Farragut-class destroyer (1958)
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The Farragut-class destroyer was a group of 10 guided-missile destroyers built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1950s. They were the second destroyer class to be named for Admiral David Farragut. The class is sometimes referred to as the Coontz class, since Coontz was first to be designed and built as a guided-missile ship (under project SCB 142), whereas the previous three ships were designed as all-gun units (under SCB 129) and converted later.[1][2] The class was originally envisioned as a Destroyer Leader class (DL/DLG, verbally referred to as "Frigates"), but was reclassified as Guided-Missile Destroyers following the 1975 ship reclassification.
Design and description
The Farragut class was the first class of missile-armed carrier escorts to be built from the ground up as such for the USN.[3] The ships had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a deep draft of Script error: No such module "convert".. They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at full load. Their crew consisted of 23 officers and 337 enlisted men.[4]
The ships were equipped with two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by 4 water-tube boilers. The turbines were intended to produce Script error: No such module "convert". to reach the designed speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. The Farragut class had a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at a speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
The Farragut-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward. They were fitted with an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. The Farragut (DDG-37) was the only ship of her class that had an ASROC magazine mounted behind the launcher. The class was already top-heavy and the addition of the magazine reportedly made it worse, so the decision was made not to equip the other nine ships with magazines. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two triple Script error: No such module "convert". Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The primary armament of the Farraguts was the Terrier anti-aircraft missile designed to defend the carrier battle group. They were fired via the dual-arm Mark 10 launcher and the ships stowed a total of 40 missiles for the launcher.[3]
Ships in class
| Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-37 DLG-6 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard | 3 June 1957 | 18 July 1958 | 10 December 1960 | 31 October 1989 | Struck 20 November 1992, sold for scrap |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-38 DLG-7 | 1 October 1957 | 11 December 1958 | 20 May 1961 | 1 April 1991 | ||
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-39 DLG-8 | 15 April 1958 | 9 July 1959 | 4 November 1961 | 23 October 1992 | Struck 30 November 1992, sold for scrap | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-40 DLG-9 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 1 March 1957 | 6 December 1958 | 15 July 1960 | 2 October 1989 | Struck 7 January 1990, sold for scrap |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-41 DLG-10 | 1 March 1957 | 6 December 1958 | 17 November 1960 | 28 March 1991 | Struck 20 November 1992, sold for scrap | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-42 DLG-11 | San Francisco Naval Shipyard | 31 July 1957 | 7 October 1959 | 25 December 1960 | 15 June 1993 | Struck 15 June 1993, sold for scrap |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-43 DLG-12 | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | 1 March 1958 | 16 March 1960 | 8 April 1961 | 31 July 1992 | Struck 20 November 1992, sold for scrap |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-44 DLG-13 | 1 March 1958 | 6 March 1960 | 4 November 1961 | 30 September 1991 | ||
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-45 DLG-14 | Bath Iron Works | 10 August 1957 | 30 November 1958 | 7 December 1959 | 31 August 1990 | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DDG-46 DLG-15 | 16 December 1957 | 23 May 1959 | 9 May 1960 | 15 November 1991 |
Service
Originally commissioned as guided-missile frigates (DLG), they were redesignated as guided-missile destroyers (DDG) under the fleet realignment in 1975. They were also the only redesignated ships to be renumbered as well under the realignment, with the first unit changing from DLG-6 to DDG-37 and all subsequent vessels being renumbered upwards in order. During various refits all ships had their two 3" gun mounts removed and replaced by two quad Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers and their fire control and search radars upgraded to handle SM-2ER missiles. All ships of the class were decommissioned between 1989 and 1994 and subsequently scrapped.
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