The ship will also carry 24 F-35B jets, including US Marine Corps aircraft, in addition to a number of helicopters. Each of the five destroyers is equipped with 90-96 VLS silos, for a total of 468 silos spread out among the destroyers.Later this year, HMS Queen Elizabeth will deploy with two frigates, two destroyers, a nuclear submarine and support vessels.Ĭommodore Michael Utley, Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, is reported by Save The Royal Navy here as saying that HMS Queen Elizabeth will be escorted by two Type 45 destroyers, two Type 23 frigates, a nuclear submarine, a Tide-class tanker and RFA Fort Victoria. USS Rafael Peralta is one of the newest ships in the fleet. USS Russell and USS Hamilton are the oldest ships and were built at a time when the Burke-class ships did not have hangars to embark helicopters. The five destroyers are all Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers: USS Pinckney, USS Russell, USS Paul Hamilton, USS Kidd, and USS Rafael Peralta. Each VLS is an armored silo capable of carrying SM-2, SM-6, and ESSM air defense missiles, Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles, and anti-submarine rocket torpedoes. Bunker Hill is equipped with the Aegis Combat System, including the SPY-1 air defense radar, and is equipped with 122 vertical launch systems. The cruiser is USS Bunker Hill, the oldest of the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is unusual because of the large number of escorts. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dylan Lavin Front to back: USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS Pickney, USS Paul Hamilton, USS Russell, USS Kidd, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Bunker Hill.
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