Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

	USS Sampson in late-1980s
Class overview
Name	Charles F. Adams class
Builders	Bath Iron Works; New York Shipbuilding Corporation; Defoe Shipbuilding Company; Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington; Avondale Marine; Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company;
Operators	United States Navy; Hellenic Navy;
Preceded by	Farragut class
Succeeded by	Spruance class
Subclasses	Perth class; Lütjens class;
Built	1958–1967
In commission	1960–2003
Completed	23
Retired	23
Preserved	Mölders
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer (DDG)
Displacement	3,277 tons standard; 4,526 full load;
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); 2 shafts; 4 × 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	310–333
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR; 1 AN/SPS-37 air search radar; 1 AN/SPS-39 air search 3D radar; 2 AN/SPG-51 Tartar fire control radar; 1 AN/SPG-53 gun fire control radar; AN/SQS-23 SONAR;
Armament	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG-2–14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15–24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon anti-ship missile; 2 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 guns; 1 × RUR-5 ASROC launcher; 2 × Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (6 torpedoes);

The Charles F. Adams class is a ship class of 29 guided-missile destroyers (DDG) built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty-three were built for the United States Navy, three for the Royal Australian Navy, and three for the West German Bundesmarine. The design of these ships (known as project SCB 155) was based on that of Forrest Sherman-class destroyers, but the Charles F. Adams class were the first class designed to serve as guided-missile destroyers. 19 feet (5.8 m) of length was added to the center of the design of the Forrest Sherman class to carry the ASROC launcher. The Charles F. Adams-class were the last steam turbine-powered destroyers built for the U.S. Navy. Starting with the succeeding Spruance-class, all U.S. Navy destroyers have been powered by gas turbines. Some of the U.S. Charles F. Adams class served during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and during the Vietnam War; those of the Royal Australian Navy served during the Vietnam War and Gulf War.

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