HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41)

	HMAS Brisbane in April 2019
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Brisbane, Queensland
Ordered	4 October 2007
Builder	Navantia (designer); AWD Alliance (project coordinator); ASC (primary shipbuilder); Forgacs Group (now Forgacs Marine and Defence) and BAE Systems Australia (module builders);
Laid down	3 February 2014
Launched	15 December 2016
Acquired	27 July 2018
Commissioned	27 October 2018
Homeport	Fleet Base East, Sydney
Identification	MMSI number: 503000122
Motto	"Aim At Higher Things"
Nickname(s)	The Steel Cat
Honours and; awards	Three inherited battle honours
Status	Active
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General characteristics (as designed)
Class and type	Hobart-class destroyer
Displacement	7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load
Length	147.2 m (482 ft 11 in)
Beam	18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) maximum
Draught	5.17 m (17 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement; 2 × General Electric Marine model 7LM2500-SA-MLG38 gas turbines, 17,500 kW (23,500 hp) each; 2 × Caterpillar 3616 diesel engines, 5,650 kW (7,580 hp) each; 2 × controllable pitch propellers;
Speed	Over 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	Over 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	186 + 16 aircrew; Accommodation for 234;
Sensors and ; processing systems	Aegis combat system; Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D(V) S-band radar; Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band pulse Doppler horizon search radar; Raytheon Mark 99 fire-control system with two continuous wave illuminating radars; 2 × L-3 Communications SAM Electronics X-band navigation radars; Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems' Integrated Sonar System; Ultra Electronics Series 2500 electro-optical director; Sagem VAMPIR IR search and track system; Rafael Toplite stabilised target acquisition sights;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	ITT EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems ES-3701 ESM radar; SwRI MBS-567A communications ESM system; Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems multi-purpose digital receiver; Jenkins Engineering Defence Systems low-band receiver; 4 × Nulka decoy launchers; 4 × 6-tube multi-purpose decoy launchers;
Armament	1 × Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch gun; 48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System; RIM-66 Standard 2 missile; RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile; 2 × 4-canister Harpoon missile launchers; 2 × Mark 32 Mod 9 two-tube torpedo launchers; Eurotorp MU90 torpedoes; 1 × Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannons in Typhoon mounts;
Aircraft carried	1 x MH-60R Seahawk

HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41), named after the city of Brisbane, Queensland, is the second ship of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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