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| The USS Arthur W. Radford in the Mediterranean Sea. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 31 January 1974 |
| Launched: | 21 March 1975 |
| Commissioned: | 16 April 1977 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 March 2003 |
| Fate: | Placed in reserve at Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,040 tons full load. |
| Length: | 529 feet waterline; 563 feet overall. |
| Beam: | 55 feet. |
| Draught: | 29 feet. |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp (60 MW); 2 x shafts. |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles at 20 knots; 3,300 nautical miles at 30 knots (56 km/h). |
| Complement: | 19 officers, 315 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 5 inch (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 x 8 cell NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO , sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance is an international organization for defense collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 x quadruple HarpoonA harpoon is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing to catch fish or other aquatic animals such as whales. See also: whaling More info on harpoons can be found here For the anti-ship missile, see AGM-84 Harpoon . missile canisters. |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60B SeahawkSikorsky SH-60B Seahawk The SH-60B is designed to operate as an integral fighting unit aboard specifically configured Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) class Guided Missile Frigates, Spruance (DDG-963) class Destroyers, Kidd (DDG-993), class Guided Missile Dest LAMPS III helicopters. |
| Motto: | |
USS Arthur W. Radford, named for Admiral Arthur William RadfordArthur William Radford ( February 27, 1896- August 17, 1973) was an American Admiral, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Commander-In-Chief of the United States Pacific Command. Arthur Radford was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1896. After graduating USN ( 1896Events January 4 Utah is admitted as the 45th U. January 5 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rontgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 H. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. January 18 The X-ray machine is exhib- 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led), was a Spruance class destroyerThe Spruance class destroyer developed as replacements for the large number of World War II built Allen M. Sumner and Gearing class destroyers, was the primary destroyer built for the US Navy during the 1970s. The class was originally designed for antisub laid down by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula in Mississippi and launched by Mrs. Arthur W. Radford, the widow of the late admiral.
The Arthur W. Radford has been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register and has replaced ex- Decatur as the US Navy's Self Defense Test Ship .
| Spruance-class destroyer |
| Spruance | Paul F. Foster | Kinkaid | Hewitt | Elliot | Arthur W. Radford | Peterson | Caron | David R. Ray | Oldendorf | John Young | Comte de Grasse | O'Brien | Merrill | Briscoe | Stump | Conolly | Moosbrugger | John Hancock | Nicholson | John Rodgers | Leftwich | Cushing | Harry W. Hill | O'Bannon | Thorn | Deyo | Ingersoll | Fife | Fletcher | Hayler |
| Kidd (Modified Spruance)-class destroyer Kidd | Callaghan | Scott | Chandler |
| List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |