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USS Hoel DDG-13 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
DeFoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan |
Hull Number: |
DDG-13
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Ordered: |
January 17, 1958 |
Commissioned: |
June 16, 1962 |
Keel Laid: |
August 3, 1959 |
Decommissioned: |
October 1, 1990 |
Launched: |
August 4, 1960 |
Stricken: |
November 20, 1992 |
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. |
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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 Lt. Cmdr. William R. Hoel (1824-1879). |
Christened by Mrs. Harry H. Long. |
Page created Mar. 12, 2007 |