Farragut (1958)
Name | Farragut (1958) |
Primary Country | United States (Details) |
Period | Cold War |
Source of Text | Wikipedia |
Credit Link | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farragut-class_destroyer_(1958) |
Type | Destroyer |
Preceded By | Clemson (Details) |
Succeeded By | Charles F. Adans (Details) |
Number Completed | 10 |
First Commisioned | 1959 |
Last Year Active | 1993 |
Other Nations | none |
History:
The Farragut-class destroyer was a group of 10 guided missile destroyers built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1950s. They were the second destroyer class to be named for Admiral David Farragut. The class is sometimes referred to as the Coontz class, since Coontz was first to be designed and built as a guided missile ship, whereas the previous three ships were designed as all-gun units and converted later. The class was originally envisioned as a Destroyer Leader class (DL/DLG, verbally referred to as "Frigates"), but was reclassified as Guided Missile Destroyers following the 1975 ship reclassification.
Type:
Destroyer
Primary Country:
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
Item created by: gdm
on 2019-04-09 03:21:57
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