USS Dewey (DDG-45)
USS Dewey (DDG-45)
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History | |
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Name | USS Dewey (DLG-14/DDG-45) |
Namesake | George Dewey |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 10 August 1957 |
Launched | 30 November 1958 |
Acquired | 2 December 1959 |
Commissioned | 7 December 1959 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 1990 |
Stricken | 20 November 1992 |
Fate | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 5,800 tons |
Length | 512.5 ft (156.2 m) |
Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Propulsion | 4 1200psi boilers, 2 geared turbines |
Speed | 36.5 knots |
Range | 4500nm @ 20 Knots |
Complement | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPS-48C air-search radar, AN/SPS-49 air-search radar, AN/SPG-55B fire control radar, AN/SPG-53F gun fire control radar |
Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament | one Mk 42 5-inch/54 (127mm/54) caliber gun, Mark 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 10 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for RIM-2 Terrier / Standard (ER) Missiles, two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers |
USS Dewey (DLG-14/DDG-45) was a ship in the United States Naval Service. She was named to honor George Dewey, the United States' only Admiral of the Navy.[1]
Construction
Dewey was laid down 10 August 1957, by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.[1] She was launched 30 November 1958 and sponsored by Mrs. K. St. George, United States Representative from New York State.[1] Dewey was commissioned 7 December 1959, Commander Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., in command.[1] Dewey was the ninth Farragut class destroyer; formerly known as the Coontz class.[2]
Service
For the first sixth months of 1960, the USS Dewey was engaged in training operations off the New England coast, the Virginia Capes, and in the Caribbean, preparing Dewey for her role in the Atlantic Fleet.[2] On June 30, 1975, the USS Dewey, then commissioned as a guided missile frigate, hull number DDG-14, was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer, receiving hull number DDG-45.[2]
Decommissioning
She was decommissioned 31 August 1990 and struck 20 November 1992 to be scrapped.[2]
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