Keel Laid: April 10, 1995
Christened: April 20, 1996
Commissioned: June 28, 1997

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, overall: 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
Crew: 23 Officers, 24 Chief Petty Officers and 291 Enlisted
Armament: 
 - 2 MK-41 VLS for Standard Missiles, Tomahawk 
 - 1 MK-45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun 
 - 1 MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS
 - 1 MK-15 Mod 31 SeaRAM Launcher 
 - 2 MK-38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS) 
 - MK 46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts)
Homeport: Norfolk, VA.