USS Coontz DL-9 / DLG-9 / DDG-40

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
Farragut 1957 (Class Overview)
Builder:
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton, Washington

Hull Number:
DL-9
DLG-9 (Nov. 14, 1956)
DDG-40 (June 30, 1975)

Ordered:
November 18, 1955
Commissioned:
July 15, 1960
Keel Laid:
March 1, 1957
Decommissioned:
October 4, 1989
Launched:
December 16, 1958
Stricken:
January 26, 1990
Fate:
Sold Aug. 24, 1994 for scrap but the contractor defaulted,
resold Mar. 11, 2002 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Scrapping completed Apr. 4, 2003.




History
Christened by Mrs. Robert J. Coontz.


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