USS Waddell DDG-24

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

Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Hull Number:
DDG-24 (USA)
D-219 (Greece) (later DDG-219)
Ordered:
November 3, 1960
Commissioned:
August 28, 1964 (USA)
October 1, 1992 (Greece)

Keel Laid:
February 6, 1962
Decommissioned:
October 1, 1992 (USA)
July 18, 2003 (Greece)

Launched:
February 26, 1963
Stricken:


January 11, 1995 (USA)
Fate:
In reserve at Souda Bay, Crete.
*Sold to Greece Oct. 1, 1992 and renamed Nearchos D-219.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
437'
Engines:
2 Westinghouse 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
Crew:
330+
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Commander James I. Waddell CSN (1824-1886).
Christened by Mrs. Harold W. Cannon.


Builder's Data
Page published Apr. 5, 2007