October 2002. The Mediterranean Sea. Photo by A. Andreev.

Country: Germany.
Class, [Type]: Charles F. Adams, [DDG].
Homeport: Kiel.

Callsign: DRAF (     )

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, USA.
Launch date: 13 April 1968.
Commission date: 23 February 1969.
Decommission date: 28 May 2003.

Displacement ( tons ): 4800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 134 x 14,5 x 6,5.
Main machinery: 2 x General Electric steam turbines ( 70000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 33.
Range ( miles ): 4500 at 20 knots.
Complement: 334 ( 19 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 1 127mm Mk42, 2 x 1 20mm Rheinmetall Rh-202.
Missiles: 1 x 1 Mk13 launcher for: SSM: 4 x RGM-84A/C Harpoon and SAM: 36 x Standard SM-1 MR missiles; SAM: 2 x 21 Mk49 RAM. 
A/S weapons: 1 x 8 Mk16 ASROC.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32. 

Radars: Air search: AN/SPS-40, AN/SPS-52; Surface search: AN/SPS-67; Navigation: RP 1225; Fire control: 2 x AN/SPG-51, AN/SPG-60, AN/SPQ-9.
Sonars: DSQS-21B.
Countermeasures: Decoys: Mk36 SRBOC.
Comment: Museum ship at Wilhelmshaven.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1992 | 2002