Hull Number: DDG-2
Launch Date: 09/08/1959
Call Sign: NBJR (DDG)
Voice Call Sign: STEAMCUTTER (DDG)
Other Designations: DD-952
Class: CHARLES F. ADAMS
CHARLES F. ADAMS Class
Data for USS Cochrane (DDG-21) as of 1982
Length Overall: 440’ 3"
Beam: 44’ 11 1/2"
Draft: 16’ 0"
Standard Displacement: 3,527 tons
Full Load Displacement: 4,642 tons
Fuel capacity: 736 tons
Armament:
Two 5″/54 caliber guns
One ASROC Launcher
Two 12.75″ triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes
One Mark 13 Mod 0 Guided Missile Launching System (Tartar)
Complement:
22 Officers
21 Chief Petty Officers
298 Enlisted
Propulsion:
4 Boilers
2 General Electric Turbines: 70,000 horsepower
Highest speed on trials: 35 knots
Namesake: CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, July 2015
Charles Francis Adams, born 2 August 1866 in Quincy, Mass., graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1888 and from Harvard Law School in 1892. A successful lawyer, business man, outstanding civic leader, and well-known yachtsman and ocean racer, he served as Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933. He vigorously promoted public understanding of the Navy’s indispensable role in international affairs, and worked strenuously to maintain naval strength and efficiency during a period of severe economic depression. He served at the London Naval Conference in 1930 where he successfully maintained the principle of United States naval parity with Great Britain. He died in 1954 and is buried in Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass., where the two Presidents, who were his ancestors, lie with other members of this distinguished American family.
Disposition:
In September 2020, the Charles F. Adams left Philadelphia Navy Yard under tow, bound for Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping. Scrapping was completed by July 2, 2021