USS Buchanan (DDG-14)

USS Buchanan underway in 1990
History
United States
NameBuchanan
NamesakeFranklin Buchanan
Ordered17 January 1958
BuilderTodd-Pacific Shipbuilding
Laid down23 April 1959
Launched11 May 1960
Acquired31 January 1962
Commissioned7 February 1962
Decommissioned1 October 1991
Stricken20 November 1992
Identification
Motto
  • Audares Juvo
    • (I assist the bold)
  • Nobilus est ira Leonis
    • (The Wrath of the Lion is Noble)
FateSunk as target 14 June 2000
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeCharles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,277 tons standard
  • 4,526 tons full load
Length437 ft (133 m)
Beam47 ft (14 m)
Draft15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
  • AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar
  • AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar
  • AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19
  • AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament

USS Buchanan (DDG-14) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1962 to 1991. She was sunk as a target in 2000.