USS Charles F. Adams

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_John_D._Mc_Cloy
gptkb:USS_Mc_Dermut
gptkb:USS_Kirk
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 1 × Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
gptkbp:armament gptkb:RIM-24_Tartar_missile_system
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkbp:beam 13.7 m
gptkbp:class gptkb:Charles_F._Adams-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1960
gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:crew 300 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1993
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:1991
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:displacement 4,200 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 4.3 m
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:fighting_style AN/ SLQ-32
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
gptkb:Naval_Station_Mayport
gptkb:Mayport,_Florida
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Charles F. Adams
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1959
gptkbp:length 418 ft (127 m)
127.0 m
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Charlie
gptkbp:notable_event Assisted in humanitarian missions.
Conducted joint exercises with NATO forces.
Conducted operations in the Persian Gulf.
Participated in the blockade of Cuba.
First ship to fire a missile in combat during the Vietnam War.
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Shield
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engines
gptkbp:radar AN/ SPS-40
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:USS_Arleigh_Burke
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_John_S._Mc_Cain
gptkbp:sonar gptkb:AN/_SQS-23
gptkbp:speed 32 knots (37 mph; 61 km/h)
gptkbp:status scrapped in 2004