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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