USS Sellers DDG-11 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
DDG-11
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Ordered: |
January 17, 1958 |
Commissioned: |
October 28, 1961 |
Keel Laid: |
August 3, 1959 |
Decommissioned: |
October 31, 1989 |
Launched: |
September 9, 1960 |
Stricken: |
November 20, 1992 |
Fate: |
Sold July. 25, 1995 for scrap but repossessed. Resold Sept. 15, 2004 to Metro Machine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped. |
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 David F. Sellers USN (1874-1949). |
Christened by Mrs. Hugh Scott. |
Page created Mar. 11, 2007 |