Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

USS Charles F. Adams
Class overview
Name:	Charles F. Adams class
Builders:	Bath Iron Works New York Shipbuilding Corporation Defoe Shipbuilding Company Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington Avondale Marine Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Operators:	United States Navy  Hellenic Navy
Preceded by:	Farragut class
Succeeded by:	Spruance class
Subclasses:	Royal Australian Navy: Perth class  German Navy: Lütjens class
Completed:	23
Retired:	23
Preserved:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile 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 × steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); 2 shafts 4 × 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:	310-333
Sensors and processing systems:	1 AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR 1 AN/SPS-37 air search RADAR 1 AN/SPS-39 3D air search RADAR 2 AN/SPG-51 Tartar fire control RADAR 1 AN/SPG-53 gun fire control RADAR AN/SQS-23 SONAR
Armament:	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon anti-ship missile 2 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 guns 1 × RUR-5 ASROC launcher 4 × 12.8 in (330 mm) ASW torpedo tubes 2 × Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes

The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided missile destroyers built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty three destroyers were built for the United States Navy, three for the Royal Australian Navy, and three for the West German Bundesmarine. The design of these ships was based on that of Forrest Sherman-class destroyers, but the Charles F. Adams class were the first class designed to serve as guided missile destroyers. 19 feet (5.8 m) of length was added to the center of the design of the Forrest Sherman class to carry the ASROC launcher. The Charles F. Adams-class destroyers were the last steam turbine-powered destroyers built for the U.S. Navy. Starting with the later Spruance-class destroyers, all U.S. Navy destroyers have been powered by gas turbines. Some of the destroyers of the Charles F. Adams class served during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and during the Vietnam War.

Although designed with cutting-edge technology for the 1950s, by the mid-1970s it was clear to the Navy that the Charles F. Adams-class destroyers were not prepared to deal with modern air attacks and guided missiles. To reduce this vulnerability, the U.S. Navy began the New Threat Upgrade (NTU) program. This consisted of a number of sensor, weapons and communications upgrades that were intended to extend the service lives of the ships. Under the NTU, these destroyers received improved electronic warfare capability through the installation of the AN/SLQ-32(V)2 EW Suite.

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