Charles F. Adams 1962
Charles F. Adams 1963
Charles F. Adams 1979
Tattnall 1990
Charles F. Adams 1990
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| DDG2 | Charles F. Adams | 335 | Bath Iron Wks | 15.6.1958 | 8.9.1959 | 10.9.1960 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG3 | John King | 336 | Bath Iron Wks | 25.8.1958 | 30.1.1960 | 4.2.1961 | stricken 1.1993 |
| DDG4 | Lawrence | 526 | New York SB, Camden | 27.10.1958 | 27.2.1960 | 6.1.1962 | stricken 5.1990 |
| DDG5 | Biddle, 7.1964- Claude V. Ricketts | 527 | New York SB, Camden | 18.5.1959 | 4.6.1960 | 5.5.1962 | stricken 6.1990 |
| DDG6 | Barney | 528 | New York SB, Camden | 10.8.1959 | 10.12.1960 | 11.8.1962 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG7 | Henry B. Wilson | 431 | Defoe SB, Bay City | 28.2.1958 | 22.4.1959 | 11.8.1960 | stricken 1.1990 |
| DDG8 | Lynde McCormick | 432 | Defoe SB, Bay City | 4.4.1958 | 28.7.1959 | 3.6.1961 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG9 | Towers | 18 | Todd Pacific, Seattle | 1.4.1958 | 23.4.1959 | 6.6.1961 | stricken 10.1990 |
| DDG10 | Sampson | 337 | Bath Iron Wks | 2.3.1959 | 21.5.1960 | 24.6.1961 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG11 | Sellers | 338 | Bath Iron Wks | 3.8.1959 | 9.9.1960 | 28.10.1961 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG12 | Robison | 433 | Defoe SB, Bay City | 28.4.1959 | 27.4.1960 | 9.12.1961 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG13 | Hoel | 434 | Defoe SB, Bay City | 3.8.1959 | 4.8.1960 | 16.6.1962 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG14 | Buchanan | 21 | Todd Pacific, Seattle | 23.4.1959 | 11.5.1960 | 7.2.1962 | stricken 11.1992 |
| DDG15 | Berkeley | 536 | New York SB, Camden | 29.8.1960 | 29.7.1961 | 15.12.1962 | stricken 10.1992, to Greece (Θεμιστοκλῆς [Themistoklis]) |
| DDG16 | Joseph Strauss | 537 | New York SB, Camden | 27.12.1960 | 9.12.1961 | 20.4.1963 | stricken 1.1995, to Greece (Φορμίων [Formion]) |
| DDG17 | Conyngham | 538 | New York SB, Camden | 1.5.1961 | 19.5.1962 | 13.6.1963 | stricken 5.1991 |
| DDG18 | Semmes | 958 | Avondale Marine | 15.8.1960 | 20.5.1961 | 10.12.1962 | stricken 1.1995, to Greece (Κίμων [Kimon]) |
| DDG19 | Tattnall | 959 | Avondale Marine | 14.11.1960 | 26.8.1961 | 13.4.1963 | stricken 6.1993 |
| DDG20 | Goldsborough | Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton | 3.1.1961 | 15.12.1961 | 9.11.1963 | stricken 4.1993 | |
| DDG21 | Cochrane | Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton | 31.7.1961 | 18.7.1962 | 21.3.1963 | stricken 11.1992 | |
| DDG22 | Benjamin Stoddert | Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton | 11.6.1962 | 8.1.1963 | 12.9.1964 | stricken 11.1992 | |
| DDG23 | Richard E. Byrd | 23 | Todd Pacific, Seattle | 12.4.1961 | 6.2.1962 | 7.3.1964 | stricken 10.1992 |
| DDG24 | Waddell | 24 | Todd Pacific, Seattle | 6.2.1962 | 26.2.1963 | 28.8.1964 | stricken 1.1995, to Greece (Νέαρχος [Nearchos]) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
3277 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4526 |
|
Length, m |
128.0 wl 133.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
14.3 |
|
Draught, m |
4.60 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
DDG2, 3, 7, 8, 10 - 13, 20 - 22: 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers DDG4 - 6, 9, 14, 23, 24: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Foster Wheeler boilers DDG15 - 19: 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Combustion Engineering boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
70000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
33 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 900 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(20) |
|
Armament |
DDG2 - 14: 1 x 2 Tartar SAM (42 RIM-24), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 - 12 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT DDG15 - 24: 1 x 1 Tartar SAM (40 RIM-24), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 - 12 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT |
|
Electronic equipment |
DDG2 - 4, 8 - 14: SPS-37, SPS-39A, SPS-10F, 2x SPG-51, SPG-53A radars, SQS-23A sonar, WLR-1F, ULQ-6B ECM suites DDG5 - 7: SPS-29, SPS-39A, SPS-10F, 2x SPG-51, SPG-53A radars, SQS-23A sonar, WLR-1F, ULQ-6B ECM suites DDG15 - 18: SPS-40, SPS-39A, SPS-10F, 2x SPG-51, SPG-53A radars, SQS-23A sonar, WLR-1F, ULQ-6B ECM suites DDG19: SPS-40, SPS-39A, SPS-10F, 2x SPG-51, SPG-60 radars, SQS-23A sonar, WLR-1F, ULQ-6B ECM suites DDG20, 22: SPS-40, SPS-39A, SPS-10F, 2x SPG-51, SPG-60 radars, SQQ-23A sonar, WLR-1F, ULQ-6B ECM suites DDG21, 23, 24: SPS-40, SPS-39A, SPS-10F, 2x SPG-51, SPG-53A radars, SQQ-23A sonar, WLR-1F, ULQ-6B ECM suites |
|
Complement |
333 - 350 |
Project history: These Tartar-armed missile destroyers were originally designed as modified versions of the Forrest Sherman: design requirement of the Tartar missile system was that it could replace a single 127mm mounting on a one-for-one basis. The twin 76mm/50 nearest the missile launcher was to be replaced by a replenishment-at-sea area for missile replacement, the other by a twin ASW weapon launcher (for the RAT system then in development), and there was to have been a quintuple nest of torpedo tubes between the stacks. However, RAT was abandoned in favour of ASROC, whose eight-round 'pepperbox' replaced the originally contemplated long torpedo tubes; these ships also received the usual launching system for lightweight ASW torpedoes. Quite soon it became evident that the new destroyer would have to be lengthened considerably to accommodate the new SQS-23 sonar and an enlarged CIC (for missile control), and to balance off increased displacement without a loss of speed.
There were several modifications during the construction of the class. FY59 and later ships (DDG15-24) had single- rather than twin-arm Tartar launchers for greater realibility. FY60 and FY61 units (FFG20-24) had bow-mounted sonars, a change evident from the bow location of their anchors. DDGF production terminated with the FY61 programme largely because of the promise of the Typhon programme then in prospect; DDGs contemplated for the FY66-67 programmes were not built.
Modernizations: 1971-1973, Towers, Robison, Berkeley, Cochrane: + JPTDS CCS
1972-1973, Lawrence, Hoel: + 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 MIM-72)
late 1970s, Lawrence, Hoel: - 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 MIM-72)
late 1970s, John King, Barney, Henry B. Wilson, Sellers; early 1980s, Charles F. Adams, Lawrence, Claude V. Ricketts, Lynde McCormick, Towers, Sampson, Robison, Hoel, Buchanan: - 1 x 2 Tartar SAM (42 RIM-24); + 1 x 2 Harpoon SSM/Tartar SAM (6 RGM-84, 36 RIM-24)
late 1970s, Joseph Strauss, Goldsborough; early 1980s, Berkeley, Conyngham, Semmes, Tattnall, Cochrane, Benjamin Stoddert, Richard E. Byrd, Waddell: - 1 x 1 Tartar SAM (40 RIM-24); + 1 x 1 Harpoon SSM/Tartar SAM (4 RGM-84, 36 RIM-24)
1980s, all: - 1 x (1-2) Harpoon SSM/Tartar SAM ((4-6) RGM-84, 36 RIM-24), SPS-37, SPS-39A, 2x SPG-51 radars, WLR-1F, ULQ-6B ECM suites; + 1 x (1-2) Harpoon SSM/Standard SM-1MR SAM ((4-6) RGM-84, 36 RIM-66), SPS-40B/D, SPS-52B, 2x SPG-51C radars, SLQ-32 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL
1982, Tattnall; 1984, Goldsborough; 1985, Benjamin Stoddert: received electronic equipment including SPS-52C, SPS-40D, SPS-10D, LN-66, 2x SPG-51D, SPG-60, SPQ-9A radars, SLQ-32(v)2, SLQ-20 ECM suites, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, NTDS CCS
Naval service: No significant events.
Waddell 1986
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