WELCOME TO SHIPSPOTTING.COM
Description:
The retired destroyer USS Charles F. Adams (DDG 2) lying tied up to the USS Ticonderoga and USS Yorktown in the reserve basin at the old Philadelphia Naval Shipyard reserve basin.
She was commissioned in 1960 and decommissioned in 1990. She was the first US Navy ship designed and built with guided missiles as her primary armament. She was based primarily in the Atlantic Ocean during her career and was part of the fleet that blockaded Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Currently it is planned to moved her to Mayport Florida and be opened as a museum ship. If you look closely you can see the barrels have been removed from her 5" Gun and her main SPS-39 air search radar has been moved from her mast to her aft deck. Also you can see her early Mk 11 twin Tarter missile launcher.
There is no Ship Data available for this photo!
Would you like to suggest new Ship Data?
This ship is not assigned to any other category.
COMMENT THIS PHOTO(2)
Edit
comment
Edit
comment