Charles F. Adams Class Armament (US Navy 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

double 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)
6
Mk 32 12.75" (324mm)
torpedo tubes
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 (anit-submarine rocket) warhead was either Mk 44 torpedo, Mk 46 torpedo
or an Mk 17 nuclear depth bomb with a rocket booster for launch.



The forward 5"/54 (127mm) Mk 42 turret on the USS Goldsborough DDG-20.

 

The aft 5"/54 (127mm) Mk 42 turret of the USS Richard E. Byrd DDG-23.

 

The aft 5"/54 (127mm) Mk 42 turret on the USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16.

 

A 12.75" (324mm) Mk 46 torpedo fired from the Mk 32 torpedo launcher on the USS Goldsborough DDG-20.

 

The ASROC Mk 16 launcher on the USS Richard E. Byrd DDG-23.

 



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