Perth Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
440' 6 "
Engines:
2 General Electric geared steam turbines
Beam:
46' 9"
Boilers:
4 Foster Wheeler D type 1,275 psi (oil fired)
Draft:
20'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
3,370 std. / 4,618 full
SHP:
70,000
Speed:
33 knots
Crew:
310
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots

Notes:
The Perth Class were modified Charles F. Adams class destroyers built in the USA under contract for Australia. (Charles F. Adams Class Overview)


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
2
5"/54 (127mm)
Mk 42

single turrets
25,909 yards @ 45° (14.7 miles)
AA ceiling 51,600' @ 80°
70 lb. HE shell

1
Mk 13 launcher
single launcher
(a)
2
Ikara missile system
2 single launchers
(b)
6
12.75" (324mm)
Mk 32 torpedo tubes

2 triple launchers
(c)
2 (d)
20mm Vulcan Phalanx
MK 15 CIWS
single mounts
6,000 yards (max effective 1,625)
3,000-4,500 Rounds per minute

Armament notes:
(a):
Able to launch SM-1 (SAM) and or Harpoon (SSM) missiles. Up to 40 missiles carried.
(b):
The Ikara missile systems were fitted in place of the ASROC launcher used on U.S. ships. They were
removed from 1989-1991.

(c):
Mk 46 torpedoes 8,000 yards @ 45 knots (4.5 miles), 99 lb. PBNX-103 warhead
(d):
Mounted beginning in 1990 and rotated between ships.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Company
Bay City, Michigan

Sept. 26, 1963
July 17, 1965
Fate
Sunk as dive site Nov. 24, 2001.

Location: 5 miles SE of Albany, Western Australia.
(35.04.790S - 117.58.060E)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Company
Bay City, Michigan

Jan. 9, 1964
Dec. 18, 1965
Fate
Sunk as dive site Nov. 5, 2000.

Location: 4 NM west of Marina Vincent, Yankalilla Bay, South Australia..
(35.28.51S - 138.09.26E)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Company
Bay City, Michigan

May 5, 1966
Dec. 16, 1967
Fate
Sunk as dive site July 31, 2005.

Location: 4.2 NM NNE of Point Cartwright, Queensland, Australia.
(26.36S - 153.10E)


Page revised Apr. 14, 2007