USS Lynde McCormick

USS Lynde McCormick underway in 1974
History
United States
NameLynde McCormick
NamesakeLynde D. McCormick
Ordered28 March 1957
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company
Laid down4 April 1958
Launched28 July 1959
Acquired29 May 1961
Commissioned3 June 1961
Decommissioned1 October 1991
ReclassifiedDDG-8, 23 April 1957
Stricken20 November 1992
Identification
Motto
  • Sine Timore
  • (Without Fear)
FateSunk as target, 14 February 2001
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeCharles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement3,277 tons standard, 4,526 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 Lynde McCormick (DD-958/DDG-8) was a Charles F. Adams-class destroyer in the United States Navy.