Lütjens Class (Type 103) Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 General Electric geared steam turbines
Beam:
46' 9"
Boilers:
4 Combustion Engineering 1,200 PSI (oil fired)
Draft:
20'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
3,550 std. / 4,720 full
HP:
70,000
Speed:
32 knots (35 max.)
Crew:
337
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 15 knots

Notes:
The Lütjens Class were modified Charles F. Adams Class destroyers built in the USA
under contract for Germany. (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 missile launcher
single launcher
(a)
1
Mk 112 ASROC launcher
8 cell launcher
(b)
2
RAM Mk 49 launchers
21 cell launcher
(d)
6
12.75" (324mm)
Mk 32 torpedo tubes

2 triple launchers
(d)
2
.8"/65 (20mm)
Rh-202 machine gun
single mounts
2,200 yards @ 45° (1.25 miles)
Rate of fire 1,000 RPM (cyclic)

1
Depth Charge projector

Armament notes:
(a):
Able to launch SM-1-MR (SAM) and or Harpoon (SSM) missiles. Up to 40 missiles carried.
(b):
Payload is Mk 46 torpedo with a rocket booster for launch.
(c):
RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) systems were fitted during the modernization in the 1980's.

(d):
Mk 46 torpedoes 8,000 yards @ 45 knots (4.5 miles), 99 lb. PBNX-103 warhead.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Aug. 11, 1967
Feb. 23, 1969
Fate
Scheduled to be used as a target ship.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Apr. 12, 1966
Sept. 20, 1969
Fate
On display as a museum ship at Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Feb. 1, 1969
May 2, 1970
Fate
Scrapped in Turkey 2004.


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