USS Sampson (DDG-10)
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Sampson.
USS Sampson (DDG-10), named for Admiral William T. Sampson USN (1840–1902), was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.
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USS Sampson underway in late-1980s | |
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Name | Sampson |
Namesake | William T. Sampson |
Ordered | 17 January 1958 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 2 March 1959 |
Launched | 21 May 1960 |
Acquired | 16 June 1961 |
Commissioned | 24 June 1961 |
Decommissioned | 24 June 1991 |
Stricken | 20 November 1992 |
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Fate | Scrapped, 15 October 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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