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HMAS Hobart (II)
Armament * At completion: ** 2 x 5 inch (54 cal/1 … * At completion: ** 2 x 5 inch (54 cal/127 mm) single mount rapid fire guns ** Single ''Tartar'' surface-to-air missile launcher * Later: ** ''Standard'' surface-to-air missile launcher ** 2 x 3 324 mm Mk 32 anti-submarine torpedoes ** Ikara anti-submarine missiles with two single launchers fitted in 1969. The Ikara anti-submarine missiles were removed in 1991 and the ship was fitted with 2 x 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS). n Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS).
Badge Crest Hobart2.jpg +
Beam 14.356 m (1,435.608 cm, 0.0144 km, 0.00892 mi, 47.1 ft, 565.2 in)  +
Builder Defoe Shipbuilding Co, Bay City, Michigan, USA  +
Commissioned 18 December 1965  +
Company 333  +
Decommissioned 12 May 2000  +
Displacement 4,500 tonsfullload  +
Draught 6.126 m (612.648 cm, 0.00613 km, 0.00381 mi, 20.1 ft, 241.2 in)  +
Horsepower 70,000  +
Laid down 26 October 1962  +
Launched 9 January 1964  +
Length 440.8 feet(overall)  +
Machinery * 2 General Electric double reduction steam turbines (two shafts). * 4 Foster-Wheeler ā€œDā€ type boilers 1200 psi
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 30 March 2012 00:14:31  +
Motto ''Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit'' – From the Latin: ''Thus in Strength Did Hobart Grow''
Pennant D39  +
Photo Hobart2 01.jpg +
Ship-status history  +
Speed 18.006 m/s (64.82 km/h, 0.018 km/s, 3,544.402 ft/min, 59.073 ft/s, 1,181.473 yd/m, 40.277 mph, 35 knots)  +
Type Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG), Charles F Adams Class +
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