USS Dahlgren (DDG-43)

USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) underway, ca. 1990
History
United States
Name	Dahlgren
Namesake	Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren
Ordered	23 July 1956
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 March 1958
Launched	16 March 1960
Acquired	31 March 1961
Commissioned	8 April 1961
Decommissioned	31 July 1992
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	DDG-43
Fate	Disposed of by scrapping, 28 March 2006
General characteristics
Class and type	Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
Displacement	5,800 long tons (5,900 metric tons)
Length	512.5 ft (156.2 m)
Beam	52 ft (16 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion	4 x 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers 2 x geared turbines
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted)
Armament	1 x Mk 42 5 in (130 mm)/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts 1 x Mk 16 ASROC missile launcher 1 x Mk 10 Mod.0 missile launcher for Standard Missile 2 x Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers

USS Dahlgren (DLG-12/DDG-43) was the 7th ship in the Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was launched on 16 March 1960 by Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and sponsored by Mrs. Katharine D. Cromwell, granddaughter of Rear Admiral John Adolphus Dahlgren. She was commissioned on 8 April 1961, Commander C. E. Landis in command. It was the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. Commissioned as DLG-12, Dahlgren was reclassified a guided missile destroyer on July 1, 1975 and given the new hull number DDG-43. The ship saw service until 1992, when she was placed in reserve. She was sold for scrapping three times, the first time in 1994, but was repossessed twice as the ship breaking companies failed. The ship was finally dismantled in 2006.

Fate[]

USS Dahlgren (DLG-12) underway off Oahu, 1967.

Dahlgren was decommissioned 31 July 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992.^[1] Dahlgren was transferred to the James River Reserve Fleet on 1 July 1993.^[2] Dahlgren was sold to N.R. Acquisition, New York, New York on 15 April 1994 for $283,711.78 for scrapping. N.R. Acquisition then subcontracted the actual scrapping to Wilmington Resources of Wilmington, North Carolina.^[3] Wilmington Resources changed their name to Sigma Recycling in January 1996 and then lost their permits to dismantle ships on 24 July 1996.

Dahlgren was among 10 ships repossessed by the Navy on 30 September 1996.^[4] Upon being returned to the Navy, Dahlgren was sold to International Shipbreakers of Brownsville, Texas on 10 February 1999. Dahlgren was repossessed for a second time on 10 July 2000 after the scrap yard failed to take delivery of the ship in a timely manner.^[5] On 29 July 2005, a contract was issued to ESCO Marine of Brownsville, Texas to dismantle Dahlgren for $2,653,018.^[6] Dahlgren was completely dismantled on 28 March 2006.^[1]

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Sources[]

• Morison, Samuel Loring (May 1995). "U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes". Proceedings. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute.
• Morison, Samuel Loring (May 2001). "U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes". Proceedings. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute.
• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links[]

• Photo gallery of USS Dahlgren at NavSource Naval History
• "USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) Deployments & History". hullnumber.com.
• "USS Dahlgren accidents". Navsea DC Museum. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)