Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

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The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided-missile destroyers (DDG) built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty-three were built for the United States Navy, three for the Royal Australian Navy, and three for the West German Bundesmarine. The design of these ships (known as project SCB 155)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> was based on that of Template:Sclasss, but the Charles F. Adams class were the first class designed to serve as guided-missile destroyers.<ref group=Note>The Template:Sclass was built at roughly the same time, but they were classified as frigates until 1975.</ref> Template:Convert of length was added to the center of the design of the Forrest Sherman class to carry the ASROC launcher. The Charles F. Adams-class were the last steam turbine-powered destroyers built for the U.S. Navy. Starting with the succeeding Spruance-class, all U.S. Navy destroyers have been powered by gas turbines. Some of the U.S. Charles F. Adams class served during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and during the Vietnam War; those of the Royal Australian Navy served during the Vietnam War and Gulf War.

New threat update program and decommissioning

Although designed with cutting-edge technology for the 1950s, by the mid-1970s it was clear to the Navy that the Charles F. Adams-class destroyers were not prepared to deal with modern air attacks and guided missiles. To reduce this vulnerability, the U.S. Navy began the New Threat Upgrade (NTU) program. This consisted of a number of sensor, weapons and communications upgrades that were intended to extend the service lives of the ships. Under the NTU, these destroyers received improved electronic warfare capability through the installation of the AN/SLQ-32(V)2 EW Suite.Template:Citation needed

The upgraded combat system would include the MK86 Gun Fire Control System with AN/SPQ-9 radar, the Hughes AN/SPS-52C 3D radar, the AN/SPG-51C (Digital) Fire Control Radars, and the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS). These ships were also planned to have the ability to launch several Harpoon anti-ship missiles, which were to be installed in their MK-11 or MK-13 Tartar missile launcher.Template:Citation needed

During the 1980s, the Reagan Administration chose to accelerate production of the Template:Sclass guided-missile cruisers and build the Template:Sclass guided-missile destroyers, both classes with the Aegis Combat System that was considered more effective than NTU-upgraded ships, to gradually replace all existing destroyer and cruiser classes (especially the expensive nuclear-powered cruisers). The result of this was that only three of Charles F. Adams-class destroyers, Template:USS, Template:USS, and Template:USS received the full upgrade. Other ships, of the class, such as Charles F. Adams, received only partial upgrades, which included the AN/SLQ-32 and Harpoon Missile upgrades, that were intended to extend their service lives until the Arleigh Burke class could reach operational capability.Template:Citation needed

The United States Navy decommissioned its last Charles F. Adams destroyer, Goldsborough, on 29 April 1993. The Australian and German navies decommissioned their last ships of this class by 2003. Four ships of this class were transferred to the Hellenic Navy in 1992, but those have also been decommissioned.Template:Citation needed

Template:USS was originally planned to open as a museum ship sometime in 2018, but those plans were put on hold and the ship was sent to be scrapped in 2020. The Template:Ship was made into a museum ship, but all of the other destroyers in the class have been sunk as targets, sunk for diving wrecks or sold for scrap.Template:Citation needed

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Ships in class

Ships of the Charles F. Adams destroyer class
Name Hull no. Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Ref
Template:USS DDG-2 Bath Iron Works 16 June 1958 8 September 1959 10 September 1960 1 August 1990 Scrapped 2020 Brownsville Texas <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-3 25 August 1958 30 January 1960 4 February 1961 30 March 1990 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-4 New York Shipbuilding Corporation 27 October 1958 27 February 1960 6 January 1962 30 March 1990 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-5 18 May 1959 14 June 1960 5 May 1962 31 October 1989 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-6 10 August 1959 10 December 1960 11 August 1962 17 December 1990 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-7 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 28 February 1958 22 April 1959 17 December 1960 2 October 1989 Sunk as target <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-8 4 April 1958 28 July 1959 3 June 1961 1 October 1991 Sunk as target <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-9 Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington 1 April 1958 23 April 1959 6 June 1961 1 October 1990 Sunk as target <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-10 Bath Iron Works 2 March 1959 21 May 1960 24 June 1961 24 June 1991 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-11 3 August 1959 9 September 1960 28 October 1961 31 October 1989 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-12 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 28 April 1959 27 April 1960 9 December 1961 1 October 1991 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-13 3 August 1959 4 August 1960 16 June 1962 1 October 1990 Converted to power barge, then scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-14 Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington 17 January 1958 11 May 1960 7 February 1962 1 October 1991 Sunk as target <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-15 New York Shipbuilding Corporation 1 June 1960 29 July 1961 15 December 1962 30 September 1992 Sold to Greece as Themistoklis (D221), scrapped later <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-16 27 December 1960 9 December 1961 20 April 1963 1 February 1990 Sold to Greece as Formion (D220), scrapped later <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-17 1 May 1961 18 May 1962 13 July 1963 30 October 1990 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-18 Avondale Shipyard 15 August 1960 20 May 1961 10 December 1962 14 April 1991 Sold to Greece as Kimon (D218), scrapped 2006 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-19 14 November 1960 26 August 1961 13 April 1963 18 January 1991 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-20 Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, Washington 3 January 1961 15 December 1961 9 November 1963 29 April 1993 Sold to Australia as a parts hulk, scrapped later. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-21 31 July 1961 18 July 1962 21 March 1964 1 October 1990 Scrapped <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-22 11 June 1962 8 January 1963 12 September 1964 20 December 1991 Sank while under tow en route for scrapping <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-23 Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington 12 April 1961 6 February 1962 7 March 1964 27 April 1990 Sold to Greece for parts, sunk as target later <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:USS DDG-24 6 February 1962 26 February 1963 28 August 1964 1 October 1992 Sold to Greece as Nearchos (D219), sunk as target later <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hellenic Navy

Four destroyers were transferred to the Hellenic Navy;

Lütjens class

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File:LutjensHonors.jpg
Lütjens rendering honours after the September 11 attacks

The Template:Sclass was a modification of the Charles F. Adams class for the Bundesmarine (the Navy of West Germany). It differed from the Charles F. Adams class in the layout of the crew accommodations, the location of the bow sonar, a second large aerial mast and different funnels.

Perth class

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The Royal Australian Navy had three Charles F. Adams-class units constructed to their own specifications (these ships were designated the Template:Sclass). Although broadly similar to the US Navy's vessels, the Australian ships were fitted with the Ikara system instead of the ASROC that was fitted to the American units. The three ships were:

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