Decatur - class Guided Missile Destroyer (converted Forrest Sherman class DD’s)
Four of the Forrest Sherman class destroyers were converted to guided missile destroyers. The fixed torpedo tubes were replaced by two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes (12.75 inch / 324mm) , to fire Mk-46 torpedos. The ships were fitted with a Mk-16 octuple ASROC launcher instead of the Mk-42 gun mount amidships and one Mk-13 single-arm missile launcher was installed instead of the aft Mk-42 gun.
	Ships:
	unit			in service	fate
	DD 936 / DDG 31 USS Decatur			1956/67	sunk as a target
	DD 932 / DDG 32 USS John Paul Jones			1956/67	sunk as a target
	DD 949 / DDG 33 USS Parsons			1959/67	sunk as a target
	DD 947 / DDG 34 USS Somers			1959/68	sunk as a target
Specifications:
Displacement		approx. 4150 tons (full load)
Length		418 feet (127,50 meters)
Beam		45 feet (13,80 meters)
Draft		22 feet (6,70 meters)
Max Speed		32+ knots, max. (60+ kmh)
Power Plant		2 General Electric gas turbines 4 boilers (1200psi) 2 shafts; 2 propellers approx. 70000 shaft horsepower (shp)
Aircraft		none
Armament		1 Mk-13 single-arm missile launcher for RIM-24 “Tartar” or RIM-66 “Standard” SM-1MR missiles 1 Mk-42 5”/54 caliber (127mm) gun 1 Mk-16 ASROC launcher 2 Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes
Complement		approx. 360
		see also: INFO > Forrest Sherman - class Destroyer
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