German destroyer Rommel
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The German destroyer D187 Rommel was one of three Lütjens-class guided-missile destroyers, a modified version of the American Charles F. Adams class, built for the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) during the 1960s.
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Name | Rommel |
Namesake | Erwin Rommel |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 22 August 1967 |
Launched | 1 February 1969 |
Commissioned | 2 May 1970 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1998 |
Stricken | 30 June 1999 |
Homeport | Kiel |
Fate | Scrapped, 2004 |
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Class and type | Lütjens-class destroyer |
Displacement | 4,460 t (4,390 long tons) |
Length | 134 m (440 ft) |
Beam | 14 m (46 ft) |
Draft | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 337 officers and men |
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