USS Towers DDG-9

Type:
Guided Missile Destroyer

Class:

Charles F. Adams (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Hull Number:
DDG-9 (a)
Ordered:
March 28, 1957
Commissioned:
June 6, 1961
Keel Laid:
April 1, 1958
Decommissioned:
October 1, 1990
Launched:
April 23, 1959
Stricken:


May 27, 1992
Fate:
Sunk as target Oct. 8-9, 2002.

Location: North Pacific 174 miles SW of San Diego, California (31.16.192N - 119.31.396W).
Notes:
(a):
Ordered as DD-959, reclassified as DDG-959 on Aug. 16, 1956,
reclassified as DDG-9 on June 26, 1957.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
4 Foster Wheeler 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 Admiral John H. Towers, U.S.N. (1885-1955).
Christened by Mrs. Nathaniel Rotoreau Jr.


Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 2, 2007