Farragut class destroyer (1958)
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The Farragut class (known in some sources as the 'Coontz' class, as USS Coontz was commissioned ahead of USS Farragut) 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. They were the only ships renumbered under the realignment, with the first unit changing from DLG-6 to DDG-37 and all subsequent vessels being renumbered upwards in order.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 |
