USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2)
_underway_at_high_speed_while_running_trials,_on_31_August_1960_(NH_106724).jpg) The USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) in August 1960 |
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| Overview | |
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| Order | March 28, 1957 |
| Keel laying | June 16, 1958 |
| Launch | September 8, 1959 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | September 10, 1960 |
| Decommissioning | August 1, 1990 |
| Whereabouts | hung up |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
3,277 tons |
| length |
133 meters |
| width |
14 meters |
| Draft |
4.6 meters |
| crew |
354 |
| drive |
2 propellers, driven by 2 steam turbines; 70,000 hp |
| speed |
33 knots |
| Armament |
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The USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) is a destroyer of the US Navy and the lead ship Charles F. Adams-class destroyer . She served thirty years and was retired in August 1990. The ship has been laid up in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard since then . A planned use as a museum ship was rejected in 2018. The demolition of the Charles F. Adams is scheduled to begin in 2020 .
history
The Charles F. Adams was laid down in the Bath Iron Works shipyard on June 16, 1958 and launched on September 8, 1959. The commissioning took place on September 10, 1960 under the command of Commander William Robert Munroe junior. The ship was named after the politician Charles Francis Adams III .
After test drives, the Charles F. Adams took part in the salvage of the Mercury Atlas 8 space capsule in October 1962 . During the Cuban Missile Crisis in the same month, the ship was part of the fleet that was stationed on readiness in the Caribbean . From November 1980 to June 1981, the destroyer took part in a voyage to the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean as an escort of the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) .
On August 1, 1990, the Charles F. Adams was retired after around 30 years of service and deleted from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day . It has since been launched in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. It was planned to use the ship as a museum for several years. The Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum wanted to exhibit the destroyer in Bay City , which was discarded due to the costly transport through the St. Lawrence Seaway .
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Since 2008 the Adams Class Veteran's Association and the Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association have been trying to get the Charles F. Adams in the port of Jacksonville . The Jacksonville City Council approved this in October 2010. A berth for the ship was planned on the St. Johns River . In December 2018, however, the project was canceled after several delays. The reason given was a lack of cooperation from the United States Navy to clear the destroyer. The demolition of the Charles F. Adams is scheduled to begin in 2020 .
The Charles F. Adams is the last surviving ship in its class that was in service with the United States Navy. Of the three units delivered to the German Navy , the Mölders (D 186) was preserved as a museum.
