Zerstörer 1 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Z1 (ex-Anthony) | D170 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 8.1942 | 20.12.1942 | 2/1943 // 17.1.1958 | stricken 3.1972 | |
| Z2 (ex-Ringgold) | D171 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 6/1942 | 11.11.1942 | 12/1942 // 14.7.1959 | to Greece 9.1981 (Κίμων [Kimon]) | |
| Z3 (ex-Wadsworth) | D172 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 8/1942 | 10.1.1943 | 3/1943 // 6.10.1959 | to Greece 10.1980 (Νέαρχος [Nearkhos]) | |
| Z4 (ex-Claxton) | D178 | Consolidated, Orange, USA | 7/1941 | 1.4.1942 | 12/1942 // 15.12.1959 | to Greece 2.1981 (spare parts) | |
| Z5 (ex-Dyson) | D179 | Consolidated, Orange, USA | 7/1941 | 15.4.1942 | 12/1942 // 17.2.1960 | to Greece 2.1982 (spare parts) | |
| Z6 (ex-Charles Ausburne) | D180 | Consolidated, Orange, USA | 5/1941 | 6.3.1942 | 11/1942 // 12.4.1960 | stricken 10.1967 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2100 |
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Displacement full, t |
3120 |
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Length, m |
112.5 wl 114.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.1 |
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Draught, m |
5.50 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 540 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3450(15) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 - 533 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 15 ASWRL, 1 DCR, mines |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, SPS-10, Mk 25, 2x Mk 34, Mk 35 radars, SQS-29 sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite |
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Complement |
244 |
Project history: Former USN Fletcher class destroyers; all were modernized before transfer under MDAP, classified in Bundesmarine as type 119. They received new weapons, new electronics and additional German command systems.
Modernizations: 1973-1975, all: - 1 x 5 - 533 TT
1974, Zerstörer 4: - 1 x 2 - 76/50 (aft); + 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact (for trials)
1975, Zerstörer 4: - 1 x 1 - 76/62
Naval service: No significant events.
Zerstörer 5 1980
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