USS COCHRANE DDG-21

SPECIFICATIONS

THE USS COCHRANE IS THE 20th SHIP IN THE CHARLES F. ADAMS CLASS AND THE FIRST SHIP TO BEAR THE NAME SAKE. THE USS COCHRANE WAS NAMED AFTER VADM. EDWARD LULL COCHRANE

COMPLIMENT:

22 OFFICERS

21 CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS

298 ENLISTED

GENERAL:

LENGTH: 440 FT. 3 IN.
Longest Adams Class Built.

BEAM: 44 FT. 11.5 IN.

DRAFT: 22 FT.

 4,642 TONS FULL LOAD DISPLACEMENT

3,527 TONS LIGHT LOAD DISPLACEMENT

HULL MATERIAL: STEEL HULL, ALUMINUM SUPERSTRUCTURE

BUILT BY: PUGET SOUND BRIDGE AND DRYDOCK CO.

KEEL LAID: 31 JULY 1961

LAUNCHED: 18 JULY 1962

COMMISSIONED: 21 MARCH 1964

COMMISSIONING CO. CDR. F.W. BENSON JR.

SHIPS FATE: 

DECOMMISSIONED: 1 OCT. 1990

STRICKEN: 20 NOV. 1992

DISPOSITION: SOLD TO INTERNATIONAL SHIP BREAKING.

TOWED FROM NAVAL INACTIVE SHIP MAINTENANCE FACILITY (NISMF), PEARL HARBOR, HI. TO INTERNATIONAL SHIP BREAKING'S FACILITY IN BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.

ARRIVED IN BROWNSVILLE 26 MAR. 2001 FOR DISMANTLING 

ENGINEERING:

BOILERS: 4EA BABCOCK & WILCOX 1200 PSI SUPERHEATED STEAM MODIFIED D TYPE

MAIN ENGINES: 2 SETS GENERAL ELECTRIC HP, IP, LP STEAM TURBINES WITH DOUBLE HERRING BONE ARTICULATED REDUCTION GEARS, 35,000 SHAFT HORSE POWER EACH.

MAX SPEED: 30 KNOTS (I SAW 37 ON A FULL POWER RUN)
WE WERE THE FASTEST ON THE WEST COAST !

SCREWS 2EA 13'-6" DIAMETER 4 BLADED

GENERATORS: 4 STEAM DRIVEN 750KW EA.

EVAPORATORS: 2EA 2 STAGE FLASH TYPE 12000 GALLON PER DAY

FUEL CAPACITY:  736 TONS

ARMAMENT:

A SINGLE MK. 13 TARTAR LAUNCHER AFT WITH A CAPACITY OF 40 MISSILES COMBINATION OF BOTH SM-1 MR SAM'S  PLUS ONE TRAINING ROUND CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING 6 MISSILES PER MINUTE

 TWO MK. 42 5in./54 GUN MOUNTS 40 ROUNDS PER MINUTE, 13 NAUTICAL  MILES MAX.

SINGLE MK. 16 (8) CELL ASROC  LAUNCHER AMIDSHIPS WITH TRAINABLE MK.44 & 46 ASW TORPEDOES, ROCKET ASSISTED

 TWIN MK. 32 TRIPLE TORPEDO TUBES WITH TRAINABLE MK.44 & 46 TORPEDOES

SURVEILLANCE:

WLR 1 ESM LATER UPGRADED TO AN/SLQ 32(V2) with SRBOC

SPS 10 C/D SURFACE SEARCH RADAR, G/H BANDS 65 NM. MAX

SPS 40 (2D) AIR SEARCH RADAR, UHF 150 NM. MAX

SPS 39 (3D) AIR SEARCH RADAR, E/F BANDS 150 NM. MAX

 TWO SPG 51 FIRE CONTROL RADAR'S

AN/SPG53F GUN SYSTEM RADAR. RANGE 120,000 YARDS / 60 NM

MKk 114 ANTISUBMARINE FIRE CONTROL

GE/HUGHES SQS 23 BOW MOUNTED SONAR UPGRADED TO SQQ 23 (PAIR) 
AMIDSHIPS SONAR DOME ADDED 1981.

JUNIOR PARTICIPATING NAVAL TACTICAL DATA SYSTEMS (JPTDS)