Charles F. Adams Guided Missile Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance (USN Version)

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

Construction notes:
(a):
General Electric in DDG-2, 3, 7, 8, 10-13, 15-22.
Westinghouse in DDG-4-6, 9, 14, 23, 24.

(b):
Babcock & Wilcox in DDG-2, 3, 7, 8, 10-13, 20-24.
Foster Wheeler in DDG-4-6, 9, 14
Combustion Engineering in DDG-15-19.

(c):
Best speed ever achieved was 35.2 knots by USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 in 1979.


Armament (USN Version)
Number Carried
Type

Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling /Missiles
2
5'/54 (127mm)
DP
2 single turrets
25,909 yards @ 45° (14.7 miles)
AA ceiling 51,600' @ 80°
70 lb. HE shell
1 (a)
Mk 11 missile launcher
Mk 13 missile launcher

twin launcher
single launcher

34-36 - SM-1-MR (SAM) missiles
Mk 11 - 4 Harpoon (SSM) missiles
Mk 13 - 6 Harpoon (SSM) missiles

1 (b)
Mk 16 ASROC launcher
8 cell launcher
4 reloads (some units)
2
Mk 32 12.75" (324mm)
torpedo launchers
2 triple launchers
Mk 46 torpedoes
8,000 yards @ 45 knots (4.5 miles)
99 lb. PBNX-103 warhead
4
.50 cal (12.7mm)
Machine guns
single mounts
6,003' (1.1 miles)
Rate of fire up to 550 RPM

Armament notes:
(a):
Mk 11 double launcher mounted on DDG-2 thru DDG-14.
Mk 13 single launcher mounted on DDG-15 thru DDG-24.
(b):
ASROC (anti-submarine rocket) warhead was either Mk 44 torpedo, Mk 46 torpedo
or an Mk 17 nuclear depth bomb with a rocket booster for launch.



Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Sept. 8, 1959
Sept. 10, 1960
Fate
Berthed at the US Navy inactive ship facility Philadelphia, Pennsylvania awaiting
disposal.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
John King DDG-3
(Ex DD-953)
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Jan. 30, 1960
Feb. 4, 1961
Fate
Sold Feb. 10, 1999 to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, Texas and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Lawrence DDG-4
(Ex DD-954)
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
Feb. 27, 1960
Jan. 6,1962
Fate
Sold Oct. 28, 2004 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Biddle DDG-5
(Ex DD-955)
Later Claude V. Ricketts
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
June 4, 1960
May 5, 1962
Fate
Sold Dec. 18, 2001 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Barney DDG-6
(Ex DD-956)
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
Dec. 10, 1960
Aug. 11, 1962
Fate
Sold Feb. 22, 2006 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Co.
Bay City, Michigan
Apr. 22, 1959
Dec. 17, 1960
Fate
Sunk as target Apr. 15, 2003

Location: North Pacific 129 miles off San Diego, California (31.33N - 119.53W).
*Note this position is 181 miles off San Diego, Ca.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Defoe Shipbuilding Co.
Bay City, Michigan
July 28, 1959
June 3, 1961
Fate
Sunk as target Feb. 24, 2001 off California.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Towers DDG-9
(Ex DD-959)
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Apr. 23, 1959
June 6, 1961
Fate
Sunk as target Oct. 8-9, 2002

Location: North Pacific, 174 miles SW of San Diego, California
(31.16.192N - 119.31.369W).
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
May 21, 1960
June 24, 1961
Fate
Sold Oct. 15, 2003 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Sept. 9, 1960
Oct. 28, 1961
Fate
Sold July. 25, 1995 for scrap but repossessed.
Resold Sept. 15, 2004 to Metro Machine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Co.
Bay City, Michigan
Apr. 27, 1960
Dec. 9, 1961
Fate
Sold June 20, 1994 to Consolidated Minerals Leesburg, Florida for
possible conversion into a power barge by CMI Power International.
Last known to be moored at Charleston, South Carolina.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Co.
Bay City, Michigan
Aug. 4, 1960
June 16, 1962
Fate
Sold June 20, 1994 to Consolidated Minerals Leesburg, Florida for conversion
into a power barge. Converted by CMI Power International at Charlotte,
South Carolina and sent to Brazil.
Last know to be at Manaus, Brazil as of 2005.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
May 11, 1960
February 7, 1962
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).
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
July 29, 1961
Dec. 15, 1962
Fate
Sold to Greece Oct. 1, 1992 and renamed Themistokles D-221.
Sold Feb. 19, 2004 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
Dec. 9, 1961
Apr. 20, 1963
Fate
Transferred to Greece Oct. 1, 1992 and renamed Formion D-220.
Sold Feb. 19, 2004 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey
May 19, 1962
July 13, 1963
Fate
Sold April 15, 1994 to J&L Metals, Wilmington North Carolina and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Avondale Marine Ways Inc.
Avondale, Louisiana
May 20, 1961
Dec. 10, 1962
Fate
Sold to Greece September 13, 1991, renamed Kimon D-218.
In reserve at Souda Bay, Crete awaiting disposal.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Avondale Marine Ways Inc.
Avondale, Louisiana

Aug. 26, 1961
Apr. 13, 1963
Fate
Sold Feb. 10, 1999 to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, Texas and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.
Seattle, Washington
Dec. 15, 1961
Nov. 9, 1963
Fate
Sold to Australia Sept. 17, 1993 and used for spare parts.
Sold by Australia to an Indian Shipbreaker in Aug. 1994 towed
to India and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.
Seattle, Washington
July 18, 1962
Mar. 21, 1964
Fate
Sold Sept. 19, 2001 to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, Texas and scrapped.
   
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.
Seattle, Washington
Jan. 8, 1963
Sept. 12, 1964
Fate
Sold Nov. 14, 2000 to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, Texas
but, sank en route from Pearl Harbor to Brownsville on Feb. 3, 2001.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Feb. 6, 1962
Mar. 7, 1964
Fate
Sold to Greece Oct. 1, 1992 and used for spare parts.
Hulk sunk as target June 19, 2003.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Feb. 26, 1963
Aug. 28, 1964
Fate
Sold to Greece Oct. 1, 1992 and renamed Nearchos D-219.
In reserve at Suda Bay, Crete awaiting disposal.


Notes:

The first eight units were ordered as all gun destroyers (DD-952 thru DD-959).
They were reclassified as Guided Missile Destroyers DDG-952 thru DDG-959 on Aug. 16, 1956
and reclassified again as DDG-2 thru DDG-9 on June 26, 1957.
Ships sold or transferred to Greece became known as the Kimon Class.


Perth Class (Modified Charles F. Adams)

Dimensions, machinery and erformance (RAN version)

Length:
440' 6 "
Engines:
2 General Electric geared steam turbines
Beam:
46' 9"
Boilers:
4 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200 PSI (oil fired)
Draft:
20'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
3,370 std. / 4,618 full
SHP:
70,000
Speed:
33 knots
Crew:
310
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots


Armament (RAN version)
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
2
5"/54 (127mm)
Mk 42

single turrets
25,909 yards @ 45° (14.7 miles)
AA ceiling 51,600' @ 80°
70 lb. HE shell

1
Mk 13 launcher
single launcher
(a)
2
Ikara missile system
2 single launchers
(b)
6
12.75" (324mm)
Mk 32 torpedo tubes

2 triple launchers
(c)
2 (d)
20mm Vulcan Phalanx
MK 15 CIWS
single mounts
6,000 yards (max effective 1,625)
3,000-4,500 Rounds per minute

Armament notes (RAN version)
(a):
Able to launch SM-1 (SAM) and or Harpoon (SSM) missiles. Up to 40 missiles carried.
(b):
The Ikara missile systems were fitted in place of the ASROC launcher used on U.S. ships. They were
removed from 1989-1991.
(c):
Mk 46 torpedoes 8,000 yards @ 45 knots (4.5 miles), 99 lb. PBNX-103 warhead.
(d):
Mounted beginning in 1990 and rotated between ships.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Co.
Bay City, Michigan

Sept. 26, 1963
July 17, 1965
Fate
Sunk as dive site Nov. 24, 2001 off Albany, Western Australia.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Co.
Bay City, Michigan

Jan. 9, 1964
Dec. 18, 1965
Fate
Sunk as dive site Nov. 5, 2000 four NM west of Marina Vincent,
Yankalilla Bay, South Australia.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
DeFoe Shipbuilding Co.
Bay City, Michigan

May 5, 1966
Dec. 16, 1967
Fate
Sunk as dive site July 31, 2005 three miles off Mudjimba, Queensland, Australia.

Notes:
Australia bought the ex-USS Goldsborough DDG-20 for spare parts but it was never a
commissioned ship in the RAN.


Lütjens (Type 103B) Class (Modified Charles F. Adams)

Dimensions, machinery and performance (German version)

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 General Electric geared steam turbines
Beam:
46' 9"
Boilers:
4 Combustion Engineering 1,200 PSI (oil fired)
Draft:
20'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
3,550 std. / 4,720 full
HP:
70,000
Speed:
32 knots (35 max.)
Crew:
337
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 15 knots


Armament (German version)
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
2
5"/54 (127mm)
Mk 42
single turrets
25,909 yards @ 45° (14.7 miles)
AA ceiling 51,600' @ 80°
70 lb. HE shell

1
Mk 13 missile launcher
single launcher
(a)
1
Mk 112 ASROC launcher
8 cell launcher
(b)
2
RAM Mk 49 launchers
21 cell launcher
(d)
6
12.75" (324mm)
Mk 32 torpedo tubes

2 triple launchers
(d)
2
.8"/65 (20mm)
Rh-202 machine gun
single mounts
2,200 yards @ 45° (1.25 miles)
Rate of fire 1,000 RPM (cyclic)

1
Depth Charge projector
(e)

Armament notes:
(a):
Able to launch SM-1-MR (SAM) and or Harpoon (SSM) missiles. Up to 40 missiles carried.
(b):
Payload is Mk 46 torpedo with a rocket booster for launch.
(c):
RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) systems were fitted during the modernization in the 1980's.
These were only fitted on the German ships.

(d):
Mk 46 torpedoes 8,000 yards @ 45 knots (4.5 miles), 99 lb. PBNX-103 warhead.
(e):
Only on German ships.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Aug. 11, 1967
Feb. 23, 1969
Fate
Scheduled to be used as a target ship.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Apr. 13, 1968
Sept. 20, 1969
Fate
On display as a museum ship in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Feb. 1, 1969
May 2, 1970
Fate
Scrapped 2004 in Turkey.


Page revised Apr. 14, 2007