USS LASSEN (DDG-82)

USS Lassen (DDG-82) is a modern American missile destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 1998, the launch took place in October 1999, and entry into service with the US Navy took place in 2001. The total length of the ship is 155.3 meters and a width of 20 meters. Full displacement is around 9,200 tons and the maximum speed is just over 30 knots. The destroyer is armed with: 2 VLS Mk. 41 - one 32-rail and one 64-rail, single 127mm gun or two 20mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS sets. The ship may operate with the use of in-flight helicopters, eg the Sikorsky MH-60R. USS Lassen (DDG-82) is one of 65 active service destroyers belonging to the Arleigh Burke class. Units of this type were designed, were and are being built as multi-role destroyers, in which, however, special emphasis was placed on countering air targets. In the construction of these ships, the British experience from the Falklands war was used, and as a result, Kevlar armor was added to the most viable parts of ships of this class. At the same time, the Arleigh Burke-class ships have the revolutionary AEGIS network combat system, cooperating with the AN / SPY-1 radar, which provides them with unprecedented possibilities to control the airspace and counter air targets. This is the same system used on the Ticonderoga-class cruisers. One of the units of this class is the USS Lassen (DDG-82). The ship was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was constructed in accordance with the Flight IIA standard, which means that compared to the Flight I standard, it has larger VLS launchers, the barrel of the 127 mm cannon has been extended, thanks to which its ballistic properties have improved and it has more modern electronic equipment. USS Lassen, after passing a series of tests and crew exercises, was transferred from San Diego to Yokosuki, Japan in 2005. In 2009, the destroyer participated in a collision with a small civilian Japanese boat, as a result of which four people were injured. In the same year, the unit probably operated in the North Korean region. In 2015, the unit operated in the South China Sea region. USS Lassen remains in active service.