Here are another three videos of US Warship firing multiple tomahawk missiles into Syrian Territory. A total of 59 tomahawk missiles fired from USS Porter and USS Ross Destroyer in Syrian Airbase in retaliation of chemical gas attack.
USS Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. It is the fifth ship to bear the name of two naval legends: Commodore David Porter (1780-1843) and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813-1891).
General Characteristics:
- Launched: November 1997
- Commissioned: March 20, 1999
- Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
- Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
- Propellers: two
- Blades on each Propeller: five
- Length: 505,25 feet (154 meters)
- Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
- Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters)
- Displacement: approx. 8.300 tons full load
- Speed: 30+ knots
- Aircraft: None. But LAMPS 3 electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG/helicopter ASW operations.
Armament:
- two MK 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk
- Harpoon missile launchers,
- one Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun
- one Phalanx CIWS
- one SeaRAM system
- Mk 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts),
- two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems
- Homeport: Rota, Spain
- Crew: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted