USS Cochrane DDG-21 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Seattle, Washington |
Hull Number: |
DDG-21
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Ordered: |
March 25, 1960 |
Commissioned: |
March 21, 1964 |
Keel Laid: |
July 31, 1961 |
Decommissioned: |
October 1, 1990 |
Launched: |
July 18, 1962 |
Stricken: |
November 20, 1992 |
Fate: |
Sold Sept. 19, 2001 to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, Texas and scrapped. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
437' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
4 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200 PSI (oil fired) |
Draft: |
20' 1" / 22' max. |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
3,277 std. / 4,526 full |
SHP: |
70,000 |
Speed: |
33 knots |
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Crew: |
330+ |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Vice Admiral Edward L. Cochrane USN (1892-1959). |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 3, 2007 |