PLATFORM TYPE:   BELKNAP CLASS (CG)
PLATFORM NAME:   USS BELKNAP CG 26

DESCRIPTION:     FLAGSHIP FOR THE 6TH FLEET, PRIMARY
                 MISSION IS TO PROVIDE C3I FUNCTIONS FOR
                 EMBARKED STAFF TO SUPPORT NAVAL
                 OPERATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
SPEED:           33KTS
RANGE:           8,000 AT 14KTS
                 2,500 AT 30KTS
MANNING LEVEL:   479
DIMENSIONS:      547 x 55 x 29 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    8,200 (CG 26 TO CG 28)
                 8,065( CG 29 TO CG 33)
POWER PLANT:     4 BOILERS
                 2 GEARED TURBINES 85,000 SHP
                 2 SHAFTS.

SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES:
                 8 HARPOONS LAUNCHED FROM 2 QUAD
                 MISSILE LAUNCHERS.
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES:
                 40 STANDARD SM-2ER
                 20 ASROC MISSILES

ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS:
                 20 ASROC LAUNCHED FROM THE MK10
                 LAUNCHER.

GUNS:            1 FMC 5 IN 54MK45
                 2 VULCAN PHALANX 6-BARREL 20mm

TORPEDOES:       6 2-TRIPLE TUBE LAUNCHERS
                 CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING MK322

RADARS:
    (AIR SRCH):        SPS-49
    (SURF SRCH):       SPS-48
    (FIRE CTRL):       SPS-53F
                       SPS-55B USED WITH THE MK 76
                       MISSILE
    (NAVIGATION):      LN-66

    (TACAN):           URN-25
    (IFF):             MKXII AIMS UPX-29

ELECTRONIC WARFARE:
    (ESM/ECM):         SLQ-32(V)3

COUNTERMEASURES:
           4 0R 6 SRBOC 6-BARREL MK36 CHAFF
           AND IR DECOY SYSTEMS, SLQ-25
           NIXIE TOWED TORPEDO DECOY
           SYSTEM AND FANFARE TORPEDO DECOY
           SYSTEM.

SONAR:     SQS-26 BOW MOUNTED SONAR

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:
           NTDS WITH LINKS 4A,11,14 AND 16 IN TIME.

SATCOMM:
           SRR-1
           WSC-3 (UHF)
           USC-38 (EHF)

AIRCRAFT:
           1 SH-2F LAMPS MK1 HELICOPTER

COUNTRIES: USA
COMMMENTS: THE BELKNAP WAS INITIALLY CLASSIFIED
           AS A GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE, AND FORMED THE
           LEAD SHIP OF THE BELKNAP CLASS. AFTER A COLLISION
           WITH THE USS JOHN F. KENNEDY IN 1975 THAT
           DESTROYED HER SUPERSTRUCTURE, SHE WAS EXTENSIVELY
           REBUILT. FLAG ACCOMMODATIONS WERE FITTED AHEAD
           OF THE BRIDGE AND THE HANGAR WAS CONVERTED INTO
           ADDITIONAL QUARTERS. THE FLIGHT DECK WAS
           STRENGTHENED TO SUPPORT THE LANDING OF HEAVIER
           HELICOPTERS, AND SHE HAS BEEN FITTED WITH
           EXTENSIVE COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS
           AND INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. DUE TO THE RADICAL 
           MODIFICATIONS, THE FOLLOWING EIGHT SHIPS OF THE 
           CLASS ARE NOW CONSIDERED A CLASS UNTO THEMSELVES 
           (JOSEPHUS DANIELS) WITH JUST THE BELKNAP 
           FORMING THE BELKNAP CLASS.
