Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
USS Sampson in late-1980s
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Class overview | |
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Name | Charles F. Adams class |
Builders |
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Operators | |
Preceded by | Farragut class |
Succeeded by | Spruance class |
Subclasses | |
Built | 1958–1967 |
In commission | 1960–2003 |
Completed | 29 |
Retired | 29 |
Preserved | Mölders |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided-missile destroyer (DDG) |
Displacement |
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Length | 437 ft (133 m) |
Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 310–333 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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The Charles F. Adams class is a
ASROC launcher. The Charles F. Adams-class were the last steam turbine-powered destroyers built for the U.S. Navy. Starting with the succeeding Spruance-class, all U.S. Navy destroyers have been powered by gas turbines. Some of the U.S. Charles F. Adams class served during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and during the Vietnam War; those of the Royal Australian Navy served during the Vietnam War and Gulf War
.
New threat update program and decommissioning
Although designed with cutting-edge technology for the 1950s, by the mid-1970s it was clear to the Navy that the Charles F. Adams-class destroyers were not prepared to deal with modern
AN/SLQ-32(V)2
EW Suite.
The upgraded combat system would include the
Tartar missile launcher
.
During the 1980s, the
guided-missile cruisers and build the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, both classes with the Aegis 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 of Charles F. Adams-class destroyers, Tattnall, Goldsborough, and Benjamin Stoddert
received the full upgrade. Other ships, of the class, such as Charles 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 the Arleigh Burke class could reach operational capability.
The United States Navy
decommissioned its last Charles 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 the Hellenic Navy
in 1992, but those have also been decommissioned.
diving wrecks
or sold for scrap.
Ships in class
Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | Ref |
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Charles F. Adams | DDG-2 | Bath Iron Works | 16 June 1958 | 8 September 1959 | 10 September 1960 | 1 August 1990 | Scrapped 2020 Brownsville Texas | [6] |
John King | DDG-3 | 25 August 1958 | 30 January 1960 | 4 February 1961 | 30 March 1990 | Scrapped | [7] | |
Lawrence | DDG-4 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | 27 October 1958 | 27 February 1960 | 6 January 1962 | 30 March 1990 | Scrapped | [8] |
Claude V. Ricketts | DDG-5 | 18 May 1959 | 14 June 1960 | 5 May 1962 | 31 October 1989 | Scrapped | [9] | |
Barney | DDG-6 | 10 August 1959 | 10 December 1960 | 11 August 1962 | 17 December 1990 | Scrapped | [10] | |
Henry B. Wilson | DDG-7 | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | 28 February 1958 | 22 April 1959 | 17 December 1960 | 2 October 1989 | Sunk as target
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[11] |
Lynde McCormick | DDG-8 | 4 April 1958 | 28 July 1959 | 3 June 1961 | 1 October 1991 | Sunk as target | [12] | |
Towers | DDG-9 | Seattle, Washington
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1 April 1958 | 23 April 1959 | 6 June 1961 | 1 October 1990 | Sunk as target | [13] |
Sampson | DDG-10 | Bath Iron Works | 2 March 1959 | 21 May 1960 | 24 June 1961 | 24 June 1991 | Scrapped | [14] |
Sellers | DDG-11 | 3 August 1959 | 9 September 1960 | 28 October 1961 | 31 October 1989 | Scrapped | [15] | |
Robison | DDG-12 | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | 28 April 1959 | 27 April 1960 | 9 December 1961 | 1 October 1991 | Scrapped | [16] |
Hoel | DDG-13 | 3 August 1959 | 4 August 1960 | 16 June 1962 | 1 October 1990 | Converted to power barge, then scrapped | [17] | |
Buchanan | DDG-14 | Seattle, Washington
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17 January 1958 | 11 May 1960 | 7 February 1962 | 1 October 1991 | Sunk as target | [18] |
Berkeley | DDG-15 | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | 1 June 1960 | 29 July 1961 | 15 December 1962 | 30 September 1992 | Sold to Greece as Themistoklis (D221), scrapped later | [19] |
Joseph Strauss | DDG-16 | 27 December 1960 | 9 December 1961 | 20 April 1963 | 1 February 1990 | Sold to Greece as Formion (D220), scrapped later | [20] | |
Conyngham | DDG-17 | 1 May 1961 | 18 May 1962 | 13 July 1963 | 30 October 1990 | Scrapped | [21] | |
Semmes | DDG-18 | Avondale Shipyard | 15 August 1960 | 20 May 1961 | 10 December 1962 | 14 April 1991 | Sold to Greece as Kimon (D218), scrapped 2006 | [22] |
Tattnall | DDG-19 | 14 November 1960 | 26 August 1961 | 13 April 1963 | 18 January 1991 | Scrapped | [23] | |
Goldsborough | DDG-20 | Seattle, Washington
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3 January 1961 | 15 December 1961 | 9 November 1963 | 29 April 1993 | Sold to Australia as a parts hulk , scrapped later.
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[24] |
Cochrane | DDG-21 | 31 July 1961 | 18 July 1962 | 21 March 1964 | 1 October 1990 | Scrapped | [25] | |
Benjamin Stoddert | DDG-22 | 11 June 1962 | 8 January 1963 | 12 September 1964 | 20 December 1991 | Sank while under tow en route for scrapping | [26] | |
Richard E. Byrd | DDG-23 | Seattle, Washington
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12 April 1961 | 6 February 1962 | 7 March 1964 | 27 April 1990 | Sold to Greece for parts, sunk as target later | [27] |
Waddell | DDG-24 | 6 February 1962 | 26 February 1963 | 28 August 1964 | 1 October 1992 | Sold to Greece as Nearchos (D219), sunk as target later | [28] |
Four destroyers were transferred to the Hellenic Navy;
- Kimon (D218) (formerly USS Semmes)
- Nearchos (D219) (formerly USS Waddell)
- Formion (D220) (formerly USS Joseph Strauss)
- Themistoklis (D221) (formerly USS Berkeley)
Lütjens class
The
Bundesmarine (the Navy of West Germany
). It differed from the Charles F. Adams class in the layout of the crew accommodations, the location of the bow sonar, a second large aerial mast and different funnels.
- Lütjens (D185) (scrapped)
- Mölders (D186) (Museum ship)
- Rommel (D187) (scrapped)
Perth class
The
ASROC
that was fitted to the American units. The three ships were:
- HMAS Perth (D 38) (sunk as a dive wreck)
- HMAS Hobart (D 39) (sunk as a dive wreck)
- HMAS Brisbane (D 41) (sunk as a dive wreck)
Notes
- ^ The Farragut class was built at roughly the same time, but they were classified as frigates until 1975.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.437
- ^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.144
- ^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.145
- ^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Sonars, Part 1" United States Naval Institute Proceedings July 1981 p.119
- ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
- ^ "USS Charles F. Adams". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS John King". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Lawrence". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Claude V. Ricketts". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Barney". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Henry B. Wilson". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Lynde McCormick". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Towers". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Sampson". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Sellers". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Robison". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Hoel". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Buchanan". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Berkeley". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Joseph Strauss". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Conyngham". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Semmes". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Tattnall". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Goldsborough". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Cochrane". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Benjamin Stoddert". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Richard E. Byrd". Naval Vessel Register.
- ^ "USS Waddell". Naval Vessel Register.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles F. Adams class destroyers.
- Mölders (D 186), Deutsches Marine Museum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- HMAS Perth (DDG-38), Artificial Dive Reef, Albany Australia
- USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association, Jacksonville Florida
- Charles F. Adams-class Veterans Association
- Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation