USS Charles F. Adams DDG-2 (Ex DD-952)

Type:
Guided Missile Destroyer
Class:
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview)
Builder:
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Hull Number:
DDG-2 (a)
Ordered:
March 28, 1957
Commissioned:
September 10, 1960
Keel Laid:
June 16, 1958
Decommissioned:
August 1, 1990
Launched:
September 8, 1959
Stricken:


November 20, 1992
Fate:
Awaiting disposal at the inactive ship facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Notes:
(a):
Ordered as DD-952, reclassified as DDG-952 on Aug. 16, 1956,
reclassified as DDG-2 on June 26, 1957.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 General Electric geared steam turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
4 Babcock & Wilcox 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 Charles F. Adams (1866-1954).
Christened by Mrs. Robert Homnas.


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