USS Farragut (DDG-37)

5800 tons of standard

156.2 meters

15.80 meters

7.6 meters

21 officers, 356 sailors, possibly 19 bar

2 propellers, 2 geared turbines driven; 85,000 hp

34 knots

1 Doppelarmstarter for missiles, ASROC 1 starter, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 1 artillery 127 mm, additionally later eight anti-ship missiles

The USS Farragut ( DL-6/DLG-6/DDG-37 ) is the lead ship of the Farragut class, a class of destroyers of the United States Navy

History

The Farragut was commissioned in 1956 and 1957 placed on the Fore River Shipyard in Kiel. At this time the ship was classified as DL for destroyer leader and should be armed only with guns. In 1956, the plan was changed and put missiles on board, so a G for guided missile was appended to the identifier. The construction of the ship lasted 13.5 months, in July 1958, the Farragut was launched. Ship godmother was Mrs. HD Felt, the wife of the then Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. The patron of the destroyer is David Glasgow Farragut, a naval officer from the 19th century. The official commissioning of the Farragut took place on 10 December 1960.

The first use began in the fall of 1961 and led the ship into the Mediterranean. After the mission, which ended in March, the Farragut was the first ship in the landing capsule Mercury - Atlas 7 was, which was 300 km far from the planned landing point in the Atlantic in April. Until 1967, followed by five more trips in European waters. From 1968 to 1971, the Farragut finally lay in dry dock, where overhaul and modernization work was performed. End of 1971, a short- laying followed even into the Mediterranean.

In 1972, the Farragut in the exercises UNITAS. UNITAS XIII ran from July to December 1972 and involved ships from Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Colombia. The group circled in magnification of 20,000 miles of driving once the South American continent.

In the following years, followed by several trips in European waters. Became known for an incident when the Farragut in 1975 leaving Den Helder in the Netherlands ran aground and thereby damaged her sonar dome. The ship was able to continue his journey, but had to run slower than usual.

In 1989, the Farragut was decommissioned. The ship will be canceled.