Coontz class Guided-Missile Destroyer

Originally Farragut class all gun ships were modified to be the first missile-armed fleet escorts designed and built as such

Specifications

360

crew

5600

full load (tn)

156.30

length (m)

beam (m)

5.30

draught (m)

max speed (knots)

85000

power (shp)

Naval Engine boilers

Naval Engine steam turbines

Missile Launcher Mk 10 Terrier

Naval Gun Mark 12 5/38 inch (127 mm)

Torpedo Launchers Mk 16 8-cell ASROC

Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm

Aircraft

		Typical	Max
Landing platform only. No hangar

Shipyards

Bath Iron Works -	2
Bethlehem San Francisco -	1
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard - League Island	2
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company - Harbor Island	2

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1959	1990	US Navy	DDG-45	USS Dewey
1960	1989	US Navy	DDG-37	USS Farragut
1960	1989	US Navy	DDG-40	USS Coontz
1960	1991	US Navy	DDG-41	USS King	NXAY
1960	1993	US Navy	DDG-42	USS Mahan
1960	1991	US Navy	DDG-46	USS Preble
1961	1991	US Navy	DDG-38	USS Luce
1961	1992	US Navy	DDG-39	USS Macdonough
1961	1992	US Navy	DDG-43	USS Dahlgren
1961	1991	US Navy	DDG-44	USS William V. Pratt

10 units

Events

1955-nov-18	Ordered	Ordered DDG-41 USS King as DL-10
1955-nov-18	Ordered	Ordered DDG-42 USS Mahan as DL-11
1956	Ordered	Ordered DDG-45 USS Dewey as DL-14
1956	Ordered	Ordered DDG-46 USS Preble as DL-15
1956-jul-23	Ordered	Ordered DDG-43 USS Dahlgren as DL-12
1956-jul-23	Ordered	Ordered DDG-44 USS William V. Pratt as DL-13
1956-nov-14		DDG-41 USS King reclassified as DLG-10
1957-mar-01	Laid down	Laid down DDG-40 USS Coontz
1957-mar-01	Laid down	Laid down DDG-41 USS King
1957-jul-31	Laid down	Laid down DDG-42 USS Mahan
1957-aug-10	Laid down	Laid down DDG-45 USS Dewey
1957-dec-16	Laid down	Laid down DDG-46 USS Preble
1958-mar-01	Laid down	Laid down DDG-43 USS Dahlgren
1958-mar-01	Laid down	Laid down DDG-44 USS William V. Pratt
1958-nov-30	Launched	Launched DDG-45 USS Dewey
1958-dec-06	Launched	Launched DDG-40 USS Coontz
1958-dec-06	Launched	Launched DDG-41 USS King
1959-may-23	Launched	Launched DDG-46 USS Preble
1959-oct-07	Launched	Launched DDG-42 USS Mahan
1959-dec-07	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-45 USS Dewey as DLG-14
1960-mar-06	Launched	Launched DDG-44 USS William V. Pratt
1960-mar-16	Launched	Launched DDG-43 USS Dahlgren
1960-may-09	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-46 USS Preble as DLG-15
1960-jul-15	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-40 USS Coontz as DLG-9
1960-nov-17	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-41 USS King as DLG-10
1960-dec-10	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-37 USS Farragut as DLG-6
1960-dec-25	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-42 USS Mahan as DLG-11
1961-apr-08	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-43 USS Dahlgren as DLG-12
1961-may-20	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-38 USS Luce as DLG-7
1961-nov-04	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-39 USS Macdonough as DLG-8
1961-nov-04	Commissioned	Commissioned DDG-44 USS William V. Pratt as DLG-13
1965-apr-05	Deployment	Deployment DDG-41 USS King departed US for South China Sea and off Vietnam, escorting USS Oriskany and screening other carriers in theatre, returning Nov 1965.
1967-may	Deployment	Deployment DDG-42 USS Mahan with combat SAR Sea King 148985 off the coast of Vietnam
1975-jun-30		DDG-37 USS Farragut reclassified as DDG-37
1975-jun-30		DDG-38 USS Luce reclassified as DDG-38
1975-jun-30		DDG-39 USS Macdonough reclassified as DDG-39
1975-jun-30		DDG-40 USS Coontz reclassified as DDG-40
1975-jun-30		DDG-41 USS King reclassified as DDG-41
1975-jun-30		DDG-42 USS Mahan reclassified as DDG-42
1975-jun-30		DDG-43 USS Dahlgren reclassified as DDG-43
1975-jun-30		DDG-44 USS William V. Pratt reclassified as DDG-44
1975-jun-30		DDG-45 USS Dewey reclassified as DDG-45
1975-jun-30		DDG-46 USS Preble reclassified as DDG-46
1979-jul-11	Port Visit	Port Visit DDG-41 USS King visited Barcelona, with USS Richmond K. Turner.
1982	Refit	Refit DDG-42 USS Mahan New Threat Upgrade (NTU)
1989-oct-02	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-40 USS Coontz
1989-oct-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-37 USS Farragut
1990-aug-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-45 USS Dewey
1991-mar-28	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-41 USS King
1991-apr-01	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-38 USS Luce
1991-sep-30	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-44 USS William V. Pratt
1991-nov-15	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-46 USS Preble
1992-jul-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-43 USS Dahlgren
1992-oct-23	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-39 USS Macdonough
1992-nov-20	Struck	Struck DDG-37 USS Farragut
1992-nov-20	Struck	Struck DDG-38 USS Luce
1992-nov-20	Struck	Struck DDG-41 USS King
1992-nov-20	Struck	Struck DDG-43 USS Dahlgren
1992-nov-20	Struck	Struck DDG-44 USS William V. Pratt
1992-nov-20	Struck	Struck DDG-45 USS Dewey
1992-nov-20	Struck	Struck DDG-46 USS Preble
1992-nov-30	Struck	Struck DDG-39 USS Macdonough
1993-jun-15	Decommissioned	Decommissioned DDG-42 USS Mahan
1993-jun-15	Struck	Struck DDG-42 USS Mahan
1994	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped DDG-45 USS Dewey
1995	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped DDG-41 USS King J L Metals, Wilmington N.C.
1999-feb	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped DDG-40 USS Coontz Philadelphia
2004	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped DDG-39 USS Macdonough Philadelphia
2005-jun-17	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped DDG-38 USS Luce Philadelphia, PA
2006-sep-26	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped DDG-37 USS Farragut Brownsville, Texas

1960

Coontz class

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