Lütjens-class destroyer

	Lütjens
Class overview
Name	Type 103 Lütjens
Builders	Bath Iron Works
Operators	German Navy
Preceded by	Hamburg-class destroyer
Built	1966–1970
In commission	1969–2003
Completed	3
Retired	3
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Class and type	Missile destroyer
Displacement	4,720 t
Length	133.2 m (437 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts; 4 × 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement	337
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-40 2D air surveillance and early-warning radar, long-range; AN/SPS-67 sea surveillance radar, med-range; AN/SPS-52 3D air surveillance radar, long-range; 2 × AN/SPG-51C Mk 74 fire-control radar; AN/SPQ-9 short range fire-control radar for surface and low flying targets; AN/SPG-53 tracking and fire control radar; Raytheon RP 1225 navigation radar; Atlas Elektronik DSQS-21B active/passive sonar; EADS FL1800 ESM suite;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 × SRBOC 6 cell chaff and flare launcher; 1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy; 1 × EADS FL1800 ESM/ECM suite;
Armament	2 × 127 mm/54 Mk 42 mod 10 guns; 2 × Rheinmetall Mk 20 RH-202 20 mm autocannons; 1 × Mk 13 launcher, 40 Tartar surface-to-air missiles; 2 × Mk 49 launchers, 21 RAM surface-to-air missiles each; 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes, DM4A1 and Mark 46 torpedoes; 1 × ASROC launcher, 8 cell;

The Type 103 Lütjens class was the last class of destroyers in service with the German Navy. The ships were US Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyers but with some modifications to meet German requirements.

They were replaced by the new Sachsen-class frigates, designated frigate even though they are much larger and more capable in all aspects than the Lütjens-class destroyers.

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