HMAS SYDNEY FFG03 outbound,Halifax,Nova Scotia on July 17th 2009.
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Launched: 26 September 1980
Commissioned: 29 January 1983.
Class and type: Adelaide class guided missile frigate
Displacement: 4,200 tons .
Length: 138 metres (450 ft) ,Beam: 13.7 metres (45 ft), Draught: 4.5 metres (15 ft).
Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, each providing 20,500 horsepower (15,287 kW). Total 41,000 horsepower (30,574 kW)
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 210
Armament: Mk 41 VLS for Evolved Sea Sparrow missile
Mk 13 launcher for Harpoon and SM-2MR missiles
1 × 3 in (76 mm) OTO Melara
1 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx
2 x triple 324 mm (12.8 in) Mk 32 torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 x S-70B Seahawk
Photo © Capnken 2009.