Farragut Class (1956) Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
512' 7"
Engines:
2 geared steam turbines (a)
Beam:
52' 5"
Boilers:
4 x 1,200 PSI oil fired (b)
Draft:
24' 9"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
4,700 std.
HP:
85,000
5,960-6,150 full
Speed:
33 knots
Crew:
400
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 1,500 NM @ 30 knots
Construction notes:
(a):
DeLaval in DLG-6 thru DLG-8 (DDG-37 thru DDG-39) and DLG-14, DLG-15 (DDG-45, DDG-46)
Allis Chalmers in DLG-9 thru DLG-13 (DDG-40 thru DDG-44)
(b):
Foster Wheeler in DLG-6 thru DLG-8 (DDG-37 thru DDG-39)
Babcock and Wilcox in DLG-9 thru DLG-15 (DDG-40 thru DDG-46)


Armament
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
1 (a)
5"/54 (127mm)
Mk 42 DP
single turret
25,290 yards @ 47° (14.3 miles)
Max. effective 16,400 yards (9.3 miles)
AA ceiling 23,000' @ 65°
18.25 lb shell
Rate of fire 20 RPM

4(b)
3"/50 (76mm)
Mk 33
2 twin mounts
14,600 yards @ 45° (8.2 miles)
AA ceiling 30,400' @ 45 °
13 lb. AA shell
Rate of fire 45-50 RPM

1 (c)
Mk 10 missile launcher

twin launcher
(stern)
RIM-2 Terrier SAM
RIM-67 SM-1 ER SAM
up to 40 carried

1 (d)
Mk 16 ASROC missile
launcher

8 cell
(forward)
No reloads (a)
2 (e)
Mk 141 launchers
quad canisters
RGM-84 Harpoon SSM missiles
2
Mk 32 12.75" (324mm)
torpedo launchers
2 triple launchers
Mk 46 torpedoes
8,000 yards @ 45 knots (4.5 miles)
99 lb. PBNX-103 warhead

2 (f)
20mm Vulcan Gatling gun
single mounts
N/A
Armament notes:
(a):
The original design called for 2 turrets (A & B) however the B turret was never fitted,
the Mk 16 ASROC launcher was installed in it's place.

(b):
These guns were mounted aft of the second funnel, they were replaced with the Mk 141
quadruple Harpoon missile launcher in the AAW refit in 1977.

(c):
SM-2 ER missiles fitted after 1979.
(d):
Only Farragut DLG-6 (DDG-37) was ever fitted with reload capability.
(e):
Fitted during the 1977 AAW refit.
(f):
Fitted for testing only to Coontz DLG-9 (DDG-40) between 1973-74.


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Farragut DLG-6
(Later DDG-37)
Bethlehem Steel Company
Quincy, Massachusetts

July 15, 1958
Dec. 10, 1960
Fate
Sold Jan. 23, 2006 for scrap.
Scrapping completed on Dec. 15, 2006.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Luce DLG-7
(Later DDG-38)
Bethlehem Steel Company
Quincy, Massachusetts

Dec. 11, 1958
May 20, 1961
Fate
Sold Mar. 19, 2004 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Scraping completed on June 17, 2005
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
MacDonough DLG-8
(Later DDG-39)
Bethlehem Steel Company
Quincy, Massachusetts

July 9, 1959
Nov. 4, 1961
Fate
Sold Oct. 21, 2003 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Coontz DLG-9
(Later DDG-40)
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton, Washington

Dec. 16, 1958
July 15, 1960
Fate
Sold Aug. 24, 1994 for scrap but the contractor defaulted,
resold Mar. 11, 2002 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.
Scrapping completed Apr. 4, 2003.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
King DLG-10
(Later DDG-41)
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton, Washington

Dec. 6, 1958
Nov. 17, 1960
Fate
Sold Apr. 15, 1994 to J&L Metals, Wilmington, North Carolina and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Mahan DLG-11
(Later DDG-42)
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Vallejo, California

Oct. 7, 1959
Aug. 25, 1960
Fate
Sold Aug. 31, 1995 for scrap, reposed due to default on ct. 1, 1996.
Resold Apr. 13, 2003 and scraped at Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Dahlgren DLG-12
(Later DDG-43)
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mar. 16, 1960
Apr. 8, 1961
Fate
Sold April 29, 1994, repossessed Oct. 1, 1996 due to default.
Sold Sept. 20, 2005 to ESCO Marine Inc. Brownsville, Texas and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
William V. Pratt DLG-13
(Later DDG-44)
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mar. 16, 1960
Nov. 4, 1961
Fate
Sold Sept. 14, 1995 to Transformer Marine, Brownsville, Texas and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Dewey DLG-14
(Later DDG-45)
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine

Nov. 30, 1958
Dec. 7, 1959
Fate
Sold Apr. 15, 1994 and scrapped.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Preble DLG-15
(Later DDG-46)
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine

May 23, 1959
Nov. 15, 1991
Fate
Sold Mar. 20, 2002 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped.


Class notes
Nov. 14, 1956:
Class redesignated to DLG.
June 30, 1975 :
Class redesignated to DDG.


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