Launchers