USS Farragut (DDG-37)

USS Farragut (DDG-37)
History
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	AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPS-10 2D surface search radar 2 × AN/SPG-55 fire control radar AN/SPG-53 gun fire control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 2 x Mark 36 Super Rapid Bloom Off-board Chaff (SRBOC) launchers
Armament	1 × Mk 42 5-inch/54 (127 mm/54) caliber gun 2 × Mk-32 triple mounts carrying Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Mk 16 RUR-5 ASROC missile launcher 1 × Mk 10 Mod.0 missile launcher for Standard Missile 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers

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.