Chapter 921: USS Traxton destroyer
The USS George Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was commissioned on January 10, 2009, and was built by the U.S.-based Twist Hole News Shipbuilding and Dockyard Company. Known as the "Nimitz" Terminator of dreams, the ship is the last ship of the US "Nimitz" class aircraft carrier, and it is also the most expensive and advanced aircraft carrier in the Nimitz class.
This aircraft carrier is currently the largest and most attacking aircraft carrier in the world. And the new generation of Ford-class aircraft carriers has not yet officially entered service.
With a total length of 332 meters and a hull height of about 20 stories above the waterline, the USS George Bush can carry nearly 6,000 sailors and marines. With a maximum speed of 30 knots and a full load displacement of more than 100,000 tons, it can carry up to 100 fighters at a cost of $6.2 billion.
The USS Bush is equipped with a total of 44 F-18 Super Hornet fighters, four EA-6B electronic warfare attack aircraft, four E-2C early warning aircraft, seven MH-60S helicopters, 10 MH-60R helicopters, and two C-2 transport aircraft.
In addition to its own super attack capabilities, it is also equipped with other powerful auxiliary warships, such as the USS Traxton Aegis destroyer (DDG-103), the USS Roosevelt Aegis destroyer (DDG-80), the cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58), the USS Ali Burke, etc.
Here I would like to introduce the USS Ali Burke, there are 2 classes of destroyers in the United States, namely the Ali Burke-class destroyer and the Zumwalt-class. A total of 62 Ali-Burke-class destroyers were built, all equipped with the Aegis system. The U.S. Aegis cruisers are only of the Ticonderoga class, with a total of 27 built and 5 decommissioned, and 22 currently in service.
And this 'Ali-Burke' destroyer is the lead ship of the Burke-class destroyer, which was commissioned in 1991 and is currently the oldest destroyer in service in the US Navy. It is equipped with a 90-segment element vertical launch system.
It has to be said that the United States, which has the most powerful navy in the world today, is only the navy of the United States, which can almost compete with the naval strength of all other countries in the world combined.
At present, the US Navy has a total of 10 aircraft carrier battle groups. Usually the standard establishment of an aircraft carrier battle group is 1 active aircraft carrier (Nimitz-class), 1-2 guided missile cruisers (Ticonderoga-class), 4 guided-missile destroyers (Burke-class), 1 frigate (Perry-class), 1-2 attack nuclear submarines (Los Angeles-class), and 1 supply ship (mostly Sacramento-class fast combat support ships).
In addition to the "George Bush" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier group sent to the Gulf of Aden also has two nuclear-powered submarines and six other warships, including the Conderoga-class "Lake Erie" Aegis missile cruiser, four destroyers, one frigate, and one supply ship.
The U.S. government said it would draw a new defensive ring in the Gulf of Aden and use Le Monnier as a supply port for a long stay.
A week later, the "George W. Bush" aircraft carrier group arrived in the Arabian Sea and immediately announced that it would carry out strategic patrols in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and that it would demarcate an aircraft carrier defense zone and ask ships of other countries not to approach this area at will, especially warships of other countries.
This kind of behavior is very domineering, but he did it, and other countries have no choice. On the high seas, people demarcate an aircraft carrier combat zone, and in order to avoid misunderstandings, they can't say anything.
At night, in the office of Mu Yang, the Djibouti Embassy, the lights were still on, and Mu Yang was sitting at the desk, looking at the documents in his hand. At this moment, Muyang's mobile phone screen lit up, and Muyang looked at it, and the word "Luca" was displayed on it.
"Luka, how's it going?"
"It has been reconnoitred that the Aegis destroyer 'Textenston' has now broken away from the aircraft carrier formation and is carrying out a cruise mission on its own, and will be preparing to enter the US military base tomorrow morning to rest and replenish."
"Where is he now?"
"In the Gulf of Aden, 50 nautical miles east of Djibouti, anchored at sea, ready to enter the port tomorrow."
"What about the aircraft carrier formation?"
"It's also on the border between the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, about 500 kilometers from the Traxton."
Since the arrival of the US aircraft carrier formation in the Arabian Sea, Muyang has been paying attention to their movements, and specially sent Luca out to reconnoiter the situation and grasp the dynamics of the aircraft carrier formation.
Without letting Muyang wait, the aircraft carrier group had just announced that it would be stationed here for a long time, and the Aegis destroyer "Tlaxton" was ready to enter the port for replenishment and refurbishment.
According to Luca, tomorrow the US military base is going to hold a small welcoming ceremony to enter the port, so he anchored in the Gulf of Aden, 50 nautical miles outside the port.
Muyang has participated in the welcoming ceremony for this kind of warship to enter the port many times, and every time the Chinese escort group goes to Djibouti for replenishment, Muyang will personally come forward to greet him and meet with the captain and officers and men of each warship.
Muyang looks for information and checks the details of the destroyer "Tlaxton", the "Tlaxton" Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the Type IIA 5"/62 without a modification of the anti-aircraft gun, equipped with the latest "Aegis" system, number: DDG-103, with a full load displacement of 9238 tons.
The main weapon system is the 12×8 MK-41 vertical launch system (four in the front and eight in the back), with a loading capacity of 32 in the front and 64 in the rear, which can be loaded with standard SM-2 anti-aircraft missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles, vertically launched rocket-assisted torpedoes (VLA), Sea Sparrow ESSM short-range anti-aircraft missiles (DDG-82 onwards), etc.
Capturing only one such battleship is enough to complete one's plan, but the biggest problem now is how to capture this battleship silently.
Mu Yang looked through the information and thought about this problem again.
Last time, Mu Yang used the Transfiguration technique to sneak into the interior of the American warship, controlled several soldiers in the war room, and then carried out a surprise attack on the American base, but there was a lot of luck in it.
A warship of this class like the destroyer "Traxton" is a combat unit in its own right, and it is very unlikely that it will want to sneak aboard the ship from the periphery, because as long as there is a suspicious target, the early warning radar on the warship will definitely detect it.
But if you want to control a warship and implement your own plan, you need to control the warship silently in advance.
This made Muyang a little worried.
You must know that an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has a crew of 337, 22 officers, and 315 non-commissioned officers, all of which are killed without leaking any information during this period, so that the other party does not have the opportunity to call the police, and then quietly seize the battleship, Muyang does not have that ability now.
Even if Superman and Iron Man come, they can't do it.
Forcibly seizing is not a good way, and other methods must be considered. Perhaps, the Traxton's resupply at the Le Monnier military base was a good opportunity.
The next day, some US written media reported that the destroyer USS Traxton arrived at the US military base in Djibouti today for a four-day replenishment rest and returned to the "George Bush" aircraft carrier formation five days later. (To be continued.) )