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Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

January 04, 2023

The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided-missile destroyers (DDG) built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty-three were built for the United States Navy, three for the Royal Australian Navy, and three for the West German Bundesmarine. The design of these ships (known as project SCB 155)[5] was based on that of Forrest Sherman-class destroyers, but the Charles F. Adams class were the first class designed to serve as guided-missile destroyers.[Note 1] 19 feet (5.8 m) of length was added to the center of the design of the Forrest Sherman class to carry the ASROC launcher. The Charles F. Adams-class were the last steam turbine-powered destroyers built for the U.S. Navy. Starting with the succeeding Spruance-class, all U.S. Navy destroyers have been powered by gas turbines. Some of the U.S. Charles F. Adams class served during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and during the Vietnam War; those of the Royal Australian Navy served during the Vietnam War and Gulf War.

USS Sampson in late-1980s
Class overview
NameCharles F. Adams class
Builders
Operators
Preceded by Farragut class
Succeeded by Spruance class
Subclasses
Built1958–1967
Completed23
Retired23
PreservedMölders
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer (DDG)
Displacement
  • 3,277 tons standard
  • 4,526 full load
Length437 ft (133 m)
Beam47 ft (14 m)
Draft15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); 2 shafts
  • 4 × 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement310-333
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

New threat update program and decommissioning

Although designed with cutting-edge technology for the 1950s, by the mid-1970s it was clear to the Navy that the Charles F. Adams-class destroyers were not prepared to deal with modern air attacks and guided missiles. To reduce this vulnerability, the U.S. Navy began the New Threat Upgrade (NTU) program. This consisted of a number of sensor, weapons and communications upgrades that were intended to extend the service lives of the ships. Under the NTU, these destroyers received improved electronic warfare capability through the installation of the AN/SLQ-32(V)2 EW Suite.

The upgraded combat system would include the MK86 Gun Fire Control System with AN/SPQ-9 radar, the Hughes AN/SPS-52C 3D radar, the AN/SPG-51C (Digital) Fire Control Radars, and the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS). These ships were also planned to have the ability to launch several Harpoon anti-ship missiles, which were to be installed in their MK-11 or MK-13 Tartar missile launcher.

During the 1980s, the Reagan Administration chose to accelerate production of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers and build the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, both classes with the Aegis Combat System that was considered more effective than NTU-upgraded ships, to gradually replace all existing destroyer and cruiser classes (especially the expensive nuclear-powered cruisers). The result of this was that only three of Charles F. Adams-class destroyers, Tattnall, Goldsborough, and Benjamin Stoddert received the full upgrade. Other ships, of the class, such as Charles F. Adams, received only partial upgrades, which included the AN/SLQ-32 and Harpoon Missile upgrades, that were intended to extend their service lives until the Arleigh Burke class could reach operational capability.

The United States Navy decommissioned its last Charles F. Adams destroyer, Goldsborough, on 29 April 1993. The Australian and German navies decommissioned their last ships of this class by 2003. Four ships of this class were transferred to the Hellenic Navy in 1992, but those have also been decommissioned.

Charles F. Adams was originally planned to open as a museum ship sometime in 2018, but those plans were put on hold and the ship was sent to be scrapped in 2020. The German destroyer Mölders was made into a museum ship, but all of the other destroyers in the class have been sunk as targets, sunk for diving wrecks or sold for scrap.

Ships in class

Ships of the Charles F. Adams destroyer class
Name Hull no. Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Ref
Charles F. Adams DDG-2 Bath Iron Works 16 June 1958 8 September 1959 10 September 1960 1 August 1990 Scrapped 2020 Brownsville Texas [6]
John King DDG-3 25 August 1958 30 January 1960 4 February 1961 30 March 1990 Scrapped [7]
Lawrence DDG-4 New York Shipbuilding Corporation 27 October 1958 27 February 1960 6 January 1962 30 March 1990 Scrapped [8]
Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5 18 May 1959 14 June 1960 5 May 1962 31 October 1989 Scrapped [9]
Barney DDG-6 10 August 1959 10 December 1960 11 August 1962 17 December 1990 Scrapped [10]
Henry B. Wilson DDG-7 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 28 February 1958 22 April 1959 17 December 1960 2 October 1989 Sunk as target [11]
Lynde McCormick DDG-8 4 April 1958 28 July 1959 3 June 1961 1 October 1991 Sunk as target [12]
Towers DDG-9 Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington 1 April 1958 23 April 1959 6 June 1961 1 October 1990 Sunk as target [13]
Sampson DDG-10 Bath Iron Works 2 March 1959 21 May 1960 24 June 1961 24 June 1991 Scrapped [14]
Sellers DDG-11 3 August 1959 9 September 1960 28 October 1961 31 October 1989 Scrapped [15]
Robison DDG-12 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 28 April 1959 27 April 1960 9 December 1961 1 October 1991 Scrapped [16]
Hoel DDG-13 3 August 1959 4 August 1960 16 June 1962 1 October 1990 Converted to power barge, then scrapped [17]
Buchanan DDG-14 Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington 17 January 1958 11 May 1960 7 February 1962 1 October 1991 Sunk as target [18]
Berkeley DDG-15 New York Shipbuilding Corporation 1 June 1960 29 July 1961 15 December 1962 30 September 1992 Sold to Greece as Themistoklis (D221), scrapped later [19]
Joseph Strauss DDG-16 27 December 1960 9 December 1961 20 April 1963 1 February 1990 Sold to Greece as Formion (D220), scrapped later [20]
Conyngham DDG-17 1 May 1961 18 May 1962 13 July 1963 30 October 1990 Scrapped [21]
Semmes DDG-18 Avondale Shipyard 15 August 1960 20 May 1961 10 December 1962 14 April 1991 Sold to Greece as Kimon (D218), scrapped 2006 [22]
Tattnall DDG-19 14 November 1960 26 August 1961 13 April 1963 18 January 1991 Scrapped [23]
Goldsborough DDG-20 Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, Washington 3 January 1961 15 December 1961 9 November 1963 29 April 1993 Sold to Australia as a parts hulk, scrapped later. [24]
Cochrane DDG-21 31 July 1961 18 July 1962 21 March 1964 1 October 1990 Scrapped [25]
Benjamin Stoddert DDG-22 11 June 1962 8 January 1963 12 September 1964 20 December 1991 Sank while under tow en route for scrapping [26]
Richard E. Byrd DDG-23 Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington 12 April 1961 6 February 1962 7 March 1964 27 April 1990 Sold to Greece for parts, sunk as target later [27]
Waddell DDG-24 6 February 1962 26 February 1963 28 August 1964 1 October 1992 Sold to Greece as Nearchos (D219), sunk as target later [28]

Hellenic Navy

Four destroyers were transferred to the Hellenic Navy;

Lütjens class

 
Lütjens rendering honours after the September 11 attacks
Main article: Lütjens-class destroyer

The Lütjens-class destroyer was a modification of the Charles F. Adams class for the Bundesmarine (the Navy of West Germany). It differed from the Charles F. Adams class in the layout of the crew accommodations, the location of the bow sonar, a second large aerial mast and different funnels.

Perth class

Main article: Perth-class destroyer

The Royal Australian Navy had three Charles F. Adams-class units constructed to their own specifications (these ships were designated the Perth class). Although broadly similar to the US Navy's vessels, the Australian ships were fitted with the Ikara system instead of the ASROC that was fitted to the American units. The three ships were:

Notes

  1. ^ The Farragut class was built at roughly the same time, but they were classified as frigates until 1975.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.437
  2. ^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.144
  3. ^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.145
  4. ^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Sonars, Part 1" United States Naval Institute Proceedings July 1981 p.119
  5. ^ Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 299, 307–309. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
  6. ^ "USS Charles F. Adams". Naval Vessel Register.
  7. ^ "USS John King". Naval Vessel Register.
  8. ^ "USS Lawrence". Naval Vessel Register.
  9. ^ "USS Claude V. Ricketts". Naval Vessel Register.
  10. ^ "USS Barney". Naval Vessel Register.
  11. ^ "USS Henry B. Wilson". Naval Vessel Register.
  12. ^ "USS Lynde McCormick". Naval Vessel Register.
  13. ^ "USS Towers". Naval Vessel Register.
  14. ^ "USS Sampson". Naval Vessel Register.
  15. ^ "USS Sellers". Naval Vessel Register.
  16. ^ "USS Robison". Naval Vessel Register.
  17. ^ "USS Hoel". Naval Vessel Register.
  18. ^ "USS Buchanan". Naval Vessel Register.
  19. ^ "USS Berkeley". Naval Vessel Register.
  20. ^ "USS Joseph Strauss". Naval Vessel Register.
  21. ^ "USS Conyngham". Naval Vessel Register.
  22. ^ "USS Semmes". Naval Vessel Register.
  23. ^ "USS Tattnall". Naval Vessel Register.
  24. ^ "USS Goldsborough". Naval Vessel Register.
  25. ^ "USS Cochrane". Naval Vessel Register.
  26. ^ "USS Benjamin Stoddert". Naval Vessel Register.
  27. ^ "USS Richard E. Byrd". Naval Vessel Register.
  28. ^ "USS Waddell". Naval Vessel Register.

External links

 
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  • USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association, Jacksonville Florida
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The Charles F Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided missile destroyers DDG built between 1958 and 1967 Twenty three were built for the United States Navy three for the Royal Australian Navy and three for the West German Bundesmarine The design of these ships known as project SCB 155 5 was based on that of Forrest Sherman class destroyers but the Charles F Adams class were the first class designed to serve as guided missile destroyers Note 1 19 feet 5 8 m of length was added to the center of the design of the Forrest Sherman class to carry the ASROC launcher The Charles F Adams class were the last steam turbine powered destroyers built for the U S Navy Starting with the succeeding Spruance class all U S Navy destroyers have been powered by gas turbines Some of the U S Charles F Adams class served during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and during the Vietnam War those of the Royal Australian Navy served during the Vietnam War and Gulf War USS Sampson in late 1980sClass overviewNameCharles F Adams classBuildersBath Iron Works New York Shipbuilding Corporation Defoe Shipbuilding Company Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Washington Avondale Marine Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging CompanyOperators United States Navy Hellenic NavyPreceded byFarragut classSucceeded bySpruance classSubclassesPerth class Lutjens classBuilt1958 1967Completed23Retired23PreservedMoldersGeneral characteristicsTypeGuided missile destroyer DDG Displacement3 277 tons standard 4 526 full loadLength437 ft 133 m Beam47 ft 14 m Draft15 ft 4 6 m Propulsion2 steam turbines providing 70 000 shp 52 000 kW 2 shafts 4 1 275 psi 8 790 kPa boilersSpeed33 knots 61 km h 38 mph Range4 500 nautical miles 8 300 km at 20 knots 37 km h Complement310 333Sensors and processing systems1 AN SPS 10 surface search RADAR 1 1 AN SPS 37 air search RADAR 1 1 AN SPS 39 air search 3D radar 1 2 AN SPG 51 Tartar fire control RADAR 1 2 1 AN SPG 53 gun fire control RADAR 1 3 AN SQS 23 SONAR 1 4 Armament1 Mk 11 missile launcher DDG2 14 or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher DDG 15 24 for RIM 24 Tartar SAM system or later the RIM 66 Standard SM 1 and Harpoon anti ship missile 2 5 inch 127 mm 54 caliber Mark 42 guns 1 RUR 5 ASROC launcher 4 12 8 in 330 mm ASW torpedo tubes 2 Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Contents 1 New threat update program and decommissioning 2 Ships in class 3 Hellenic Navy 4 Lutjens class 5 Perth class 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksNew threat update program and decommissioning EditAlthough designed with cutting edge technology for the 1950s by the mid 1970s it was clear to the Navy that the Charles F Adams class destroyers were not prepared to deal with modern air attacks and guided missiles To reduce this vulnerability the U S Navy began the New Threat Upgrade NTU program This consisted of a number of sensor weapons and communications upgrades that were intended to extend the service lives of the ships Under the NTU these destroyers received improved electronic warfare capability through the installation of the AN SLQ 32 V 2 EW Suite The upgraded combat system would include the MK86 Gun Fire Control System with AN SPQ 9 radar the Hughes AN SPS 52C 3D radar the AN SPG 51C Digital Fire Control Radars and the Naval Tactical Data System NTDS These ships were also planned to have the ability to launch several Harpoon anti ship missiles which were to be installed in their MK 11 or MK 13 Tartar missile launcher During the 1980s the Reagan Administration chose to accelerate production of the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers and build the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers both classes with the Aegis Combat System that was considered more effective than NTU upgraded ships to gradually replace all existing destroyer and cruiser classes especially the expensive nuclear powered cruisers The result of this was that only three of Charles F Adams class destroyers Tattnall Goldsborough and Benjamin Stoddert received the full upgrade Other ships of the class such as Charles F Adams received only partial upgrades which included the AN SLQ 32 and Harpoon Missile upgrades that were intended to extend their service lives until the Arleigh Burke class could reach operational capability The United States Navy decommissioned its last Charles F Adams destroyer Goldsborough on 29 April 1993 The Australian and German navies decommissioned their last ships of this class by 2003 Four ships of this class were transferred to the Hellenic Navy in 1992 but those have also been decommissioned Charles F Adams was originally planned to open as a museum ship sometime in 2018 but those plans were put on hold and the ship was sent to be scrapped in 2020 The German destroyer Molders was made into a museum ship but all of the other destroyers in the class have been sunk as targets sunk for diving wrecks or sold for scrap Ships in class EditShips of the Charles F Adams destroyer class Name Hull no Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate RefCharles F Adams DDG 2 Bath Iron Works 16 June 1958 8 September 1959 10 September 1960 1 August 1990 Scrapped 2020 Brownsville Texas 6 John King DDG 3 25 August 1958 30 January 1960 4 February 1961 30 March 1990 Scrapped 7 Lawrence DDG 4 New York Shipbuilding Corporation 27 October 1958 27 February 1960 6 January 1962 30 March 1990 Scrapped 8 Claude V Ricketts DDG 5 18 May 1959 14 June 1960 5 May 1962 31 October 1989 Scrapped 9 Barney DDG 6 10 August 1959 10 December 1960 11 August 1962 17 December 1990 Scrapped 10 Henry B Wilson DDG 7 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 28 February 1958 22 April 1959 17 December 1960 2 October 1989 Sunk as target 11 Lynde McCormick DDG 8 4 April 1958 28 July 1959 3 June 1961 1 October 1991 Sunk as target 12 Towers DDG 9 Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Washington 1 April 1958 23 April 1959 6 June 1961 1 October 1990 Sunk as target 13 Sampson DDG 10 Bath Iron Works 2 March 1959 21 May 1960 24 June 1961 24 June 1991 Scrapped 14 Sellers DDG 11 3 August 1959 9 September 1960 28 October 1961 31 October 1989 Scrapped 15 Robison DDG 12 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 28 April 1959 27 April 1960 9 December 1961 1 October 1991 Scrapped 16 Hoel DDG 13 3 August 1959 4 August 1960 16 June 1962 1 October 1990 Converted to power barge then scrapped 17 Buchanan DDG 14 Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Washington 17 January 1958 11 May 1960 7 February 1962 1 October 1991 Sunk as target 18 Berkeley DDG 15 New York Shipbuilding Corporation 1 June 1960 29 July 1961 15 December 1962 30 September 1992 Sold to Greece as Themistoklis D221 scrapped later 19 Joseph Strauss DDG 16 27 December 1960 9 December 1961 20 April 1963 1 February 1990 Sold to Greece as Formion D220 scrapped later 20 Conyngham DDG 17 1 May 1961 18 May 1962 13 July 1963 30 October 1990 Scrapped 21 Semmes DDG 18 Avondale Shipyard 15 August 1960 20 May 1961 10 December 1962 14 April 1991 Sold to Greece as Kimon D218 scrapped 2006 22 Tattnall DDG 19 14 November 1960 26 August 1961 13 April 1963 18 January 1991 Scrapped 23 Goldsborough DDG 20 Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle Washington 3 January 1961 15 December 1961 9 November 1963 29 April 1993 Sold to Australia as a parts hulk scrapped later 24 Cochrane DDG 21 31 July 1961 18 July 1962 21 March 1964 1 October 1990 Scrapped 25 Benjamin Stoddert DDG 22 11 June 1962 8 January 1963 12 September 1964 20 December 1991 Sank while under tow en route for scrapping 26 Richard E Byrd DDG 23 Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Washington 12 April 1961 6 February 1962 7 March 1964 27 April 1990 Sold to Greece for parts sunk as target later 27 Waddell DDG 24 6 February 1962 26 February 1963 28 August 1964 1 October 1992 Sold to Greece as Nearchos D219 sunk as target later 28 Hellenic Navy EditFour destroyers were transferred to the Hellenic Navy Kimon D218 formerly USS Semmes Nearchos D219 formerly USS Waddell Formion D220 formerly USS Joseph Strauss Themistoklis D221 formerly USS Berkeley Lutjens class Edit Lutjens rendering honours after the September 11 attacks Main article Lutjens class destroyer The Lutjens class destroyer was a modification of the Charles F Adams class for the Bundesmarine the Navy of West Germany It differed from the Charles F Adams class in the layout of the crew accommodations the location of the bow sonar a second large aerial mast and different funnels Lutjens D185 scrapped Molders D186 Museum ship Rommel D187 scrapped Perth class EditMain article Perth class destroyer The Royal Australian Navy had three Charles F Adams class units constructed to their own specifications these ships were designated the Perth class Although broadly similar to the US Navy s vessels the Australian ships were fitted with the Ikara system instead of the ASROC that was fitted to the American units The three ships were HMAS Perth D 38 sunk as a dive wreck HMAS Hobart D 39 sunk as a dive wreck HMAS Brisbane D 41 sunk as a dive wreck Notes Edit The Farragut class was built at roughly the same time but they were classified as frigates until 1975 References Edit a b c d e f Blackman Raymond V B Jane s Fighting Ships 1970 71 p 437 Polmar Norman The U S Navy Shipboard Radars United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p 144 Polmar Norman The U S Navy Shipboard Radars United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p 145 Polmar Norman The U S Navy Sonars Part 1 United States Naval Institute Proceedings July 1981 p 119 Friedman Norman 1982 U S Destroyers An Illustrated Design History Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Institute pp 299 307 309 ISBN 0 87021 733 X USS Charles F Adams Naval Vessel Register USS John King Naval Vessel Register USS Lawrence Naval Vessel Register USS Claude V Ricketts Naval Vessel Register USS Barney Naval Vessel Register USS Henry B Wilson Naval Vessel Register USS Lynde McCormick Naval Vessel Register USS Towers Naval Vessel Register USS Sampson Naval Vessel Register USS Sellers Naval Vessel Register USS Robison Naval Vessel Register USS Hoel Naval Vessel Register USS Buchanan Naval Vessel Register USS Berkeley Naval Vessel Register USS Joseph Strauss Naval Vessel Register USS Conyngham Naval Vessel Register USS Semmes Naval Vessel Register USS Tattnall Naval Vessel Register USS Goldsborough Naval Vessel Register USS Cochrane Naval Vessel Register USS Benjamin Stoddert Naval Vessel Register USS Richard E Byrd Naval Vessel Register USS Waddell Naval Vessel Register External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles F Adams class destroyers Molders D 186 Deutsches Marine Museum Wilhelmshaven Germany HMAS Perth DDG 38 Artificial Dive Reef Albany Australia USS Charles F Adams DDG 2 Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association Jacksonville Florida Charles F Adams class Veterans Association Charles F Adams class guided missile destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles F Adams class destroyer amp oldid 1130194707, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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