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.