Farragut class destroyer (1958)
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The Farragut class (also known as the 'Coontz' class) was a destroyer class of the United States Navy and the second class of destroyer named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut.
Ten Farragut-class ships were ordered between 1955 and 1957. Each ship displaced 5,800 tons under full load with a length of 512 feet, a 52 foot beam and a top speed of 33 knots. Originally commissioned as guided missile frigates (DLG), they were redesignated as guided missile destroyers (DDG) under the fleet realignment in 1975.
Specification as built
Displacement: 4,167 tons standard; 5,648 tons full load
Length: 512.5ft(156.3m)
Beam: 52.3ft(15m)
Draught:17.8ft(5.3m)
Propulsion: 2 shaft; geared steam turbines; 4 boilers; 85,000shp
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 5,000nm at 20 knots
Armaments: 1x Mark 13 Launcher Terrier SAM; 1x 5in(127mm); 1x ASROC Launcher; 6x 12.8in(324mm) ASW TT
Complement: 360
See also
| Farragut-class destroyer (1958) |
| Farragut | Luce | Macdonough | Coontz | King | Mahan | Dahlgren | William V. Pratt | Dewey | Preble |
| List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |
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