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USS Putnam (DD-757), an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charles Putnam. She was built and saw action in the Pacific during World War II. She was laid down on 11 July 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, California and launched on 26 March 1944 ...
All four ships were decommissioned from the U.S. Navy in the late 1990s and were initially offered for sale to Australia in 1997 for A$30 million each. [8] The Royal Australian Navy was a strong supporter of buying the Kidd-class destroyers to replace the Perth class as their air warfare ships. [9]
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Spruance. -class destroyer. AN/WLR 1 in DD-971 & DD-975. 1 × 61-cell Mark 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk / ASROC missiles in place of the 8-cell ASROC launcher (24 ships). The Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace the many World War II –built Allen M. Sumner - and Gearing -class destroyers, and was the primary ...
USS Lawrence (DD-954/DDG-4) was a Charles F. Adams class guided-missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It was the fifth ship named after Captain James Lawrence USN (1781–1813). The USS Lawrence served on blockade duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 and, in 1972, was part of Operation Linebacker in the west Pacific.
HMS Exeter was a Type 42 destroyer, the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named Exeter, after the city of Exeter in Devon. The vessel fought in the Falklands War and the first Gulf War , she was scrapped in 2011.
USS Cascade (AD-16), the only ship of its class, was a destroyer tender in the United States Navy. Originally designed as a passenger-freighter, the Cascade was launched on 6 June 1942 by Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Francisco, California. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Charles W. Crosse, wife of Rear Admiral Charles W. Crosse, USN.
35 knots (65 km/h) Complement. 101 officers and enlisted. Armament. 4 × 4 in (102 mm) guns. 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns. 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. The first USS Walker (DD-163) was a Wickes -class destroyer that saw service in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Admiral John Grimes Walker.