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. |
Named in honor of Admiral Robert E. Coontz USN (1864-1935). |
Page created Feb. 14, 2008 |