Warships
featuring
Destroyers - USA
Spruance Class
Built: 32 units, 1972 - 1980
Displacement: 7810 tons full load.
Length: 171,7 meters
Beam: 16,8 meters
Draught: 8,8 meters
Aircraft: 1 or two helicopters
Missiles: 2 Harpoon Launchers, 1 Sea Sparrow Launcher
Guns: 2 pcs. 5' (127 mm) in single mounts, - and 2 pcs. 20 mm Phalanx guns.
A/S Weapons: 1 Asroc, 8-tube launcher, - 2 tripple torprdo tubes
Propulsion: 4 gas turbines, - 80.000 shp, - 2 shafts, - 33 knots.
Crew: 296
"Deyo" DD989
Spruance Class, US Navy
(Photographed before summer 1996, since modifications and paintwork changed her appearance after that time.)
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
"O'Bannon" DD 987 (?)
Spruance Class (?), - US Navy
Photographed in the Marmara Sea, off Turkey, May 1980.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
(I am not quite sure about this one, but it sure looks like a "Spruance", - and I think it is the "O'Bannon" - -)
USS "Peterson" DD 936
Photographed in Norfolk in 1978, - with frigate USS "Miller" FF 1091 moored beside her.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "Caron" DD970
Photographed in Norfolk in 1978.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen©)
"Mitscher" Class
Displacement: 5200 tons full load
Launched: 1952
Dimensions, metres: 150,3 x 15,2 x 6,7
Missiles: 1 single Tartar surface to air launcher
Guns: 2 x 5", - single
A/S weapons: i ASROC 8-tube launcher, - 2 triple torpedo tubes
Propulsion: Steam Turbines, - 80.000 Shp, - 2 shafts, - 35 knots.
Complement: 377
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USS "Mitscher" DDG 35
Photographed off Naval Station Norfolk, - USA -, in 1977
(Photo- and cpyright: Karsten Petersen)
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USS "Mitscher" DDG 35
Photographed off Naval Station Norfolk, - USA -, in 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
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USS "Mitscher" DDG 35
Photographed off Naval Station Norfolk, - USA -, in 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
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USS "Mitscher" DDG 35
Photographed off Naval Station Norfolk, - USA -, in 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
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USS "Mitscher" DDG 35
Photographed off Naval Station Norfolk, - USA -, in 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
Destroyers - USA
Gearing Class
Displacement, tons: 2425 standard, - 3480 to 3520 full load
Dimensions, meters: 119 x 12,4 x 5,8
Guns: 4 x 127 mm
A/S weapons: 1 Asroc 8-tube launcher, - 2 triple torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: Geared turbines, - 60.000 shp, 2 shafts, - speed: 34 knots
Complement: 274
USS "Gurke" DD 783
Gearing Class Destroyer, US Navy.
(Photographed in Hong Kong, 1974.)
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Destroyers - USA
Forrest Sherman Class
Destroyers: 18 units commissioned 1955 - 1959
Displacement, tons: 2800 standard, - 4050 full load
Dimessions, meters: 127,5 -127,4 x 13,8 -13,7 x 6,1
Guns: 2 - 3 x 127 mm , - (In DD949 "Hull", - an 8" for testing purposes. See Picture.)
A/S weapons: 1 Asroc 8-tube launcher, - 2 triple torpedo tubes, - 2 Hedgehogs, - Depth Charges.
Propulsion: Geared turbines, - 70.000 shp, 2 shafts, - speed: 33 knots.
Complement: 292
USS "Hull", - DD945
Forrest Sherman Class Destroyer, - US Navy-
(Take note of the big 8" gun forward. This caliber gun is VERY unusual for a destroyer.)
(Photographed off the Luzon coast, Phillippines in the seventies.) (Photography by Karsten Petersen©)
USS "Dupont" DD 941
Photographed in 1978 in Norfolk.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "Davis" DD 937
- here shown behind the "Brooke" Class Escort USS "Richard L. Page" DEG 5 -
Photographed in Djibouti, March 7. 1979.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Davis" DD 937
- here shown behind the "Brooke" Class Escort USS "Richard L. Page" DEG 5 -
Photographed in Djibouti, March 7. 1979.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
Destroyers - USA
"Coontz" Class
Guided missile destroyers: 10 units commissioned 1960 - 1961
Displacement, tons: 4580 standard, - 5907 full load
Dimensions, meters: 156,3 x 16 x 7,1
Missiles: 8 x 4 Harpoon, - Standard SM-2 launchers (1 x Twin launcher - 40 missiles carried)
Guns: 1 x 127 mm
A/S weapons: 1 Asroc 8-tube launcher, - 2 triple torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: Geared turbines, - 85.000 shp, 2 shafts, - speed: 33 knots
USS "William V. Pratt DDG 44
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Dec. 01, 1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "William V. Pratt DDG 44
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Dec. 01. 1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "William V. Pratt DDG 44
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Dec. 01. 1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "William V. Pratt DDG 44
- alongside pier side by side with "Garcia" class frigate USS "Brumby" -
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 27. 1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "William V. Pratt DDG 44
- alongside pier side by side with "Garcia" class frigate USS "Brumby" -
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, - Nov. 27. 1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "William V. Pratt DDG 44
- a closer view -
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 30. 1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "William V. Pratt DDG 44
- mast top arrangement -
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 30. 1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
Charles F. Adams Class
Guided missile destroyers: Commissioned 1960 - 1964
Displacement, tons: 3370 standard, - 4500 full load
Dimensions, meters: 132,8 x 14,3 x 6,1
Missiles: 1 Tartar surface-to-air launcher, - single or twin, - some units also have Chapparel multible launchers
Guns: 2 x 127 mm
A/S weapons: 1 Asroc 8-tube launcher, - 2 triple torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: Geared turbines, - 70.000 shp, 2 shafts, - speed: 35 knots
Complement: 354
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USS "Waddell" DDG 24
Charles F. Adams Class Guided missile Destroyer, US Navy.
(Photographed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974.)
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
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USS "John King" DDG 3
Seen in the middle between frigate USS "Brooke" FFG 1, - and cruiser USS "Biddle" CG 34
Photographed in Norfolk 1978
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
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USS "Barney" DDG 6
Behind is part of a Spruance Class destroyer visible, - USS "Briscoe" DD 977
I believe that this is photographed in Norfolk in 1980
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Arleigh Burke Class
Guided missile destroyers: Commissioned 1989 -
Displacement, tons: 8200 standard, - 8500 full load
Dimensions, meters: 142,1 x 18,3 x 7,6
Missiles: 8 Harpoon Launchers ( 2 x 4), - Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, - 2 x 45 cell Vertical Missile Launch Systems
Guns: 1 x 127 mm, - 2 x 20 mm Phalanx mounts
A/S weapons: 2 triple torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: Gas turbines, - 80.000 shp, 2 shafts, - speed: 30 + knots
Complement: 307
USS "John Paul Jones" DDG 53
Guided Missile Destroyer, Arleigh Burke Class, US Navy
(Photographed in Hong Kong Sept.01.1997.)
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Page updated and added: 2022-12-22
Destroyers - Taiwan
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"Dang Yang" 966
Photographed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Sept. 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Ex. US "Gearing" Class Destroyer USS "Lloyd Thomas" DD 764
Commissioned: 1945
Displacement: 2.425 tons standard, 3.500 full load
Dimensions: 119 x 12,6 x 5,8 metres
Aircraft: 1 helicopter
Armament: 4 twin 127 mm guns, 4 - 40 mm AA guns,
3 Hsuing Feng SSM missiles,
Hedgehogs and torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: 2 geared turbines, 60.000 shp, 2 shafts, 32,5 knots
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"Dang Yang" 966
Photographed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Sept. 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Ex. US "Gearing" Class Destroyer USS "Lloyd Thomas" DD 764
Commissioned: 1945
Displacement: 2.425 tons standard, 3.500 full load
Dimensions: 119 x 12,6 x 5,8 metres
Aircraft: 1 helicopter
Armament: 4 twin 127 mm guns, 4 - 40 mm AA guns,
3 Hsuing Feng SSM missiles,
Hedgehogs and torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: 2 geared turbines, 60.000 shp, 2 shafts, 32,5 knots
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Destroyer "Kai Yang" 915, - and unknown tug "336"
Photographed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Sept. 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Ex. US "Gearing" Class Destroyer USS "Richard B. Anderson" DD 786
Commissioned: 1945
Displacement: 2.425 tons standard, 3.500 full load
Dimensions: 119 x 12,6 x 5,8 metres
Aircraft: 1 helicopter
Armament: 4 twin 127 mm guns, 4 - 40 mm AA guns,
3 Hsuing Feng SSM missiles, torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: 2 geared turbines, 60.000 shp, 2 shafts, 32,5 knots
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Destroyer "Kai Yang" 915, - and unknown tug "336"
Photographed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Sept. 1977
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Ex. US "Gearing" Class Destroyer USS "Richard B. Anderson" DD 786
Commissioned: 1945
Displacement: 2.425 tons standard, 3.500 full load
Dimensions: 119 x 12,6 x 5,8 metres
Aircraft: 1 helicopter
Armament: 4 twin 127 mm guns, 4 - 40 mm AA guns,
3 Hsuing Feng SSM missiles,
torpedo tubes.
Propulsion: 2 geared turbines, 60.000 shp, 2 shafts, 32,5 knots
Updated: 2022-12-26