HMAS Sydney (DDG 42)

HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), named after the city of Sydney, New South Wales, is the third and final ship of the Hobart class air warfare destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Sydney fitting out in December 2018
History
Australia
Namesake:	City of Sydney, Australia
Ordered:	4 October 2007
Builder:	Navantia (designer) AWD Alliance (project coordinator) ASC (primary shipbuilder) Forgacs Group BAE Systems Australia (module builders)
Laid down:	19 November 2015
Launched:	19 May 2018
Commissioned:	18 May 2020
Motto:	Thorough and Ready
Status:	Active
General characteristics (as designed)
Class and type:	Hobart-class destroyer
Displacement:	6,250 tonnes (6,150 long tons; 6,890 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 × L3 Technologies 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:	48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System RIM-66 Standard 2 missile RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile 2 × 4-canister Harpoon missile launchers 1 × Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch gun 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

Construction

HMAS Sydney was laid down on 19 November 2015, and launched on 19 May 2018.[1] The ship was delivered to Australian Department of Defence on 28 February 2020,[2] after sea trials since September 2019.[3]

Service

HMAS Sydney was commissioned at sea off the coast of New South Wales on 18 May 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic.[4][5][6]

References

1. "HMAS Sydney (V)". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
2. "Shipbuilding continues in South Australia as final Air Warfare Destroyer delivered to Defence" (Press release). Department of Defence. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
3. "Royal Australian Navy's third air warfare destroyer begins sea trials". Naval Technology. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
4. Zerbe, Ryan (19 May 2020). "Warship Sydney commissions at sea". Navy Daily. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
5. "HMAS Sydney (V)". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
6. Warship Commissions at Sea Ships Monthly July 2020 page 17