USS Farragut (DDG-37)
 USS Farragut (DDG-37) | |
| Career (U.S.) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 27 January 1956 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 3 June 1957 |
| Launched: | 18 July 1958 |
| Acquired: | 8 December 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 October 1989 |
| Reclassified: | 30 June 1975 |
| Struck: | 20 November 1992 |
| Motto: | Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! |
| Fate: | Dismantled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Farragut-class guided missile frigate |
| Displacement: | 5,800 tons |
| Length: | 512.5 ft (156.2 m) |
| Beam: | 52 ft (15.8 m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 1200psi boilers, 2 geared turbines |
| Speed: | 36.5 knots |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (20 mph; 40 km/h) |
| Complement: | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPS-10 2D surface search radar AN/SPG-53 gun fire control radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: | 1 × Mk 42 5-inch/54 (127 mm/54) caliber gun 2 × Mk-32 triple mounts carrying Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Mk 16 ASROC missile launcher 1 × Mk 10 Mod.0 missile launcher for Standard Missile 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers |
USS Farragut (DDG-37), named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, USN (1801–1870), was a Farragut-class guided missile frigate (destroyer leader) and was the lead ship in her class. She was laid down as DLG-6 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy, Massachusetts on 3 June 1957, launched on 15 July 1958 by Mrs. H. D. Felt, wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations and commissioned on 10 December 1960. Farragut was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG-37. USS Farragut was decommissioned on 31 October 1989, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992 and sold for scrap on 16 December 1994. On 26 September 2006 a contract to dismantle ex-Farragut was awarded to International Shipbreaking Limited of Brownsville, Texas. The ship's bell is currently being kept and preserved at Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida.
References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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