USS Waddell
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Waddell (DDG-24) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain James Iredell Waddell CSN (1824-1886) who famously captured several American whaling ships just below the Arctic circle and sailed the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans to disrupt American trade. He was the last Confederate officer to surrender which he did in Liverpool, England. The ship was commissioned in 1964 and saw service in the Vietnam War. Decommissioned in 1992, the destroyer was sold to Greece and renamed Nearchos. From 1992-2003, Nearchos served in the Hellenic Navy. In 2006, the ship was used as a target and sunk.
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Name | Waddell |
Namesake | James Iredell Waddell |
Ordered | 30 November 1960 |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Laid down | 6 February 1962 |
Launched | 26 February 1963 |
Acquired | 21 August 1964 |
Commissioned | 28 August 1964 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1992 |
Stricken | 1 October 1992 |
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Fate | Sold to Greece, 1 October 1992 |
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Name | Nearchos |
Namesake | Nearchos |
Commissioned | 1 October 1992 |
Decommissioned | 18 July 2003 |
Identification | Hull number: D219 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 29 May 2006 |
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Class and type | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load |
Length | 437 ft (133 m) |
Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted) |
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