DDG-25 Built in USA for Australia

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1965 to 1999 - AU RAN - Perth class D 38 HMAS Perth    



1964    


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See Also: DDG Charles F. Adams class DDG-26
DDG Charles F. Adams class DDG-27


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History of AU Perth class D 38 HMAS Perth

1962-jan-6Ordered

History of US DDG-25 Built in USA for Australia

1962-sep-21Laid down
1963-sep-26Launched

History of AU Perth class D 38 HMAS Perth

1965-jul-17Commissioned
1999-apr-24Port VisitVNHo Chi Minh City arrived Ho Chi Minh City in company with HMAS Arunta for goodwill visit, until 28 Apr.
1999-oct-15Decommissioned
2001-nov-24Fate: sunkscuttled as a dive wreck off Albany (Western Australia)

Specifications

    

    from 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

Aircraft

    

    Typical Max
No Landing platform




Builder

    

US Defoe Shipbuilding Company,



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