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USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
DeFoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan |
Hull Number: |
DDG-8 (a) |
Ordered: |
March 28, 1957 |
Commissioned: |
June 3, 1961 |
Keel Laid: |
April 4, 1958 |
Decommissioned: |
October 10, 1991 |
Launched: |
July 28, 1959 |
Stricken: |
November 20, 1992 |
Fate: |
Sold June 20, 1994 to Consolidated Power and Minerals for conversion into a floating power plant. Returned to US Navy custody on Mar. 23, 1999. Sunk as target Feb. 24, 2001 off California. |
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Notes: |
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(a):
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Ordered as DD-958, reclassified as DDG-958 on Aug. 16, 1956, reclassified as DDG-8 on June 26, 1957. |
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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 |
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Crew: |
330+ |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Admiral Lynde D. McCormick USN (1895-1956). |
Christened by Mrs. Lillian McCormick. |
Page created Feb. 26, 2007 |