Charles F. Adams class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: Shipyard: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: sunk History of USS Towers DDG-9 1957-mar-28OrderedOrdered 1958-apr-01Laid downLaid down 1959-apr-23LaunchedLaunched 1961-jun-06CommissionedCommissioned 1990-oct-01DecommissionedDecommissioned 1992-may-27StruckStruck 2002-oct-09Fate: sunkFate: sunk sunk as target Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event 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 boilers2Naval 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-371Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10 1Sonar hull mounted sonar AN/SQS-23 Aircraft Typical Max No Landing platform Builder Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle,