| Derivatives / Succeeded by | |
|---|---|
| 1965 |  Perth class |
| 1969 |  Type 103 Lütjens class |
| 1970 |  Charles F. Adams NTU class |
Specifications |
| 330 | crew | ||||||
| 3190 | light (tn) | ||||||
| 4500 | full load (tn) | ||||||
| 133 | length (m) | ||||||
| 14 | beam (m) | ||||||
| 4.60 | draught (m) | ||||||
| 4500 | range (nm) | ||||||
| 33 | max speed (knots) | ||||||
| 70000 | power (shp) | ||||||
| 4 | Naval Engine boilers | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine steam turbines | ||||||
| 1 | Missile Launcher Mk 11 Tartar | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Gun Mark 42 5/54 inch (127mm) | ||||||
| 2 | Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-37 | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10 | ||||||
| 1 | Sonar hull mounted sonar AN/SQS-23 | ||||||
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Aircraft| Typical | Max | |||||||
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| No Landing platform | ||||||||
Shipyards |
| Avondale Shipyard - | 1 |
| Bath Iron Works - | 7 |
| Defoe Shipbuilding Company - | 7 |
| New York Shipbuilding - | 6 |
| Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company - Harbor Island | 1 |
| Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle - Harbor Island | 4 |
List of Ships |
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Events |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams | |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-3 USS John King | |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-4 USS Lawrence | |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-5 USS Biddle | |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-6 USS Barney | |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson | |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-8 USS Lynde McCormick | |
| 1957-mar-28 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-9 USS Towers | |
| 1958-jan-17 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-10 USS Sampson | |
| 1958-jan-17 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-11 USS Sellers | |
| 1958-jan-17 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-12 USS Robison | |
| 1958-jan-17 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-13 USS Hoel | |
| 1958-jan-17 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-14 USS Buchanan | |
| 1958-feb-28 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson | |
| 1958-apr-01 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-9 USS Towers | |
| 1958-apr-04 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-8 USS Lynde McCormick | |
| 1958-jun-16 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams | |
| 1958-aug-25 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-3 USS John King | |
| 1958-oct-27 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-4 USS Lawrence | |
| 1959-mar-02 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-10 USS Sampson | |
| 1959-apr-22 | Launched | Launched DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson | |
| 1959-apr-23 | Launched | Launched DDG-9 USS Towers | |
| 1959-apr-23 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-14 USS Buchanan | |
| 1959-apr-28 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-12 USS Robison | |
| 1959-may-18 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-5 USS Biddle | |
| 1959-jul-21 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-15 USS Berkeley | |
| 1959-jul-21 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-16 USS Joseph Strauss | |
| 1959-jul-21 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-17 USS Conyngham | |
| 1959-jul-21 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-18 USS Semmes | |
| 1959-jul-28 | Launched | Launched DDG-8 USS Lynde McCormick | |
| 1959-aug-03 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-11 USS Sellers | |
| 1959-aug-03 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-13 USS Hoel | |
| 1959-aug-10 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-6 USS Barney | |
| 1959-sep-08 | Launched | Launched DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams | |
| 1960-jan-30 | Launched | Launched DDG-3 USS John King | |
| 1960-feb-27 | Launched | Launched DDG-4 USS Lawrence | |
| 1960-mar-25 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-21 USS Cochrane | |
| 1960-apr-27 | Launched | Launched DDG-12 USS Robison | |
| 1960-may-11 | Launched | Launched DDG-14 USS Buchanan | |
| 1960-may-21 | Launched | Launched DDG-10 USS Sampson | |
| 1960-jun-01 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-15 USS Berkeley | |
| 1960-jun-14 | Launched | Launched DDG-5 USS Biddle | |
| 1960-aug-04 | Launched | Launched DDG-13 USS Hoel | |
| 1960-aug-15 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-18 USS Semmes | |
| 1960-sep-09 | Launched | Launched DDG-11 USS Sellers | |
| 1960-sep-10 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams | |
| 1960-nov-03 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd | |
| 1960-nov-30 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-24 USS Waddell | |
| 1960-dec-10 | Launched | Launched DDG-6 USS Barney | |
| 1960-dec-17 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson | |
| 1960-dec-27 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-16 USS Joseph Strauss | |
| 1961-feb-04 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-3 USS John King | |
| 1961-apr-12 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd | |
| 1961-may-01 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-17 USS Conyngham | |
| 1961-may-20 | Launched | Launched DDG-18 USS Semmes | |
| 1961-jun-03 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-8 USS Lynde McCormick | |
| 1961-jun-06 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-9 USS Towers | |
| 1961-jun-24 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-10 USS Sampson | |
| 1961-jul-29 | Launched | Launched DDG-15 USS Berkeley | |
| 1961-jul-31 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-21 USS Cochrane | |
| 1961-oct-28 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-11 USS Sellers | |
| 1961-dec-09 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-12 USS Robison | |
| 1961-dec-09 | Launched | Launched DDG-16 USS Joseph Strauss | |
| 1962-jan-06 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-4 USS Lawrence | |
| 1962-feb-06 | Launched | Launched DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd | |
| 1962-feb-06 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-24 USS Waddell | |
| 1962-feb-07 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-14 USS Buchanan | |
| 1962-may-05 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-5 USS Biddle | |
| 1962-may-18 | Launched | Launched DDG-17 USS Conyngham | |
| 1962-jun-16 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-13 USS Hoel | |
| 1962-jul-18 | Launched | Launched DDG-21 USS Cochrane | |
| 1962-aug-11 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-6 USS Barney | |
| 1962-sep-21 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-25 Built in USA for Australia | |
| 1962-oct-26 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-26 Built in USA for Australia | |
| 1962-dec-10 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-18 USS Semmes | |
| 1962-dec-15 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-15 USS Berkeley | |
| 1963-feb-26 | Launched | Launched DDG-24 USS Waddell | |
| 1963-apr-20 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-16 USS Joseph Strauss | |
| 1963-jul-13 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-17 USS Conyngham | |
| 1963-sep-26 | Launched | Launched DDG-25 Built in USA for Australia | |
| 1964-jan-09 | Launched | Launched DDG-26 Built in USA for Australia | |
| 1964-mar-07 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd | |
| 1964-mar-21 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-21 USS Cochrane | |
| 1964-jul-28 | DDG-5 USS Biddle renamed Claude V. Ricketts | ||
| 1964-jul-28 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts | |
| 1964-aug-28 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDG-24 USS Waddell | |
| 1965-feb-15 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-27 Built in USA for Australia | |
| 1965-mar-03 | Ordered | Ordered DDG-29 Built in USA for Germany | |
| 1966-mar-01 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-28 Built in USA for Germany | |
| 1966-apr-12 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-29 Built in USA for Germany | |
| 1966-may-05 | Launched | Launched DDG-27 Built in USA for Australia | |
| 1967-apr-13 | Launched | Launched DDG-29 Built in USA for Germany | |
| 1967-aug-11 | Launched | Launched DDG-28 Built in USA for Germany | |
| 1967-aug-22 | Laid down | Laid down DDG-30 Built in USA for Germany | |
| 1969-feb-01 | Launched | Launched DDG-30 Built in USA for Germany | |
| 1972 | DDG-4 USS Lawrence Wespac-Vietnam Combat Action 1972-73 | ||
| 1972-jan | Deployment | Deployment DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams Assigned to STANAVFORLANT until Jul 1972. | |
| 1975-apr-29 | Deployment | Deployment DDG-21 USS Cochrane Operation Frequent Wind part of Task Force 76 during the evacuation of Saigon | |
| 1988-sep-26 | Port Visit | Port Visit DDG-15 USS Berkeley Fleet Review: Australia Bi-centennial Naval Salute to Sydney for Australian Bi-centennial Fleet Review | |
| 1989-oct-02 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson | |
| 1989-oct-31 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts | |
| 1989-oct-31 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-11 USS Sellers | |
| 1990-jan-26 | Struck | Struck DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson | |
| 1990-feb-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-16 USS Joseph Strauss | |
| 1990-mar-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-3 USS John King | |
| 1990-mar-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-4 USS Lawrence | |
| 1990-apr-27 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd | |
| 1990-may-16 | Struck | Struck DDG-4 USS Lawrence | |
| 1990-jun-01 | Struck | Struck DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts | |
| 1990-sep-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-15 USS Berkeley | |
| 1990-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-9 USS Towers | |
| 1990-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-13 USS Hoel | |
| 1990-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-21 USS Cochrane | |
| 1990-oct-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-17 USS Conyngham | |
| 1990-dec-17 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-6 USS Barney | |
| 1991-apr-15 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-18 USS Semmes | |
| 1991-may-01 | Struck | Struck DDG-15 USS Berkeley | |
| 1991-may-30 | Struck | Struck DDG-17 USS Conyngham | |
| 1991-jun-24 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-10 USS Sampson | |
| 1991-sep | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered DDG-18 USS Semmes to Greece | |
| 1991-sep-13 | Commissioned | Commissioned  D218 HHMS Kimon | |
| 1991-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-8 USS Lynde McCormick | |
| 1991-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-12 USS Robison | |
| 1991-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-14 USS Buchanan | |
| 1992 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered DDG-16 USS Joseph Strauss to Greece | |
| 1992-may-27 | Struck | Struck DDG-9 USS Towers | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered DDG-15 USS Berkeley to Greece | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned D221 HHMS Themistocles | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned D220 HHMS Formion | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Struck | Struck DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-24 USS Waddell | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Struck | Struck DDG-24 USS Waddell | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered DDG-24 USS Waddell to Greece | |
| 1992-oct-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned D219 HHMS Nearchos | |
| 1992-oct-11 | Struck | Struck DDG-11 USS Sellers | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-6 USS Barney | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-8 USS Lynde McCormick | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-10 USS Sampson | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-12 USS Robison | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-13 USS Hoel | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-14 USS Buchanan | |
| 1992-nov-20 | Struck | Struck DDG-21 USS Cochrane | |
| 1993-jan-12 | Struck | Struck DDG-3 USS John King | |
| 1993-aug-26 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd to Greece as spare parts | |
| 1993-oct-12 | DDG-23 USS Richard E. Byrd towed to Greece | ||
| 1994-apr-15 | DDG-4 USS Lawrence sold for scrap | ||
| 1994-apr-15 | DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts sold for scrap | ||
| 1994-apr-15 | DDG-6 USS Barney sold for scrap | ||
| 1994-apr-15 | DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson sold for scrap | ||
| 1994-apr-15 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-17 USS Conyngham | |
| 1994-jun-20 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-12 USS Robison | |
| 1996-jun | Deployment | Deployment D221 HHMS Themistocles Operation Sharp Guard participated in operations to enforce UN trade and arms embargo in the Adriatic Sea. | |
| 1996-oct-01 | DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts back to NISMF Philadelphia | ||
| 1997 | DDG-13 USS Hoel to Manaus, Brazil as power barge, | ||
| 1999-feb-10 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-3 USS John King sold for scrap | |
| 1999-feb-10 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-4 USS Lawrence resold | |
| 1999-feb-10 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-6 USS Barney resold | |
| 2000 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-13 USS Hoel | |
| 2000-jun-14 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk DDG-14 USS Buchanan as a target | |
| 2000-nov | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-21 USS Cochrane Brownsville, Texas | |
| 2001-feb-14 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk DDG-8 USS Lynde McCormick sunk as target | |
| 2001-dec-05 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts resold Metro Machine, PA | |
| 2002-feb-18 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D221 HHMS Themistocles | |
| 2002-jul-29 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D220 HHMS Formion | |
| 2002-oct-09 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk DDG-9 USS Towers sunk as target | |
| 2003 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-10 USS Sampson | |
| 2003-jun-19 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk spare parts as a target | |
| 2003-jul-18 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D219 HHMS Nearchos | |
| 2003-aug-15 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk DDG-7 USS Henry B. Wilson sunk as target | |
| 2004 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped DDG-11 USS Sellers | |
| 2004-feb-19 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D221 HHMS Themistocles | |
| 2004-feb-19 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D220 HHMS Formion | |
| 2004-jun-17 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D218 HHMS Kimon | |
| 2006 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D218 HHMS Kimon | |
| 2006-may-29 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk D219 HHMS Nearchos as a target | |
| 2008 | Fate: museum | Fate: museum DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams hold at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | |
| 2009 | DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams still on hold |
