艦身全鋼製，配備核生化空氣過濾器防護/「神盾」作戰系統，美國海軍第二次世界大戰後建造數量最多的水上戰鬥艦艇，世界上戰力最強的驅逐艦之一，阿利·伯克級驅逐艦

阿利·伯克級驅逐艦 （英語：Arleigh Burke class destroyer），簡稱為伯克級，是美國海軍裝備的一型配備了「神盾」作戰系統和AN/SPY-1 3D相位陣列雷達的驅逐艦，主要任務要求為協同航艦戰鬥群的防空作戰。第一艘阿利·伯克級驅逐艦於1991年7月4日服役，以替換史普魯恩斯級驅逐艦顧盛號，之後同級艦陸續加入美國海軍以替代其他較為舊型的驅逐艦級，並在2005年9月21日至2016年5月20日間一度成為美國海軍唯一操作中的現役驅逐艦級。本艦級的命名源自美國海軍上將阿利·伯克，是二戰時代最有名的驅逐艦軍官。伯克本人在一號艦阿利·伯克號驅逐艦下水時仍在世，其在服役典禮上說：「此艦為戰而生，你們擁有的是世上最好的戰艦。」這型驅逐艦被設計為多用途驅逐艦，為適應防空作戰他們有強大的神盾作戰系統和標準系列防空飛彈；反潛則有拖曳聲納、魚雷、RUM-139 阿斯洛克反潛飛彈，和反潛直升機；水面戰有魚叉飛彈和RIM-174 標準六型飛彈 SM-6 ERAM；並可配備戰斧巡弋飛彈進行對地打擊。
The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multi-function passive electronically scanned array radar. The class is named for Admiral Arleigh Burke, an American destroyer officer in World War II, and later Chief of Naval Operations. The lead ship, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned during Admiral Burke's lifetime.These warships were designed as multi-mission destroyers, able to fulfill the strategic land strike role with Tomahawk missiles; anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) role with powerful Aegis radar and surface-to-air missiles; anti-submarine warfare (ASW) with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopter; and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) with Harpoon missile launcher. With upgrades to their AN/SPY-1 phased radar systems and their associated missile payloads as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, the ships of this class have also begun to demonstrate some promise as mobile anti-ballistic missile and anti-satellite weaponry platforms, operating on 15 ships as of March 2009. Some versions of the class no longer have the towed sonar, or Harpoon missile launcher. Their hull and superstructure were designed to have a reduced radar cross-section.