Farragut-class destroyer (1958)

USS King on 10 September 1961
Class overview
NameFarragut class
Builders
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byForrest Sherman class
Succeeded byCharles F. Adams class (as Destroyer) Leahy class (as Destroyer Leader)
Built1957–1961
In commission1959–1993
Completed10
Scrapped10
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer
Displacement
  • 4,167 long tons (4,234 t) (light)
  • 5,648 long tons (5,739 t) (deep load)
Length512 ft 6 in (156.2 m)
Beam52 ft 4 in (16.0 m)
Draft17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (design)
Range5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement23 officers, 337 enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • AN/SLQ-32(v)3 Electronic Warfare System
  • Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System
Armament

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.

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