HMAS Newcastle fires a Standard SM-1 on 23 March 1994 during acceptance trials. In the future SM-1 will be replaced by SM-2MR. [Royal Australian Navy]
Specifications
NB: Current specifications are given here, with future modifications given in square brackets.
General
Displacement, tons: 4,100 full load
Dimensions, feet (metres): 453 x 45 x 24.5 (sonar); 14.8 (keel) (138.1 x 13.7 x 7.5; 4.5)
Main machinery: 2 General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines developing 41,000 hp (30.6MW) sustained; 1 shaft, controlled pitch propeller
Auxiliary machinery: 4 Detroit Diesel 16V149T diesel generators [4 Caterpillar 3512 units to replace Detroit Diesels]; 2 auxiliary electrical retractable propulsors forward; 650 hp (484 kW)
Speed, knots: 29 on gas turbines; 4 on propulsors
Range, miles: 4,500 at 20 knots
Compliment: 184 ships compliment (including 18 officers); air crew additional [less after upgrades completed]
Armament
Missiles:
1 Mk.13 Mod.4 launcher with 40 Harpoon and Standard missiles:
SSM: up to 8 McDonnell Douglas RGM 84A/C Harpoon Block IB/C [to be upgraded by kits to Harpoon Block II standard]
SAM: up to 40 GDC-Pomona RIM 66B Standard SM1-MR [to be replaced by GDC-Pomona RIM 66D Standard SM2-MR]
[1 Lockheed-Martin 8-cell Mk.41 Mod.5 VLS:
SAM: 32 Raytheon RIM 162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM), quadpacked]
Guns:
1 OTO Melara 3 in (76 mm)/62 cal compact (US Mk.75); dual purpose
1 General Electric/GDC 20 mm Mk.15 Vulcan Phalanx; CIWS
Up to 6-12.7 mm Machine Guns
Torpedoes:
6-324 mm Mk.32 tubes (2 triple); Honeywell Mk.46 Mod.5 (some Mk.44 remain in service); [Mk.46 to be supplemented and eventually replaced by MU90]
Countermeasures
Decoys: 2 Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk.36; fixed 6-barreled chaff and IR decoy launcher
[4 British Aerospace Nulka being added; 4 round launchers; expendable hovering off-board decoys]
FEL SLQ-25; towed torpedo decoy
[Thomson Marconi TMS Sea Defender torpedo countermeasures to be added]
ESM/ECM: Raytheon SLQ-32C; intercept and jammer
Elbit EA-2118; jammer
[Rafael C-Pearl to be added]
Electronics
Radar:
Air search: Raytheon AN/SPS-49A(V)4; C-band [to be upgraded to AN/SPS-49A(V)1 standard]
Surface search/navigation: ISC Cardion SPS-55; I-band
Fire Control: Lockheed SPG-60; I/J-band
Fire Control: Sperry Mk.92 Mod.2; I/J-band [to be upgraded to Mk.92 Mod.12 standard]
IFF: Cossor AIMSMk.XII
Tacan: URN 25
Sonar:
Hull mounted: Raytheon SQS-56 (in 01-04) or EMI/Honeywell Mulloka (in 05-06); active medium-frequency [to be replaced by Thomson Marconi TMS 4131]
[Thomson Marconi TMS 5424 Petrel high-frequency mine avoidance sonar to be fitted]
[Thomson Marconi TMS 4350 Albatross towed-array torpedo-warning system to be fitted]
Optronics:
Radamec 2500; optronic director with TV, laser and IR imagers
Combat Data Systems:
NCDC using NTDS consoles and UYK 7 and UYK 43 computers.
ADACS
OE-2 STACOM; Link 11 and Link 16
Helicopters: Up to 2 Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawk or Aerospatiale AS 350B Squirrel