USS Semmes DDG-18

Type:
Guided Missile Destroyer
Class:
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview)
Kimon (Grece)

Builder:
Avondale Marine Ways Inc.
Avondale, Louisiana
Hull Number:
DDG-18 (USA)
D-218 (Greece) (later DDG-218)
Ordered:
July 21, 1959
Commissioned:
December 10, 1962 (USA)
September 13, 1991 (Greece)

Keel Laid:
August 20, 1961
Decommissioned:
September 12, 1991 (USA)
June 17, 2004 (Greece)

Launched:
May 20, 1961
Stricken:


January 11, 1995
Fate:
In reserve at Souda Bay, Crete awaiting disposal.
*Sold to Greece September 13 1991, renamed Kimon D-218.


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
Crew:
330+
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes CSN (1809-1877).
Christened by Mrs. F. E. Hebert.


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