Keel
Laid... 3 January 1961
Launched... 12 December 1961
Commissioned... 9 November 1963
Decommissioned... 29 April 1993
Built by Puget Sound Bridge & Dry-dock Company
Home Port... Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Displacement... 4,500 tons (full load)
Length... 437 feet
Beam... 47 feet |
| Propulsion... |
 4-
1200 psi boilers |
| 2
geared turbines |
| 2
shafts |
| 70,000
shp |
|
| Fuel
capacity... over 240,000 gallons |
| Maximum
speed... over 30 knots |
| Armament... |
| 2-
5-inch/54 caliber MK42 guns |
| ASROC
(from MK16 launcher) |
| 6-
MK46 torpedoes (2 triple tube mounts) |
| TARTAR
guided missile system |
|
| Personnel
complement... 300 enlisted men, 20 officers |
| Average month's grocery list... |
| 1,000
dozen eggs |
| 12,000
lbs. of meat |
| 1,000
lbs. of sugar |
| 2,000
lbs. of flour |
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