FGS Rommel (D187)
FGS Rommel (D187)
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 Germany
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| Name: | Rommel |
| Namesake: | Erwin Rommel |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down: | 22 August 1967 |
| Launched: | 1 February 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 2 May 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1998 |
| Struck: | 30 June 1999 |
| Homeport: | Kiel |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 2004 |
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| Class and type: | Lütjens-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4,460 t (4,390 long tons) |
| Length: | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Beam: | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
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| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement: | 337 officers and men |
The German destroyerD187 Rommel was one of three Lütjens-class guided-missile destroyers, a modified version of the American Charles F. Adams class, built for the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) during the 1960s.
The Charles F. Adams class was based on a stretched Forrest Sherman-class destroyer hull modified to accommodate smaller RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles and all their associated equipment. The ships had an overall length of 134.4 meters (440 ft 11 in), a beam of 14.4 meters (47 ft 3 in) and a deep draft of 4.5 meters (14 ft 9 in). They displaced 4,526 metric tons (4,455 long tons) at full load. Their crew consisted of 333 officers and enlisted men.
The ships were equipped with two geared General Electric steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four D-V2M water-tube boilers. The turbines were intended to produce 70,000 shaft horsepower (52,000 kW) to reach the designed speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The Lütjens class had a range of 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Unlike their half-sisters, the ships had two macks.
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