USS Curtis Wilbur
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USS Curtis Wilbur is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer. Curtis Wilbur was named for Curtis D. Wilbur, 43rd Secretary of the Navy, who served under President Calvin Coolidge. In 201
USS Curtis Wilbur underway on 5 August 2005
Docked in the port of Da Nang, Vietnam
Off the coast of Japan in 2011
RIM-66 Standard
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The RIM-66 Standard MR is a medium-range surface-to-air missile, with a secondary role as an anti-ship missile, developed for the United States Navy. A member of the Standard Missile family of weapons
USS Curtis Wilbur
…caliber guns Missiles: 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher 1 × 29-cell, 1 × 61-cell (90 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46…
A RIM-66 Standard MR on a Mk-26 launcher
The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur launches a Standard Missile-2 while conducting torpedo evasion maneuvers during Multi-Sail 2009
A RIM-66 being assembled.
A RIM-66 being launched in 2006 from the Spanish frigate Canarias