USS Towers underway on 1 August 1982
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Towers |
Namesake | John Henry Towers |
Ordered | 28 March 1957 |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Laid down | 1 April 1958 |
Launched | 23 April 1959 |
Acquired | 31 May 1961 |
Commissioned | 6 June 1961 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1990 |
Reclassified | DDG-9, 23 April 1957 |
Stricken | 27 May 1992 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk as target, 9 October 2002 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load |
Length | 437 ft (133 m) |
Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted) |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | None |
USS Towers (DD-959/DDG-9) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy notable for action in the Vietnam War. The ship was named in honor of Admiral John Henry Towers.