USS San Jacinto is equipped with the most advanced naval weapons system in the world. AEGIS, a computerized, quick reaction, air defense system, provides extraordinary capabilities against attacking aircraft and missiles. The heart of the AEGIS system is the SPY-1A radar, which automatically detects and tracks virtually everything flying out to and beyond 200 miles.

USS San Jacinto also has the most advanced underwater surveillance system available today. Our trio of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) equipment consists of a hull-mounted SONAR, an acoustic array SONAR, which is towed like a tail behind the ship, and helicopters that can fly out to locate ships or submarines over 100 miles away.

USS San Jacinto's Vertical Launching System can launch both long range surface-to-surface Tomahawk cruise missiles, rocket thrown torpedoes, and the Standard Surface-to-Air Missile. Two 5 inch gun mounts are used against threatening ships, small boats and aircraft or to bombard shore targets in support of USMC amphibious operations.

Propelled by powerful, quick response, gas turbine (jet) engines to speeds in excess of 30 knots, USS San Jacinto is a formidable warship.