DDG-5 USS Biddle

1964 to 1989 - DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts

1962 to 1964

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Charles F. Adams class
DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer

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History of DDG-5 USS Biddle
1957-mar-28	Ordered
1959-may-18	Laid down
1960-jun-14	Launched
1962-may-5	Commissioned
1964-jul-28		renamed Claude V. Ricketts
History of DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts
1964-jul-28	Commissioned
1989-oct-31	Decommissioned
1990-jun-1	Struck
1994-apr-15		sold for scrap
1996-oct-1		back to NISMF Philadelphia
2001-dec-5	Fate: scrapped	resold Metro Machine, PA

Specifications

from Charles F. Adams class
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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