Adams class ships design and architecture

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Ship Time Lines:

Hull No.	Name	Laid Down	Commissioned	Build Time	Decommissioned	Years in Service	Disposition
DDG 2	Charles F. Adams	6/16/58	9/10/60	2.24 yrs	8/1/90	29.9 yrs	NAVSEA Museum Hold
DDG 3	John King	8/25/58	2/4/61	2.45 yrs	3/30/90	29.1 yrs	Sold for scrap 2/10/99
DDG 4	Lawrence	10/27/58	1/6/62	3.2 yrs	3/30/90	28.2 yrs	Sold for scrap 12/03?
DDG 5	Claude V Rickets	5/18/59	5/5/62	2.97 yrs	10/31/89	27.5 yrs	Sold for scrap 11/8/02
DDG 6	Barney	8/10/59	8/11/62	3.0 yrs	12/17/90	28.4 yrs	Sold for scrap 2006/7
DDG 7	Henry B Wilson	2/28/58	8/11/60	2.45 yrs.	10/2/89	28.8 yrs	Sunk as target 8/15/03
DDG 8	Lynde McCormick	4/4/58	6/3/61	3.16 yrs	10/1/91	30.3 yrs	Sunk as target 2/24/01
DDG 9	Towers	4/1/58	6/6/61	3.18 yrs	10/01/90	29.3 yrs	Sunk as target 10/9/02
DDG 10	Sampson	3/2/59	6/24/61	2.31 yrs	6/24/91	30 yrs	Sold for scrap 10/15/03
DDG 11	Sellers	8/3/59	10/28/61	2.24 yrs	10/31/89	28 yrs	Sold for scrap 9/29/03
DDG 12	Robison	4/28/59	12/9/61	2.62 yrs	10/01/91	29.8 yrs	Sold for scrap 6/21/94
DDG 13	Hoel	8/3/59	6/16/62	2.87 yrs	10/01/90	28.3 yrs	Conv to Power Barge
DDG 14	Buchanan	4/23/59	2/7/62	2.8 yrs	10/01/91	29.6 yrs	Sunk as target 6/14/00
DDG 15	Berkeley	8/29/60	12/15/62	2.29 yrs	10/01/92	28.9 yrs	Transferred to Greek Navy
DDG 16	Joseph Strauss	12/27/60	4/20/63	2.31 yrs	02/01/90	26.8 yrs	Transferred to Greek Navy
DDG 17	Conyngham	5/1/61	6/13/63	2.12 yrs	10/30/90	27.3 yrs	Sold for scrap 4/15/94
DDG 18	Semmes	8/15/60	12/10/62	2.32 yrs	09/21/91	28.8 yrs	Transferred to Greek Navy
DDG 19	Tattnall	11/14/60	4/13/62	2.41 yrs	01/18/91	27.8 yrs	Sold for scrap 2/10/99
DDG 20	Goldsborough	1/3/61	12/10/62	2.85 yrs	04/29/93	29.5 yrs	Transferred to Australian Navy
DDG 21	Cochrane	7/31/61	3/21/63	1.64 yrs	10/01/90	26.5 yrs	Sold for scrap 9/19/01
DDG 22	Benjamin Stoddert	6/11/62	9/12/64	2.26 yrs	12/20/91	27.3 yrs	Sunk 02/03/01
DDG 23	Richard E Byrd	4/12/61	3/7/64	2.9 yrs	04/27/90	26.1 yrs	Transferred to Greek Navy
DDG 24	Waddell	2/6/62	8/28/64	2.56 yrs	10/01/92	28.1 yrs	Transferred to Greek Navy

OTHER ADAMS CLASS DDG’s were:

DDG-25	HMS PERTH	Australian
DDG-26	HMS HOBART	Australian
DDG-27	HMS BRISBANE	Australian
DDG-28	FGS LUTJENS	German
DDG-29	FGS MOLDERS	German
DDG-30	FGS ROMMEL	German

Adams Class Ships Outside The US

AUSTRALIA

DDG 20 USS Goldsborough Sold 9/17/1993 Sold For Parts and Converted To Power Barge

DDG 25 No US Name Sold 9/21/1962 Named DDG 38 HMAS PERTH
DDG 26 No US Name Sold 10/26/1962 Named DDG 39 HMAS HOBART
DDG 27 No US Name Sold 2/15/1965 Named DDG 41 HMAS BRISBANE

GREECE

DDG 15 USS BERKELEY Loaned 10/1/1992 Renamed H.S. THEMISTOKLES DDG-221

DDG 16 USS JOSEPH P STRAUSS Loaned 10/1/1992 Renamed H.S. FORMION DDG-220
DDG 18 USS SEMMES Loaned 9/13/1991 Current Status - Unknown
DDG 23 USS RICHARD E BYRD Sold 10/1/1992 Sold For Parts
DDG 24 USS WADDELL Sold 10/1/1992 Renamed H.S. NEARCHOS DDG-219

WEST GERMANY

DDG 28 No US Name Sold 3/1/1966 Named FGS LUTJENS D-185

DDG 29 No US Name Sold 4/12/1966 Named FGS MOELDERS D-186
On June 24 , 2005 the FGS Moelders was opened as museum ship in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

DDG 30 No US Name Sold 8/22/1967 Renamed FGS ROMMELL D-187

ADAMS CLASS SHIP CHANGES OVER THE YEARS
Group 1 - DDG-2 thru DDG-14

two single 5-in./54 cal. Mk 42 gun mounts, two triple Mk 32 torpedo tube

mounts, one eight-cell Mk 16 ASROC launcher, one twin Mk 11 Standard

missile launcher, SPS-10 surface search radar, SPS-40 air search radar,

SQQ-23 PAIR sonar (two keel mounted domes).

USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2)

USS John King (DDG-3)

USS Lawrence (DDG-4)

USS Biddle (DDG-5) Name Change to USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5)

USS Barney (DDG-6)

USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)

USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8)

USS Towers (DDG-9)

USS Sampson (DDG-10)

USS Sellers (DDG-11)

USS Robison (DDG-12)

USS Hoel (DDG-13)

USS Buchanan (DDG-14)
Group 2 - DDG-15 thru DDG-19

Same as Group 1 except one single Mk 13 Standard missile launcher and

DDG-19 has SQS-23 sonar (one keel mounted dome).
Radar Note. Some of the early units of the class were completed with the

SPS-37 radar but were eventually fitted with the SPS-40 radar.

USS Berkeley (DDG-15)

USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16)

USS Conyngham (DDG-17)

USS Semmes (DDG-18)

USS Tattnall (DDG-19)

Group 3 - DDG-20 thru DDG-24

two single 5-in./54 cal. Mk 42 gun mounts, two triple Mk 32 torpedo tube

mounts, one eight-cell Mk 16 ASROC launcher, one single Mk 13 Standard missile launcher, SPS-10 surface search radar, SPS-40 air search radar,

SQQ-23 sonar (one bow mounted dome and one keel mounted dome).

USS Goldsborough (DDG-20)

USS Cochrane (DDG-21)

USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22)

USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23)

USS Waddell (DDG-24)

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