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 USS Farragut (DDG-37) |
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| Career (U.S.) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | January 27, 1956 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | June 3, 1957 |
| Launched: | July 18, 1958 |
| Acquired: | December 8, 1960 |
| Commissioned: | December 10, 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | October 31, 1989 |
| Reclassified: | June 30, 1975 |
| Struck: | November 20, 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/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) laid down as DLG-6 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy, Massachusetts on June 3, 1957, launched on July 15, 1958 by Mrs. H. D. Felt, wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations and commissioned on December 10, 1960. Farragut was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on June 30, 1975 and designated DDG-37. USS Farragut was decommissioned on October 31, 1989, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on November 20, 1992 and sold for scrap on December 16, 1994. On September 26, 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.
[edit] 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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