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USS CHARLES F. ADAMS DDG-2 CLASS, was the first guided missile destroyer built
from the keel up by the U.S. Navy as a guided missile ship. This
heralded a new age of U.S. Navy ships with advanced guided missile
weapons systems. The USS CHARLES F. ADAMS revolutionized naval warfare
from two aspects, anti-air warfare and anti-submarine warfare. The
ship‘s new Tartar surface-to-air guided missile system was designed to
protect carrier task groups against attack by hostile aircraft. As the
Cold War progressed, the U.S. Navy became increasingly concerned
regarding the threat posed by the massive numbers of Soviet bomber and
cruise missiles that could be launched against our carrier task groups.
The Tartar guided missile system in the ADAMS class DDGs provided the U.
S. fleet the much needed protection from large scale Soviet bomber
forces. Throughout the Cold War years of the 1960‘s through the 1980‘s,
the ADAMS class DDGs were unsurpassed in their deterrent role,
protecting U. S. fleets as they moved through the world‘s oceans. These
very capable ADAMS class DDGs ships were soon to team with the new
guided missile cruisers in a new Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) capability that
could protect both the aircraft carrier and its escorts and
replenishment ships. The Soviet submarine threat that included both
attack submarines and fleet ballistic missile submarines was a threat to
U.S. forces anywhere in the world. The ADAMS Class guided missile
destroyers‘ new Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities included
advanced sonar systems to detect hostile submarines, and the
Anti-submarine Rocket (ASROC) fired from an 8 cell box launcher between
the stacks on the 01 level amidships. The ASROC payload was either an
acoustic torpedo (MK 44 or MK 46) or a nuclear depth bomb and could be
delivered by the rocket towards a target at a range of five nautical
miles.
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Early History: ADAMS CLASS DESTROYERS
In The Beginning On June 16, 1958, the keel was laid for the USS Charles F. Adams. The ships were based on the existing Forrest Sherman class, and were the first destroyer planned and built as a guided missile ship. The Adams was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and was the first in a line of 23 Ships. She is named for Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933. Secretary Adams was also a world-class yachtsman, winning the America's Cup in 1921 as the master of the Resolute.
DDG-2 through DDG-9 were originally ordered as DD-952 through DD-959. DDG-5 was originally commissioned as USS BIDDLE.
Here is a list of the Destroyers in the Adams class....
USS CHARLES F. ADAMS DDG-2
USS JOHN KING DDG-3
USS LAWRENCE DDG-4
USS CLAUDE V. RICKETS 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
USS BERKELEY DDG-15
USS JOSEPH STRAUSS DDG-16
USS CONYNGHAM DDG-17
USS SEMMES DDG-18
USS TATTNALL DDG-19
USS GOLDSBOROUGH DDG-20
USS COCHRANE DDG-21
USS BENJAMIN STODDERT DDG-22
USS RICHARD E. BYRD DDG-23
USS WADDELL DDG-24
General characteristics
Displacement 4526 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 437' (oa) x 47' x 15' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), Tartar SAM (1x2 Mk 11) ASROC ASW (1x8), 6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3).
Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, 22 Officers 21 Chief Petty Officers 298 Enlisted
This is a list of destroyer classes of the United States Navy.
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