Farragut-class destroyer (1958)

	USS King on 10 September 1961
Class overview
Name	Farragut class
Builders	Bethlehem Steel Quincy; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; San Francisco Naval Shipyard; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; Bath Iron Works;
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Forrest Sherman class
Succeeded by	Charles F. Adams class (as Destroyer) Leahy class (as Destroyer Leader)
Built	1957–1961
In commission	1959–1993
Completed	10
Scrapped	10
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	4,167 long tons (4,234 t) (light); 5,648 long tons (5,739 t) (deep load);
Length	512 ft 6 in (156.2 m)
Beam	52 ft 4 in (16.0 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Installed power	85,000 shp (63,000 kW); 4 water-tube boilers; 2 Allis-Chalmers turbines or 2 De Laval turbines; 4 each 1,200-pound forced-draft Babcock & Wilcox D-type super heated boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (design)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	23 officers, 337 enlisted men
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR; 1 AN/SPS-49 air search RADAR; 1 AN/SPS-48 3D air search RADAR; 1 AN/SPG-53 gun fire control RADAR; 2 AN/SPG-55 Terrier fire control RADAR; AN/SQS-23 SONAR;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32(v)3 Electronic Warfare System; Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System;
Armament	1 × 1 Mk 42 5-inch (127 mm)/54 dual-purpose gun; 1 × 2 Mk 10 Mod 0 missile launcher for Terrier SAM later SM1 Standard Missile; 1 × 8 Mk 16 ASROC Box missile launcher; 2 × 3 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes; 2 × 4 Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers;

The Farragut-class destroyer was a group of 10 guided-missile destroyers built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1950s. They were the second destroyer class to be named for Admiral David Farragut. The class is sometimes referred to as the Coontz class, since Coontz was first to be designed and built as a guided-missile ship (under project SCB 142), whereas the previous three ships were designed as all-gun units (under SCB 129) and converted later.^[5]^[6] The class was originally envisioned as a Destroyer Leader class (DL/DLG, verbally referred to as "Frigates"), but was reclassified as Guided-Missile Destroyers following the 1975 ship reclassification.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.432
^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.145
^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.144
^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Sonars, Part 1" United States Naval Institute Proceedings July 1981 p.119
^ Friedman, pp. 295-297
^ DLG 6 / DDG-37 Farragut / DLG 9 Coontz

[janes-1] Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.432

[p145-2] Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.145

[proceedings-3] Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.144

[p3-4] Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Sonars, Part 1" United States Naval Institute Proceedings July 1981 p.119

[f4-5] Friedman, pp. 295-297

[6] DLG 6 / DDG-37 Farragut / DLG 9 Coontz

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Class overview
USS King on 10 September 1961
Name	Farragut class
Builders	Bethlehem Steel Quincy Puget Sound Naval Shipyard San Francisco Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Bath Iron Works
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Forrest Sherman class
Succeeded by	Charles F. Adams class (as Destroyer) Leahy class (as Destroyer Leader)
Built	1957–1961
In commission	1959–1993
Completed	10
Scrapped	10
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	4,167 long tons (4,234 t) (light) 5,648 long tons (5,739 t) (deep load)
Length	512 ft 6 in (156.2 m)
Beam	52 ft 4 in (16.0 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Installed power	85,000 shp (63,000 kW) 4 water-tube boilers 2 Allis-Chalmers turbines or 2 De Laval turbines 4 each 1,200-pound forced-draft Babcock & Wilcox D-type super heated boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (design)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	23 officers, 337 enlisted men
Sensors and processing systems	1 AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR^[1] 1 AN/SPS-49 air search RADAR^[1] 1 AN/SPS-48 3D air search RADAR^[1] 1 AN/SPG-53 gun fire control RADAR^[1]^[2] 2 AN/SPG-55 Terrier fire control RADAR^[1]^[3] AN/SQS-23 SONAR^[4]
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32(v)3 Electronic Warfare System Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System
Armament	1 × 1 Mk 42 5-inch (127 mm)/54 dual-purpose gun 1 × 2 Mk 10 Mod 0 missile launcher for Terrier SAM later SM1 Standard Missile 1 × 8 Mk 16 ASROC Box missile launcher 2 × 3 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes 2 × 4 Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers