Keel Laid: April 8, 1968
            Launched: May 24, 1969
            Commissioned: June 20, 1970
            Decommissioned: June 20, 2002

            Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, MS.
            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
       - four Mk 38 25mm Chain Guns
             - four .50 cal lightweight guns