USS Tattnall DDG-19 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Avondale Marine Ways Inc. Avondale, Louisiana |
Hull Number: |
DDG-19
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Ordered: |
July 21, 1959 |
Commissioned: |
April 13, 1963 |
Keel Laid: |
November 14, 1960 |
Decommissioned: |
January 18, 1991 |
Launched: |
August 26, 1961 |
Stricken: |
January 12, 1993 |
Fate: |
Sold Feb. 10, 1999 to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, Texas and scrapped. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
437' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
4 Combustion Engineering 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 Captain Josiah Tattnell CSN (1795-1871). |
Christened by Mrs. Mary Adams Mason. |
Page created Mar. 28, 2007 |