Mölders (D 186)
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| Type | destroyer |
| Shipyard |
Bath Iron Works, Maine |
| Order | April 1, 1965 |
| Keel laying | April 12, 1966 |
| Launch | April 13, 1968 |
| Namesake | Air Force Colonel Werner Mölders |
| Commissioning | 20th September 1969 |
| Decommissioning | May 28, 2003 |
| home port | Kiel |
| Whereabouts | Museum ship |
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The destroyer Mölders was a warship of the German Navy . It was named after the Luftwaffe Colonel Werner Mölders and was put into service as the second unit of class 103 ( Lütjens class). Today it is part of the exhibition at the German Naval Museum in Wilhelmshaven .
history
Construction began on April 12, 1966 as DDG 29 on the slipway of the Bath Iron Works in Maine . The new building was baptized on April 13, 1968 in the name of Mölders . The act of baptism was performed by Mölders' mother, Anna Maria Mölders. Then the launch took place.
The destroyer was put into service on September 20, 1969 in Boston by its first commander, frigate captain Günter Fromm , for the 1st destroyer squadron in Kiel . When it was commissioned, the destroyer Mölders was assigned the identifier D 186 and the radio call sign DBYC . On December 1, 1981, the radio call sign was changed to DRAF .
From November 1977 to April 1978 a modernization to the class 103A took place. The conversion and equipment for the class 103B destroyer took place from April 1982 to January 1983. In early 1995, the starters for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles came on board.
Calls
The Mölders took part in numerous NATO exercises, including regularly as part of NATO's permanent task force in the Atlantic ( STANAVFORLANT ) and in the Mediterranean ( STANAVFORMED ).
On the night of December 15, 1987, on the way back from a mission in the Mediterranean while crossing the English Channel , a major fire broke out. A fire broke out in the galley. It spread through cable trays and exhaust ducts and was difficult to get under control with on-board resources. With the support of the ships accompanying the formation, the fire was contained and extinguished by the crew towards morning. The Mölders were then able to call at their home port in Kiel on their own .
In 1992 the Mölders intercepted a German cargo ship loaded with Czechoslovak T-72 tanks in the Mediterranean - the first of its kind for the German Navy. In Operation Sharp Guard , she was involved in enforcing the embargo against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .
Whereabouts
After 34 years of service, the destroyer Mölders was decommissioned on May 28, 2003 in the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal , after the ship had already been taken out of service on November 21, 2002. After the ex Mölders had initially been included in the Federal Defense Technical Study Collection in Koblenz , it was then given on permanent loan to the German Naval Museum in Wilhelmshaven . Since June 24, 2005 it has been open to the public as a floating museum exhibit.
Sister ships
- Destroyer Lütjens (D 185) , in service from March 1, 1966 to December 18, 2003.
- Destroyer Rommel (D 187) , in service from May 2, 1970 to June 30, 1999.
Commanders
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| from | to | Rank | Surname | Remarks |
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| Sep 20 1969 | 2nd June 1971 | Sea captain | Günther Fromm | |
| 3rd June 1971 | 8 Sep 1972 | Sea captain | Ernst-Ludwig Wetters | |
| Sep 9 1972 | Oct. 1, 1972 | Sea captain | Dieter Ehrhardt | in representation |
| Oct. 1, 1972 | Jan. 30, 1975 | Sea captain | Hans-Joachim Mann | |
| Jan. 31, 1975 | Sep 30 1977 | Frigate captain | Sigurd Hess | |
| Oct 1, 1977 | Sep 30 1980 | Sea captain | Günther Pirschl | |
| Oct. 1, 1980 | Sep 30 1983 | Sea captain | Dieter Czerny |
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| Oct 1, 1983 | 22 Aug 1985 | Sea captain | Fritz Noblé | |
| 23 Aug 1985 | Sep 30 1986 | Frigate captain | Horst Rehse | |
| Oct. 1, 1986 | 27 Sep 1988 | Frigate captain | Gerhard Martin Eichhorst | |
| 27 Sep 1988 | Oct. 4, 1990 | Frigate captain | Hartmut Trimpler | |
| Oct. 4, 1990 | Oct 7, 1993 | Frigate captain | Hubertus von Puttkamer | |
| Oct 7, 1993 | 5th Sep 1995 | Frigate captain | Peter Heinzmann | |
| 5th Sep 1995 | Jan. 27, 1998 | Frigate captain | Frank Signus | |
| Jan. 27, 1998 | Apr 14, 2000 | Frigate captain | Dirk Alex Koch | |
| Apr 14, 2000 | June 30, 2001 | Frigate captain | Joachim Rühle | |
| June 26, 2001 | May 28, 2003 | Frigate captain | Michael Common |
literature
- Wolfgang Harnack: The destroyer flotilla of the German Navy from 1958 until today . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7822-0816-1
- Gerhard Koop / Siegfried Breyer: The ships, vehicles and planes of the German Navy 1956 until today . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5950-6 .
Web links
- Bundeswehr Classix: Combat power through electronics (1970) (Bundeswehr video about the Mölders (D 186), YouTube video)
Remarks
- ↑ The amount of damage was around DM 86 million . Main construction sections 5–8 (weapons and electronics) were primarily affected, as the fire on the starboard side had spread through the ASROC workshop and SATIR computer room to the operations center (OPZ), and the radio room on the port side was destroyed. The mixture of extinguishing water (sea water) and smoke had impaired the function of all electronic devices (cost driver).
- ↑ The cause of the fire was the deep fryer. After there had already been a fire on the sister ship Rommel in 1982 , triggered by a faulty fryer thermostat, the operation of fryers in the destroyer flotilla was subsequently prohibited.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Destroyer Mölders. The chronicle of D 186. Webmaster: Carl Groll, accessed on January 14, 2014 (also pictures of the fire damage).
- ↑ Arms export - slept for 26 days . In: Der Spiegel . No. 6 , 1992 ( online ).
Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 49 ″ N , 8 ° 8 ′ 19 ″ E