Surface Warfare

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Surface Warfare Mission Definition

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To provide combat ready ships to the fleet; and to supply those ships and supporting commands with the leadership, manpower, equipment , training, and material needed to achieve operational excellence, and conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea to ensure victory.

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8 Operations

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Maritime Interdiction Operations(MIO)
Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS)
Anit-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
Anti-Air Warfare (AAW)
Anti-Surface Warfare(ASUW)
Theatre Air and Missile Defense (TAMD)
Strike Warfare (STW)
Command and COntrol Warfare (C2W)

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TBMD

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theatre ballistic missile defense

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Homeland Security

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Operation Noble Eagle

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MIO

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Maritime Interdiction Operations
Surface units are utilized to board, inspect, and seize (if conducted by trained Boarding Teams consisting of the ship's crew and supported by embarked aircraft (SH-60B) and Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LE Dets).

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NSFS

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Naval Surface Fire Support
support ground forces ashore, uses 5 inch/54 caliber or 5inch/62 caliber dual purpose gun to destroy enemy targets ashore. New technology such as ERGM and cargo rounds capable of carrying bomblets continue to improve the capabilities of surface ships in the NSFS role.

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ASW

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Anti-Submarine Warfare
In order to defend against the threat of enemy submarines, a layered defense comprised of aircraft, surface ships and friendly submarines is employed. Surface ships utilize bow mounted sonar (both actively and passively), Tactical Towed Array Sonar (TACTAS), Mk 46/Mk 50 torpedoes, the SH-60B, and Vertically Launched Anti-Submarine Rockets (VLA) to persecute enemy submarines.

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AAW

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Anti-Air Warfare
AAW defends friendly units from enemy aircraft or missiles. Similar to ASW, AAW relies on layered defense to ensure maximum protection. Powerful detection and tracking systems such as the AEGIS combat system along with the associated SPY-1D radar find and identify the Standard Missile (SM-2/3). Other AAW weapons include the RIM-7P SeaSparrow, the Close In Weapon Systems (CIWS), the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM), and the 5in/54cal and 62 cal dual purpose gun.

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ASUW

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Anti-Surface Warfare
Engagement against enemy surface forces that seek to achieve either sea control or denial. Long range warning is valuable prior to detection of surface forces. Warning systems include shore or ship-based fixed-wing aircraft, ship-borne helicopters, or ships' sensors. Once a threatening force is detected its composition and disposition must be ascertained before an effective attack can be made. Weapons include: Harpoon, SM-2/3, 5in/54 and 62 cal.

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STW

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Strike Warfare
Surface platforms deliver precision ordinance on shore targets minimizing the risk of aircraft and pilot losses. Weapons such as the Tomahawk missile, 5in/62 cal, ERGM, and cargo rounds allow ships to deliver target specific ordinance at great distances with precise accuracy.

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C2W

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Command and Control Warfare
The ocean environment enhances military command, control, and communications. Sea-based platforms can provide military units deployed overseas with constant, secure, real-time communication with tactical and strategic leadership in the United States. Command superiority has several components: gathering, processing, and disseminating information; operations to defend against attack; operations directed against an adversary's information. Supported by psychological operations (PSYOP), electronic warfare (EW), and physical destruction to deny information to, influence, degrade, or destroy an adversary's C2 capabilities and to protect friendly C2 against such actions. C2W helps to ensure military dominance and minimize the loss of life.

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Capabilities Modern Surface Ships Possess

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Stealth
Endurance
Firepower
Mobility
Communication

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Stealth

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New ship classes such as the DDG-51 ARLEIGH BURKE class destroyers employ an angled superstructure, radar absorbent and reflective material (PCMS), and reduced emissions to significantly reduce the radar cross section of the ship, making it much more difficult to acquire on radar.

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Endurance

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Utilizing two primary power sources, either gas turbine or steam plants, modern surface warfare platforms have ranges as long as 6000 nautical miles at 20 knots. These ranges are greatly extended by the ability to refuel at land and at sea.

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Firepower

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Includes gun mounts, cruise missiles, surface to air missiles, self-defense weapons, and surface to surface missiles.

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Mobility

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Because over two thirds of the world's surface is ocean and eighty percent of the world's population lives within 100 nautical miles of the coast, nval forces are a potent deterrent to potential adversaries since such forces can arrive quickly and remain indefinitely. This presence also reminds potential adversaries of U.S. military capability and resolve to enforce international law.

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Communication

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Several means of communication are used in order to provide and employ classified and unclassified voice, messaging, data and video information from every available source in order to effectively execute the mission. 2 primary means used for ships, subs, air , and ground forces are data transmission via link 4A, link 11, and link 16, and voice transmission via Satellite COMMS, HF, and EHF.

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CG-47 TICONDEROGA Class Guided Missile Cruiser Visual ID

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Visual Identification: Hurricane bow, split superstructure with two SPY array faces forward and two aft. Two masts, with the smaller forward and larger aft. Two sets of stacks, one aft of each mast. 5in/54 cal gun forward and aft.
Note-for CG-47 to 51, two Mk-26 dual rail launchers insterad of Mk-41 VLS
Mission: Primary: AAW, Secondary: Strike

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CG-47 TICONDEROGA Class Guided Missile Cruiser Missions

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Mission: Primary: AAW, Secondary: Strike

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CG-47 TICONDEROGA Class Guided Missile Cruiser Weapons

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Weapons: 2 Mk 45 5 in/54 cal dual purpose guns (1fwd, 1 aft), CG-47 to 51, 2 Mk-26 dual rail launchers (1fwd,1aft), 2 Mk-16 20 mm Phalanx CIWS (port and stbd), 2 Mk-32 NATO torpedo tubes
2 Mk 141 quadruple Harpoon canisters

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CG-47 TICONDEROGA Class Guided Missile Cruiser Mission Specific Capabilities

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SPY-ID Air Search Radar, Mk-7 AEGIS combat system

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CG-47 TICONDEROGA Class Guided Missile Cruiser Crew size

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24 officers, 340 enlisted

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DDG- 51 AREIGH BURKE Class Guided Missile Destroyer Visual Identification

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Open bow, single 5in/54cal or 5in/62 cal dual purpose gun fwd, single superstructure, four SPY array faces on superstructure, swept mast, two separate sets of stacks (1fwd, 1aft). Helo deck aft.

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DDG- 51 AREIGH BURKE Class Guided Missile Destroyer Mission

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Primary: AAW
Secondary: ASUW/Strike

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DDG- 51 AREIGH BURKE Class Guided Missile Destroyer Weapons

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1 Mk-45 5 in/54 cal dual purpose gun
2 Mk-41 VLS (1/2 cell fwd, full cell aft)
2 Mk- 16 20 mm Phalanx CIWS (fwd ad aft)
2 Mk-32 NATO torpedo tubes
2 Mk-141 quadruple Harpoon canisters (DDG-78 and below)

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DDG- 51 AREIGH BURKE Class Guided Missile Destroyer Mission Specific Capabilities

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SPY- ID Air Search Radar, Mk-7 AEGIS combat system

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DDG- 51 AREIGH BURKE Class Guided Missile Destroyer Crew Size

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Varies based on Modernization: 28 officers, 254 enlisted

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FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY Frigate Visual ID

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Hurricane bow, Mk-13 single rail launcher, single long box-like superstructure, single mast, Mk-75 76 mm gun mount, aft stack, 1 Mk-16 CIWS, helo deck aft

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FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY Frigate Missions

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Primary: ASW
Secondary: ASUW

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FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY Frigate Weapons

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1 Mk-13 single rail launcher
Mk-75 76 mm gun mount
1 Mk-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS (aft)
2 Mk-32 NATO torpedo tubes

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FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY Frigate Mission Specific Capabilities

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SQS-56 sonar, SQR-19 TACTAS

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FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY Frigate Crew Size

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16 officers, 185 enlisted

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CVM-68 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Aircraft

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1 Carrier Air Wing (75-05 aircraft)

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CVM-68 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Crew Complement

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160 officers, 3200 enlisted, 2480 aircrew

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CVM-68 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Power Plant

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Two Nuclear Power Plants (A4W Pressurized Water Reactor)

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CVM-68 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Armament

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4 Sea Sparrow launchers, 3 Phalanx CIWS 20mm mounts [Nimitz and Ike]/ 4 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm mounts [Vision and later]

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Current Projects

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1. DDX, CGX, LCS
2. 5in/62 cal and Extended Range Guided Munitions (ERGM)

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DDX, CGX, LCS

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The Navy's new program of three combatant ships, including a destroyer (DDX), a cruiser (CGX) and a smaller craft for littoral operations (LCS). THe advanced surface combatant (DDX) is being developed as a follow-on to the destroyers of the Arleigh Burke Class; The CGX will replace the Ticonderoga Class Cruisers.

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5in/62 cal and Extended Range Guided Munitions (ERGM)

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-Rounds designated, EX 171, are major component of the U.S. Navy's littoral warfare concept.
-Couples increased range with precision GPS/INS guidance to provide responsive lethal fire support to U.S. Marines ashore.
-Designed for Naval 5-inch guns and entered the fleet in 2004.