USS Farragut (DDG-37)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Farragut |
Namesake | Admiral David Farragut |
Ordered | 27 January 1956 |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 3 June 1957 |
Launched | 18 July 1958 |
Acquired | 8 December 1960 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1960 |
Decommissioned | 30 October 1989 |
Reclassified | 30 June 1975 |
Stricken | 20 November 1992 |
Motto | Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! |
Fate | Dismantled |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Farragut-class guided missile frigate |
Displacement | 5,800 tons |
Length | 512.5 ft (156.2 m) |
Beam | 52 ft (15.8 m) |
Draught | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Propulsion | 4 1200psi boilers, 2 geared turbines |
Speed | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (20 mph; 40 km/h) |
Complement | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 2 x Mark 36 Super Rapid Bloom Off-board Chaff (SRBOC) launchers |
Armament |
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USS Farragut (DLG-6/DDG-37) was the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers (originally destroyer leaders) built for the United States Navy during the 1950s.