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Photo byJune 1987. The Black Sea. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.
Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Farragut, [DDG].

Builder: Bath Iron Works Shipyard, Maine, USA.
Launch date: 23 May 1959.
Commission date: 9 May 1960.
Decommission date: 15 November 1991.

Displacement ( tons ): 4700 standard, 5800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 156 x 16 x 7,5
Main machinery: 2 x De Laval turbines ( 85000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 34.
Complement:  377 ( 21 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 127mm Mk42; 2 x 6 20mm GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS ( after modernisation ).
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 4 Harpoon Mk141; SAM: 1 x 2 Terrier Mk10 ( 40 x Standard missiles ).
A/S weapons: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk16.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radars: Air: AN/SPS-48, AN/SPS-49; Surface: AN/SPS-10; Fire Control: AN/SPG-53, AN/SPG-55.
Sonars: AN/SQS-23.
Comment: Ex - DLG15.

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