USS Farragut (DLG-6)

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USS Farragut (DLG-6) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer leader of the United States Navy that served during the Cold War era.

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USS Farragut (DLG-6) canonical 2
USS Farragut (DDG-37) 1

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instanceOf Cold War naval ship
Farragut-class guided missile destroyer leader
United States Navy warship
armament 5-inch/54 caliber guns
ASROC anti-submarine rocket launcher
RIM-2 Terrier surface-to-air missiles
torpedo tubes
beam about 52 feet
builder Bethlehem Steel
category Cold War destroyers of the United States
Farragut-class destroyers (1958)
Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts
class Farragut-class destroyer leader
commissionedDate 10 December 1960
country United States of America
crewComplement approximately 350 personnel
decommissionedDate 31 October 1989
displacementFullLoad approximately 5,800 long tons
displacementStandard approximately 4,500 long tons
draft about 17 feet
era Cold War
fate scrapped
homeport Mayport, Florida
Newport, Rhode Island
hullNumberChangeReason U.S. Navy 1975 ship reclassification
hullType guided missile frigate (DLG, pre-1975 U.S. designation)
hullTypeAfter1975 guided missile destroyer (DDG)
laidDownDate 3 June 1957
laterPennantNumber DDG-37
launchDate 18 July 1958
length about 512 feet
maximumSpeed over 30 knots
namedAfter David Glasgow Farragut
namesake Admiral David Farragut
navalFleet U.S. Atlantic Fleet
linked to: Atlantic Fleet
operator United States Navy
participatedIn Caribbean operations
NATO exercises
pennantNumber DLG-6
primaryRole air defense
propulsion 2 shafts
steam turbines
reclassificationDate 30 June 1975
reclassifiedAs guided missile destroyer
secondaryRole anti-submarine warfare
shipyard Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy Shipbuilding Division
strickenDate 20 November 1992

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USS Farragut hasNamesake USS Farragut (DLG-6)
USS Farragut hasNamesake USS Farragut (DDG-37)
linked to: USS Farragut (DLG-6)
USS Farragut (DD-300) successorNameReusedBy USS Farragut (DLG-6)