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Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

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Class of guided-missile destroyers
USSSampson in late-1980s
Class overview
NameCharles F. Adams class
Builders
Operators
Preceded byFarragut class
Succeeded bySpruance class
Subclasses
Built1958–1967
In commission1960–2003
Completed29
Retired29
PreservedMölders
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer (DDG)
Displacement
  • 3,277 tons standard
  • 4,526 full load
Length437 ft (133 m)
Beam47 ft (14 m)
Draft15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); 2 shafts
  • 4 × 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed33knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement310–333
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

TheCharles F. Adams class is aship class of 29guided-missile destroyers (DDG) built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty-three were built for theUnited States Navy, three for theRoyal Australian Navy, and three for the West GermanBundesmarine. The design of these ships (known as projectSCB 155)[5] was based on that ofForrest Sherman-class destroyers, but theCharles F. Adams class were the first class designed to serve as guided-missile destroyers.[Note 1] 19 feet (5.8 m) of length was added to the center of the design of theForrest Sherman class to carry theASROC launcher. TheCharles F. Adams-class were the laststeam turbine-powered destroyers built for the U.S. Navy. Starting with the succeedingSpruance-class, all U.S. Navy destroyers have been powered bygas turbines. Some of the U.S.Charles F. Adams class served during theblockade of Cuba in 1962 and during theVietnam War; those of theRoyal Australian Navy served during theVietnam War andGulf War.

New threat update program and decommissioning

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Although designed with cutting-edge technology for the 1950s, by the mid-1970s it was clear to the Navy that theCharles F. Adams-class destroyers were not prepared to deal with modernair attacks andguided missiles. To reduce this vulnerability, the U.S. Navy began theNew Threat Upgrade (NTU) program. This consisted of a number of sensor, weapons and communications upgrades that were intended to extend the service lives of the ships. Under the NTU, these destroyers received improvedelectronic warfare capability through the installation of theAN/SLQ-32(V)2 EW Suite.[citation needed]

The upgraded combat system would include theMK86 Gun Fire Control System withAN/SPQ-9 radar, the Hughes AN/SPS-52C3D radar, theAN/SPG-51C (Digital) Fire Control Radars, and theNaval Tactical Data System (NTDS). These ships were also planned to have the ability to launch severalHarpoon anti-ship missiles, which were to be installed in their MK-11 or MK-13Tartar missile launcher.[citation needed]

During the 1980s, theReagan Administration chose to accelerate production of theTiconderoga-classguided-missile cruisers and build theArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, both classes with theAegis Combat System that was considered more effective than NTU-upgraded ships, to gradually replace all existing destroyer and cruiser classes (especially the expensive nuclear-powered cruisers). The result of this was that only three ofCharles F. Adams-class destroyers,Tattnall,Goldsborough, andBenjamin Stoddert received the full upgrade. Other ships, of the class, such asCharles F. Adams, received only partial upgrades, which included the AN/SLQ-32 and Harpoon Missile upgrades, that were intended to extend their service lives until theArleigh Burke class could reach operational capability.[citation needed]

The United States Navydecommissioned its lastCharles F. Adams destroyer,Goldsborough, on 29 April 1993. The Australian and German navies decommissioned their last ships of this class by 2003. Four ships of this class were transferred to theHellenic Navy in 1992, but those have also been decommissioned.[citation needed]

Charles F. Adams was originally planned to open as amuseum ship sometime in 2018, but those plans were put on hold and the ship was sent to be scrapped in 2020. TheMölders was made into a museum ship, but all of the other destroyers in the class have been sunk as targets, sunk fordiving wrecks or sold for scrap.[citation needed]

Ships in class

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Ships of theCharles F. Adams destroyer class
NameHull no.BuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFateRef
Charles F. AdamsDDG-2Bath Iron Works16 June 19588 September 195910 September 19601 August 1990Scrapped 2020 Brownsville Texas[6]
John KingDDG-325 August 195830 January 19604 February 196130 March 1990Scrapped[7]
LawrenceDDG-4New York Shipbuilding Corporation27 October 195827 February 19606 January 196230 March 1990Scrapped[8]
Claude V. RickettsDDG-518 May 195914 June 19605 May 196231 October 1989Scrapped[9]
BarneyDDG-610 August 195910 December 196011 August 196217 December 1990Scrapped[10]
Henry B. WilsonDDG-7Defoe Shipbuilding Company28 February 195822 April 195917 December 19602 October 1989Sunkas target[11]
Lynde McCormickDDG-84 April 195828 July 19593 June 19611 October 1991Sunk as target[12]
TowersDDG-9Todd Pacific Shipyards,Seattle, Washington1 April 195823 April 19596 June 19611 October 1990Sunk as target[13]
SampsonDDG-10Bath Iron Works2 March 195921 May 196024 June 196124 June 1991Scrapped[14]
SellersDDG-113 August 19599 September 196028 October 196131 October 1989Scrapped[15]
RobisonDDG-12Defoe Shipbuilding Company28 April 195927 April 19609 December 19611 October 1991Scrapped[16]
HoelDDG-133 August 19594 August 196016 June 19621 October 1990Converted to power barge, then scrapped[17]
BuchananDDG-14Todd-Pacific Shipyards,Seattle, Washington17 January 195811 May 19607 February 19621 October 1991Sunk as target[18]
BerkeleyDDG-15New York Shipbuilding Corporation1 June 196029 July 196115 December 196230 September 1992Sold to Greece asThemistoklis (D221), scrapped later[19]
Joseph StraussDDG-1627 December 19609 December 196120 April 19631 February 1990Sold to Greece asFormion (D220), scrapped later[20]
ConynghamDDG-171 May 196118 May 196213 July 196330 October 1990Scrapped[21]
SemmesDDG-18Avondale Shipyard15 August 196020 May 196110 December 196214 April 1991Sold to Greece asKimon (D218), scrapped 2006[22]
TattnallDDG-1914 November 196026 August 196113 April 196318 January 1991Scrapped[23]
GoldsboroughDDG-20Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company,Seattle, Washington3 January 196115 December 19619 November 196329 April 1993Sold to Australia as aparts hulk, scrapped later.[24]
CochraneDDG-2131 July 196118 July 196221 March 19641 October 1990Scrapped[25]
Benjamin StoddertDDG-2211 June 19628 January 196312 September 196420 December 1991Sank while under tow en route for scrapping[26]
Richard E. ByrdDDG-23Todd Pacific Shipyards,Seattle, Washington12 April 19616 February 19627 March 196427 April 1990Sold to Greece for parts, sunk as target later[27]
WaddellDDG-246 February 196226 February 196328 August 19641 October 1992Sold to Greece asNearchos (D219), sunk as target later[28]

Hellenic Navy

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Four destroyers were transferred to theHellenic Navy;

Lütjens class

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Main article:Lütjens-class destroyer
Lütjens rendering honours after theSeptember 11 attacks

TheLütjens-class destroyer was a modification of theCharles F. Adams class for theBundesmarine (the Navy ofWest Germany). It differed from theCharles F. Adams class in the layout of the crew accommodations, the location of the bow sonar, a second large aerial mast and different funnels.

Perth class

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Main article:Perth-class destroyer

TheRoyal Australian Navy had threeCharles F. Adams-class units constructed to their own specifications (these ships were designated thePerth class). Although broadly similar to the US Navy's vessels, the Australian ships were fitted with theIkara system instead of theASROC that was fitted to the American units. The three ships were:

Notes

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  1. ^TheFarragut class was built at roughly the same time, but they were classified as frigates until 1975.

References

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  1. ^abcdefBlackman, Raymond V. B.Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.437
  2. ^Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars"United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.144
  3. ^Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars"United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.145
  4. ^Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Sonars, Part 1"United States Naval Institute Proceedings July 1981 p.119
  5. ^Friedman, Norman (1982).U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History.Annapolis, Maryland:United States Naval Institute. pp. 299,307–309.ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
  6. ^"USSCharles F. Adams".Naval Vessel Register.
  7. ^"USSJohn King".Naval Vessel Register.
  8. ^"USSLawrence".Naval Vessel Register.
  9. ^"USSClaude V. Ricketts".Naval Vessel Register.
  10. ^"USSBarney".Naval Vessel Register.
  11. ^"USSHenry B. Wilson".Naval Vessel Register.
  12. ^"USSLynde McCormick".Naval Vessel Register.
  13. ^"USSTowers".Naval Vessel Register.
  14. ^"USSSampson".Naval Vessel Register.
  15. ^"USSSellers".Naval Vessel Register.
  16. ^"USSRobison".Naval Vessel Register.
  17. ^"USSHoel".Naval Vessel Register.
  18. ^"USSBuchanan".Naval Vessel Register.
  19. ^"USSBerkeley".Naval Vessel Register.
  20. ^"USSJoseph Strauss".Naval Vessel Register.
  21. ^"USSConyngham".Naval Vessel Register.
  22. ^"USSSemmes".Naval Vessel Register.
  23. ^"USSTattnall".Naval Vessel Register.
  24. ^"USSGoldsborough".Naval Vessel Register.
  25. ^"USSCochrane".Naval Vessel Register.
  26. ^"USSBenjamin Stoddert".Naval Vessel Register.
  27. ^"USSRichard E. Byrd".Naval Vessel Register.
  28. ^"USSWaddell".Naval Vessel Register.

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