USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)
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 USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Name: | Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) |
| Namesake: | Henry Braid Wilson |
| Ordered: | March 28, 1957 |
| Builder: | Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 28 February 1958 |
| Launched: | 22 April 1959 |
| Acquired: | December 14, 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 17 December 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 October 1989 |
| Struck: | 26 January 1990 |
| Fate: | sunk as target ship, 15 August 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Charles F. Adams class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load |
| Length: | 437 ft (133 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts 4 x Babcock and Wilcox 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar AN/SQS-23 Sonar |
| Armament: | 1x launcher for Tartar SAM system 2x Mark 42 5in(127mm)/54 1x ASROC Launcher 6x 12.8in(324mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2xMark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes) |
| Aircraft carried: | None |
| Motto: | Non Verbis Sed Re (Deeds not Words) |
USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), named for Admiral Henry Braid Wilson, was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on 28 February 1958, launched on 22 April 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, daughter of Admiral Wilson, and commissioned on 17 December 1960, CDR L. D. Caney in command.
Henry B. Wilson served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out naval gunfire support missions during the conflict in Vietnam. In 1975, she participated in the operations to recapture the hijacked merchant ship SS Mayaguez in Cambodian waters.
Henry B. Wilson was decommissioned on 2 October 1989, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 January 1990 and sold for scrap on 15 April 1994. The scrap contract was terminated on 23 March 1999 and the ship was resold on 6 April 2002. She was re-acquired and sunk as a target ship 15 August 2003.
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[edit] External links
- Naval Vessel Register - DDG7
- DANFS - Henry B. Wilson
- website USS HENRY B. WILSON DDG-7 http://www.usshenrybwilsonddg7.com
- MaritimeQuest USS Henry B. Wilson DDG-7 pages
- DDG-7 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com
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