Built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
- Ordered: 13 September 2002
- Laid down: 17 November 2005
- Launched: 17 May 2007
- Acquired: 29 February 2008
- Commissioned: 9 August 2008
- Beam: 66.5 feet
- Displacement: 9210 tons
- Navigational Draft: 32 feet
- Length: 510 feet
- Speed: 30+ knots
Officers and Crew: 315
Sensors
- BridgeMaster Marine Radar
- Voyage Management System
- AN/SPY-1D(V) 3-D Search/Track Radar
- AN/SLQ-32(V) 6 Electronic Warfare System
- AN/SPS-67(V) 5 Surface Search Radar System
- AN/SQQ-89(V) 15 ASW Combat System
- Light Borne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) MK III
Weapons
- AEGIS Weapons Systems
- CIWS BLK 2B Weapon System
- MK 41 Vertical Launch System
- Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System
- MK 53 Decoy Launching System
- MK 45 Mod 4 5″/62 Caliber Gun Mount
- MK 32 Mod 14 Triple Torpedo Tubes
- AN/SLQ-25 NIXIE Torpedo Countermeasure System
- Standard Missile (SM-2, SM-6)
- MH-60R LAMPS MARK III Helicopters
Engineering
- Four LM2500 Marine Gas Turbine Engines (100,000 SHP)
- Three Rolls Royce 501 K-34 3000kW Gas Turbine Generators
- Two shafts with Controllable Reverse Pitch Propellers
- 500,000 gallons of fuel
- 15,000 gallons of potable water