USS Farragut DL-6 / DLG-6 / DDG-37 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Farragut 1957 (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts |
Hull Number: |
DL-6 DLG-6 (Nov. 14, 1956) DDG-37 (June 30, 1975) |
Ordered: |
January 27, 1956 |
Commissioned: |
December 10, 1960 |
Keel Laid: |
June 3, 1957 |
Decommissioned: |
October 31, 1989 |
Launched: |
July 15, 1958 |
Stricken: |
November 20, 1992 |
Fate: |
Sold Jan. 23, 2006 and scrapped. Scrapping completed on Dec. 15, 2006. |
History |
Christened by
Mrs. H. D. Felt. |
Named in honor of Admiral David G. Farragut USN (1801-1870) |
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