USS Henry B. Wilson DDG-7

Type:
Guided Missile Destroyer
Class:
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview)
Builder:
DeFoe Shipbuilding Company
Bay City, Michigan
Hull Number:
DDG-7 (a)
Ordered:
March 28, 1957
Commissioned:
December 17, 1960
Keel Laid:
February 28, 1958
Decommissioned:
October 2, 1989
Launched:
April 22, 1959
Stricken:


January 26, 1990
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.
Notes:
(a):
Ordered as DD-957, reclassified as DDG-957 on Aug. 16, 1956,
reclassified as DDG-7 on June 26, 1957.


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
Crew:
330+
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Admiral Henry B. Wilson USN (1861-1945).
Christened by Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley.


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