USS Henry B. Wilson
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), named for Admiral Henry Braid Wilson, was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on 28 February 1958, launched on 22 April 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, daughter of Admiral Wilson, and commissioned on 17 December 1960.[1]
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USS Henry B. Wilson underway in 1983 | |
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Name | Henry B. Wilson |
Namesake | Henry Braid Wilson |
Ordered | 28 March 1957 |
Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 28 February 1958 |
Launched | 22 April 1959 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley |
Acquired | 14 December 1960 |
Commissioned | 17 December 1960 |
Decommissioned | 2 October 1989 |
Reclassified | DDG-7, 23 April 1957 |
Stricken | 26 January 1990 |
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Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sunk as target, 15 August 2003 |
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Class and type | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load |
Length | 437 ft (133 m) |
Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted) |
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Aircraft carried | None |
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