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USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 3 November 1960 |
| Laid down: | April 12, 1961 |
| Launched: | February 6, 1962 |
| Commissioned: | March 7, 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | April 27, 1990 |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), Greece |
| Struck: | 1 October 1992 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,500 tons Full Load |
| Length: | 437 ft (133.2 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | (2) Steam turbines powered by (4) Babcock & Wilcox Boilers operating at 1200PSI, turning twin screws. |
| Speed: | 30+ kts |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 354 |
| Armament: | 1 x Tartar guided missile launcher 2 x 5 in (127 mm/54 calibre (2x1) 1 x 8-tube ASROC launcher 6-12.75 inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes (2x3) |
| Aircraft: | None |
| Motto: | Sea Power from Pole to Pole |
USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23), a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, was named after noted polar explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
The keel for the USS Richard E. Byrd was laid down April 12, 1961 by Todd Shipbuilding Corp. Seattle, Washington. She was launched February 6, 1962 and commissioned on March 7, 1964. She was decommissioned on April 27, 1990 and in 1992 was sold to Greece and used for spare parts. She was sunk as target June 19, 2003.
Byrd was the 22nd ship of the famed Adams-class destroyers. She was equipped with a large assortment of armaments which allowed her to engage in multiple forms of combat.
The second United States Navy ship to be named after Admiral Richard E. Byrd was the USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship.
- Length: 437 ft (133 m)
- Beam: 47 ft
- Displacement: 4,500 tons (4,570 metric tons)
- Propulsion: Twin steam turbindes, two shafts 70,000 shp (52 MW)
- Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h)
- Armament:
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- MK. 13 Tartar launcher
- two MK. 42 5 in/54 cal. gun mounts
- MK. 16 8-cell ASROC launcher
- twin MK. 32 triple torpedo tubes
- Search Radars:
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- SPS 10 C/D surface search radar
- SPS 40 (2D) air search radar
- SPS 39 (3D) air search radar
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- two AN/SPG 51C/D fire control radars
- MK. 68 GFCS
- SQQ 23 pair hull mounted sonar
- Guided Missile Destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23)
- NVR DDG-23
| Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
| US Navy |
| Charles F. Adams | John King | Lawrence | Biddle/Claude V. Rickets | Barney | Henry B. Wilson | Lynde McCormick | Towers | Sampson | Sellers | Robison | Hoel | Buchanan | Berkeley | Joseph Strauss | Conyngham | Semmes | Tattnall | Goldsborough | Cochrane | Benjamin Stoddert | Richard E. Byrd | Waddell |
| German Navy (Lütjens class) |
| Lütjens | Mölders | Rommel |
| Royal Australian Navy (Perth class) |
| HMAS Perth | HMAS Hobart | HMAS Brisbane |
| Hellenic Navy |
| HS Kimon | HS Nearchos | HS Formion | HS Themistocles |
List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |