USS Conyngham DDG-17

Type:
Guided Missile Destroyer
Class:
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview)
Builder:
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
Hull Number:
DDG-17
Ordered:
July 21, 1959
Commissioned:
July 13, 1963
Keel Laid:
May 1, 1961
Decommissioned:
October 30, 1990
Launched:
May 19, 1962
Stricken:


May 30, 1991
Fate:
Sold April 15, 1994 to J&L Metals, Wilmington North Carolina and scrapped.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 General Electric geared steam turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
4 Combustion Engineering 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:
Christened by Mrs. Carl B. Albert.


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