USS Charles F. Adams (DD-952/DDG-2), named for Charles Francis Adams III (Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933), was the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyers of the United States Navy.

本级舰应用了在二十世纪五十年代非常尖端的技术，具备发射 鞑靼人防空导弹 和RIM-66标准 防空导弹 的能力，也是美国海军最后一种使用蒸汽涡轮机为动力的驱逐舰。 共二十三艘，其中四艘出售予希腊。 澳大利亚皇家海军 在本级舰的基础上稍加修改成为 珀斯级驱逐舰 （Perth class destroyer），共三艘。 西德海军本级舰的基础上稍加修改成为 L级驱逐舰 （Lütjens-class destroyer）共三艘。 在服役生涯中，“查尔斯·亚当斯”级导弹驱逐舰历经多次现代化改良工 …

DDG-2 General Specifications. Class: Charles F. Adams-class guided missle destroyer. Named for: Charles Francis Adams. Complement: 24 Officers and 330 Enlisted. Displacement: 3277 tons. Length: 437 feet . Beam: 47 feet . Flank Speed: 33 knots . Range: 4 500 nautical miles . Final Disposition:Museum hold

About 20 Flight IIA destroyers will undergo further modernization under the DDG MOD 2.0 program. [124] DDG MOD 2.0 will backfit SPY-6(V)4 and Aegis Baseline 10 to provide similar capabilities to Flight III ships, [N 7] as well as upgrade cooling systems to support the new radar. DDG MOD 2.0 will also deliver the AN/SLQ-32(V)7 EW suite, which ...

USS CHARLES F. ADAMS was the lead ship of the CHARLES F. ADAMS class and the first ship in the Navy built and commissioned as a guided missile destroyer. Initially, CHARLES F. ADAMS was designated DD 952 but in June 1957, this was changed to DDG 2.

USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) and USS Sampson (DDG-10) showing the gangway between the two ships whilst moored in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in November 1999. Photo from Warship Boneyards, by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.

On September 8th 1959 the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG-2) was launched at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Twenty three ADAMS-class destroyers were built for the US Navy; three each were constructed for Germany and Australia.

USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) was launched 8 September 1959 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. R. Homans, sister of Mr. Adams; and commissioned 10 September 1960, Commander W. R....

DDG 2 - USS Charles F. Adams . Type, Class: Guided Missile Destroyer; Charles F. Adams - class. planned as DD 952; built as DDG 2. Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA. STATUS: Awarded: March 28, 1957. Laid down: June 16, 1958. Launched: September 8, 1959. Commissioned: September 10, 1960. Decommissioned: August 1, 1990

USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), named for Charles Francis Adams, III (Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933), was the lead ship of the her class of guided missile destroyers of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down by the Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine on 16 June 1958, launched on 8...