USS Buchanan DDG-14

Type:
Guided Missile Destroyer
Class:
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Hull Number:
DDG-14
Ordered:
January 17, 1958
Commissioned:
February 7, 1962
Keel Laid:
April 23, 1959
Decommissioned:
October 1, 1991
Launched:
May 11, 1960
Stricken:


November 20, 1992
Fate:
Sunk as target June 14, 2000 during RIMPAC 2000.

Location: North Pacific 197 miles NW of Honolulu, Hawaii (22.54.38N - 160.27.68W).


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
4 Foster Wheeler 1,200 PSI (oil fired)
Draft:
20' 1" / 22' max.
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
3,277 std. / 4,526 full
SHP:
70,000
Speed:
33 knots
Crew:
330+
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Admiral Franklin Buchanan USN (1800-1874).
Christened by Mrs. Charles Fisher.


Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 19, 2007