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Hull Number: DDG-5

Call Sign: NDRO

Voice Call Sign: BULOVA

Other Designations: DD-955


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: NICHOLAS BIDDLE

NICHOLAS BIDDLE

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, February 2006

 

 


Disposition:

Renamed to USS Claude V. Rickets on 7/28/1964.


USS BIDDLE / CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5 Ship History

Dictionary of Americal Naval Fighting Ships, February 2006

The third Biddle (DDG-5) was renamed Claude V. Ricketts (q.v.) on 28 July 1968.