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German Navy - Guided Missile Destroyer
D 185 FGS Lütjens |
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Type,
class: Guided Missile Destroyer / DDG; Lütjens
(modified US Charles F. Adams) class
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
STATUS:
Laid
down: March 1, 1966
Launched: August 11, 1967
Commissioned: March 22, 1969
Decommissioned: December 18, 2003
Fate: sold for scrap / scrapped in 2012 in
Aliaga, Turkey
Namesake:
Admiral Johann Günther Lütjens (1889-1941)
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Technical Data: see
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Lütjens class Guided Missile Destroyer / DDG |
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FGS Lütjens, left
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Admiral Johann G. Lütjens
(1889 - 1941):
Johann Günther Lütjens (25 May 1889 - 27 May 1941) was a
German Admiral whose military service spanned more than 30
years. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) during World War II,
awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or
successful military leadership, for his leadership during
Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Denmark and
Norway.
Lütjens joined the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine)
in 1907, and after his basic military training, served on a
number of torpedo boats during World War I initially as a
watch officer and later as a commander of a torpedo boat and
chief a demi flotilla fighting the French and British Royal
Navy along the Flemish coast.
In May 1941, Lütjens on board of battleship Bismarck
commanded the German task force Bismarck and her consort,
Prinz Eugen, during the Operation Rheinübung. Bismarck and
the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were to break out of their
base in German occupied Poland and attack British merchant
shipping lanes in the Atlantic Ocean. The task force's first
major engagement was the Battle of the Denmark Strait which
resulted in the sinking of HMS Hood and the separation of
the task force. Less than a week later, on 27 May, Lütjens
and most of Bismarck's crew lost their lives during
Bismarck's last battle.
Promotions:
3 April 1907: Seekadett (Midshipman)
21 April 1908: Fähnrich zur See (Officer Cadet)
28 September 1910: Leutnant zur See (Second Lieutenant)
27 September 1913: Oberleutnant zur See (First Lieutenant)
24 May 1917: Kapitänleutnant (Captain Lieutenant)
1 April 1926: Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain)
1 October 1931: Fregattenkapitän (Frigate Captain)
1 July 1933: Kapitän zur See (Captain at Sea)
1 October 1937: Konteradmiral (Counter Admiral)
1 January 1940: Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral)
1 September 1940: Admiral (Admiral) |
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