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	Last Voyage
		Launched on 15 July 1958 and commissioned on 10 December 1960, Farragut was the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name.
		Farragut's motto was "Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!" On 24 October 1975 Farragut ran aground while departing Den Helder, Netherlands for Brest, France and damaged both sonar domes.
		Farragut was decommissioned on 31 October 1989 and sold as scrap on 16 December 1994.
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		He also said the Xindi were preparing a larger weapon to destroy Earth with and gave Archer the coordinates of their territory in the Delphic Expanse.
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	USS Farragut (DDG-37) - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Name patron for the destroyer is David Glasgow Farragut, a naval officer from that 19.
		After the mission, which ended in March, the Farragut was in April the first ship, which was with the landing cap Mercury Atlas 7, which had landed 300 kilometers far from the planned point in the Atlantic.
		From 1968 to 1971 the Farragut finally lay in the dry dock, where overhaul and modernization work were implemented.
	cleverpedia.com /USS_Farragut_(DDG-37) (363 words)

	Renshaw
		At first assigned to the outer destroyer screen, she later closed the Tinian beach to provide star shell illumination and fire support for troops ashore who were undergoing a heavy counterattack.
		In November 1944, while operating with a destroyer division bombarding enemy installations in the Ormoc Bay area and conducting antishipping sweeps in the waters westward of Leyte, Renshaw spotted a Japanese submarine on the surface.
		Renshaw and accompanying destroyers immediately opened fire and, after a brief one-sided duel during which the submarine returned fire with small caliber weapons, the enemy vessel was destroyed.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r4/renshaw-iii.htm (1361 words)

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		One was a destroyer leader of 1,850 tons with four 5-inch/25 guns and two quad torpedo mounts with reloads; a 1,500 design that dropped to two triple mounts and lastly a small 1,375 design that carried triple mounts at waist positions.
		Since the USN had fielded torpedo squadrons on their carriers, destroyer launched torpedo attacks were seen as much more remote and gunpower to match foreign designs was seen as the prime consideration.
		The class added a third quadruple set of tubes so that one mount was on centerline and two in side positions.
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	DANFS: USS Walker (DD-517)
		Walker was designated to shoulder the Russian destroyer, and she was successful in preventing the attempted penetration of the screen by the Russian ship and her replacement.
		On 1 October 1967, the escort destroyer returned to antisubmarine warfare exercises, then headed for upkeep at Yokosuka prior to proceeding to the eastern Pacific.
		On 1 December, the escort destroyer arrived at the area north of Vung Tau for gunline duty which ended on 15 December.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/DD/dd517.html (2971 words)

	USS Mullinnix DD-944 - Armament
		The mounts could be rapidly trained at a rate of 40 degrees/second, elevated from -15 degrees to 85 degrees at 25 degrees/second, and loaded at any angle of elevation.
		The 3-inch/50-cal. Mark 22 was a semiautomatic gun with a power driven automatic loader that fired a fixed AA (Anti Aircraft) or HC (High Capacity) round consisting of a projectile and a cartridge case crimped to the projectile.
		During the destroyer Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization (FRAM) program of the 1960s the destroyers that were modernized had their 3-inch guns removed, however, those that did not undergo FRAM kept most of their 3-inch guns and as of this writing they survive in a few foreign navies.
	www.ussmullinnix.org /armament.html (1367 words)

	USS KING DLG-10 [DDG-41]
		The USS King was officially commissioned November 17th, 1960, however she was launched a year earlier on December 6th, 1958.
		Built as a Farragut-Class Destroyer, She had a displacement of 5648 tons when full.
		Her dimensions were 512'6" (oa) x 52' 4" x 17'9" (max) and she was equipped with an armament of a 1x 5" /54 RF, Single Terrier Surface to Air missile system and a single ASROC Anti-Submarine Warfare System.
	www.uss-king.com /history.shtml (345 words)

	TORPEDO JUNCTION Naval and Maritime Books World War 2 Books New Used Rare Naval History Books
		A chapter is devoted to each class of destroyer, starting with the early 27-knotters of 1892 and tracing destroyer history through the course of two world wars and up to the date of publications.
		Destroyers were required to perform a wide range of duties and demands made upon the flotillas were enormous.
		Destroyers of World War Two is the first large-scale, comprehensive encyclopedia to detail in one volume all the destroyers extant, completed or laid down during the period 1939-45 by the navies of the world.
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	BIW Ship Specs.Hulls #101-200
		Complement of 9 officers and 199 enlisted.Converted to a destroyer minesweeper and reclassified DMS-23 November 15,1944.
		First of Class for Bath Iron Works and first of entire Class ready for United States Navy trials, in which she reached 37.76 knots.
		On October 6,1943 destroyed the Japanese destroyer YAGUMO and then took on the survivors of the torpedoed and sinking CHEVALIER, DD-451.
	members.tripod.com /BIW_History/hulls101_200.html (7031 words)

	Destroyers OnLine - Destroyers
		The destroyer class of ship came into existance as a weapon against the torpedo boat which itself came about as a cheap weapon against capital ships.
		When opportunity provided, the destroyer could itself fulfill the mission of the torpedo boats and attack capital ships with torpedoes.
		Destroyers also were capable, being larger and more durable than torpedo boats, of serving as scout ships for the fleet.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/ddtypes.htm (522 words)

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		This first class of "Tuskegee Airmen" graduated the next March after transferring to Tuskegee Army Air Field to complete their training.
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		December 14, 1849: On the thirtieth anniversary of Alabama statehood the capitol in Montgomery is destroyed by fire.
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	1995-2004 Tributes and Remembrances
		In 1958 he was assigned to the Weapons Department of the USS OBSERVATION ISLAND (AG 154), and while serving as launcher operations officer, participated in the first at-sea launching of a Polaris Missile.
		On November 10th 1998 Barbara Hootman notified Carl Strang (SysOp of the Class of '55 listserv) that Joc was in a hospital in Pittsburg, receiving treatment for an inoperable brain tumor.
		He was resplendent in dress blues and a large, blue and gold, floral tribute from the Class of '55 was prominent at the foot of his casket.
	www.usna.com /classes/1955/InMemoriam1955/o95.htm (14364 words)

	A History of Shipbuilding at Fore River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These two torpedo boat destroyers were launched at the turn of the century, the Macdonough being the last ship launched by Watson at the East Braintree site.
		The keel of the destroyer, Reid was laid on September 9, 1919.
		These nuclear vessels were the "first of a class" of this type and were similar in design to the nuclear submarine, Thresher which was lost off the New England coast in 8,000 feet of water in the mid-1960's.
	ci.quincy.ma.us /tcpl/shipbuildingheritage/history.htm (16854 words)

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		One of the Union's great heroes, Farragut gained famed for his exploits while in command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War.
		The Halsey, Sherman and Farragut are Flight IIA variants of the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, and incorporate a helicopter hangar facility into the original design.
		Guided-missile destroyers operate independently and in conjunction with carrier battle groups, surface action groups, amphibious groups and replenishment groups.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/destroyers/farragut/naming.txt (682 words)

	USS Macdonough DDG 39 (DLG 8) - The Ship
		The COONTZ class ships were so much larger and more powerful than any previous American destroyer that the ship-type name frigate was reactivated to describe them.
		The FARRAGUT was the first of the class laid down, but the COONTZ was the first designed and built as a guided missile ship.
		MACDONOUGH was a guided missile destroyer with her primary mission being fleet air defense, but a destroyer is by design a jack-of-all-trades, so in addition to her deady Standard 2 surface to air missiles MACDONOUGH carried a wide array of weapons to engage surface and subsurface targets as well.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/ddg39/ddg39his.htm (2013 words)

	Naval Aviation 1954-59
		A new class of carriers was built and the basic carrier modernization program was completed.
		First of her class, the new ship was designed to provide fuel, spare parts, technicians and facilities necessary to establish and operate an airstrip for patrol and carrier aircraft in locations where there were no base facilities.
		The primary purpose of the flight was to test and evaluate the sealed cabin system designed to carry an externally mounted telescope for the observation of the atmosphere of Mars and was thus an operational and logistic rehearsal for coming events.
	www.history.navy.mil /branches/avchr8.htm (11199 words)

	Forrest Percival Sherman, Admiral, United States Navy
		The new destroyer honors Admiral Forrest Percival Sherman who served as Chief of Naval Operations from November 1949 until his death on July 22, 1951.
		The USS Forrest Sherman is the 48th of 62 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers currently authorized by Congress.
		After the ceremony the admiral's casket, draped with an American flag, was taken ashore, placed in an Italian hearse, and escorted by Italian motor police to Naples' Capodichino Airport, where it was put aboard a Navy transport plane for return to the United States.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /fpsherman.htm (3026 words)

	USS Dewey (DDG 45)
		FARRAGUT - class guided missile destroyer and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name.
		Commissioned as a guided missile frigate (DLG), the USS DEWEY was reclassified as guided missile destroyer (DDG) on June 30, 1975, changing its hullnumber from DLG 14 to DDG 45.
		George Dewey, born 26 December 1837 in Montpelier, Vt., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1868 and after varied important service assumed command of the Asiatic Station 3 January 1898, with his flag in the protected cruiser OLYMPIA.
	navysite.de /dd/ddg45.htm (339 words)

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		The class was Project 956 and was given the class name of Sarych, which is the Russian name for buzzard.
		destroyer as the class appeared after the excess top-hamper was removed, greatly changing its appearance from the pre-war fit.
		The class was heavily involved in the Battle of the Atlantic and then with the British Pacific Fleet.
	www.steelnavy.com /ReviewsDD.htm (4255 words)

	Untitled Document
		The ship was the first one completed and it had to be tested to make sure that class of ship would do the required tests.
		While they were maneuvering, their sister ship made a close turn and rammed their ATR on the port side in back and damaged some timbers, which meant time in the San Diego shipyard for repairs.
		The man who was the Colfax American Legion Commander first in 1958 is currently serving a third consecutive term in that office.
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	Battleship USS Washington BB56 - Shipmates
		After completing basic training he was shipped to Bainbridge, MD for 16 weeks Class "A" Storekeepers School and he reported aboard the USS Washington in February 1944.
		The day he reported he was assigned to the executive officer's office and he stayed there until he was discharged in Boston May 5, 1946, as yeoman second class.
		After boot camp at Farragut, ID was assigned to the USS Washington at Bremerton, WA in March 1944.
	www.usswashington.com /profile6.htm (1723 words)

	News Letter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The fourth HULL (DD945) -- Commissioned 3 July 1958, was a Forrest Sherman-class ship and one of the last destroyers designed and built with an all-gun configuration.
		The veteran of 20 Vietnam combat patrols made her final sacrifice on 7 April 1998, not in the breaker's yard, but in the eastern Pacific Ocean as a test bed in the development of new weapons employment tactics.
		During July 1944 the destroyer operated with carrier groups off Guam, and after the assault 21 July patrolled off the island.
	home.earthlink.net /~usshull1/Hull-Newsltr-1.htm (950 words)

	Shepard
		EDUCATION: After graduation from high school and a year at the Admiral Farragut Academy in New Jersey, he entered the US Naval Academy, graduating 462nd in a class of 913.
		Shepard was appointed by the President in July 1971 as a delegate to the 26th United Nations General Assembly and served through the entire assembly which lasted from September to December 1971.
		Originally a wide pool of candidates was going to be considered, but in December 1958 President Eisenhower ruled that military test pilots would form the candidate pool..
	www.astronautix.com /astros/shepard.htm (3211 words)

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		Tank destroyers were also supplied to US allies and served in almost every theater of World War II, and post-war Korea and even later in Bosnia.
	www.hubhobbyshop.com /press5.htm (9724 words)

	Destroyers By Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		We will be adding more details including descriptions of the variations that occurred within many of the classes, details of how each class came to be, and the significant changes each brought.
		Most data for Bainbridge through Gearing classes was taken from various editions of the Navy's Ships' Data publications.
		Some data for those and other classes came from the Tin Can Sailors reference collection of Damage Control Books.
	www.destroyers.org /ShipList/DD-CL.htm (90 words)

	William Frederick Bull Halsey, Jr., Admiral, United States Navy
		The Farragut honors Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870).
		The Halsey, Sherman and Farragut are Flight IIA variants of the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, and incorporate a helicopter hanger facility into the original design.
		On 16 August 1959, less than a month after the death of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, another five-star admiral, William F. Halsey, Jr., at the age of seventy-six died of a heart attack at Fishers Island, New York.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /halsejr.htm (2546 words)

	USS Coontz (DDG 40)
		USS COONTZ was the fourth FARRAGUT - class guided missile destroyer and the second ship in the Navy named after Admiral Robert Edward Coontz.
		Commissioned as a guided missile frigate (DLG), the USS COONTZ was reclassified as guided missile destroyer (DDG) on June 30, 1975, changing its hullnumber from DLG 9 to DDG 40.
		After her designation change to guided missile destroyer (DDG 40) on July 1, 1975, USS COONTZ entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard for overhaul until her return to Norfolk on October 1, 1975.
	navysite.de /dd/ddg40.htm (1425 words)

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