1964 to 1989    

DDG-5 USS Claude V. Ricketts

US US Navy

1962 to 1964 - DDG-5 USS Biddle    




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History of US USS Biddle DDG-5

1957-mar-28OrderedOrdered
1959-may-18Laid downLaid down
1960-jun-14LaunchedLaunched
1962-may-05CommissionedCommissioned
1964-jul-28 renamed Claude V. Ricketts

History of US USS Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5

1964-jul-28CommissionedCommissioned
1989-oct-31DecommissionedDecommissioned
1990-jun-01StruckStruck
1994-apr-15 sold for scrap
1996-oct-01 back to NISMF Philadelphia
2001-dec-05Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped resold Metro Machine, PA



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  Specifications


Charles F. Adams class
330crew
3190light (tn)
4500full load (tn)
133length (m)
14beam (m)
4.60draught (m)
4500range (nm)
33max speed (knots)
70000power (shp)

4Naval Engine boilers
2Naval Engine steam turbines

1Missile Launcher Mk 11 Tartar

2Naval Gun Mark 42 5/54 inch (127mm)
2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm

1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-37
1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10
1Sonar hull mounted sonar AN/SQS-23

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