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USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
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Builder: |
New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey |
Hull Number: |
DDG-16 (USA) D-220 (Greece) (later DDG-220) |
Ordered: |
July 21, 1959 |
Commissioned: |
April 20, 1963 (USA) October 1, 1992 (Greece) |
Keel Laid: |
December 27, 1960 |
Decommissioned: |
February 1, 1990 (USA) July 29, 2002 (Greece) |
Launched: |
December 9, 1961 |
Stricken: |
January 11, 1995 (USA) |
Fate: |
Sold Feb. 19, 2004 and scrapped. *Transferred to Greece Oct. 1, 1992 and renamed Formion D-220. |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
437' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
4 Combustion Engineering 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 Admiral Joseph Strauss USN (1861-1948). |
Christened by Alexandra Taylor Coburn. |
Page created Mar. 22, 2007 |