| USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) | |
|---|---|
 USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) underway, ca. 1990 | |
| Career (US) |  |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren |
| Ordered: | 23 July 1956 |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 1 March 1958 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1960 |
| Acquired: | 31 March 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 8 April 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 July 1992 |
| Struck: | 20 November 1992 |
| Fate: |
Disposed of by scrapping 28 March 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Farragut-class guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | 5,800 long tons (5,900 metric tons) |
| Length: | 512.5 ft (156.2 m) |
| Beam: | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | four 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers, 2 geared turbines |
| Speed: | 36.5 knots |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) @ 20 knots |
| Complement: | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
| Armament: | one Mk 42 5-inch/54 (127 mm/54) caliber gun, Mark 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 10 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for Standard Missile, two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers |
USS Dahlgren (DLG-12/DDG-43) was a Farragut-class destroyer launched 16 March 1960 by Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and sponsored by Mrs. Katharine D. Cromwell, granddaughter of Rear Admiral John Adolphus Dahlgren. She was commissioned 8 April 1961, Commander C. E. Landis in command.
Fate[]
Dahlgren was decommissioned 31 July 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992.[1] Dahlgren was transferred to the James River Reserve Fleet on 1 July 1993.[2] Dahlgren was sold to N.R. Acquisition, New York, NY on 15 April 1994 for $283,711.78 for scrapping. N.R. Acquisition then subcontracted the actual scrapping to Wilmington Resources of Wilmington, NC.[3] Wilmington Resources changed their name to Sigma Recycling in January 1996 and then lost their permits to dismantle ships on 24 July 1996.
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USS Dahlgren (DLG-12) underway off Oahu, 1967.
Dahlgren was among 10 ships repossessed by the Navy on 30 September 1996.[4] Upon being returned to the Navy, Dahlgren was sold to International Shipbreakers of Brownsville, Tx on 10 February 1999. Dahlgren was repossessed for a second time on 10 July 2000 after the scrap yard failed to take delivery of the ship in a timely manner.[5] On 29 July 2005, a contract was issued to ESCO Marine of Brownsville, Tx to dismantle Dahlgren for $2,653,018.[6] Dahlgren was completely dismantled on 28 March 2006.[7]
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- Morrison, Samuel Loring (May 1995). "U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
- Morrison, Samuel Loring (May 2001). "U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
- ↑ http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG43.htm
- ↑ https://pmars.marad.dot.gov/detail.asp?Ship=1175
- ↑ Morrison, May 1995
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DaosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QxUEAAAAIBAJ&dq=sigma%20recycling&pg=5483%2C166119
- ↑ Morrison, May 2001
- ↑ http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMV/2005aug0012.html
- ↑ http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG43.htm
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