USS Coontz underway in the Atlantic, off the Virginia coast, October 1986.
History
United States
Name
Coontz
Namesake
Robert Coontz
Builder
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Laid down
1 March 1957
Launched
6 December 1958 as Guided Missile Frigate (DLG-9).
Commissioned
15 July 1960
Decommissioned
2 October 1989
Reclassified
1 July 1975 as Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG-40)
Fate
Sold for scrap, February 1999
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Farragut-class destroyer leader/frigate
Displacement
5,648 tons (full)
Length
512 ft 6 in (156.21 m) (oa)
Beam
52 ft 4 in (15.95 m)
Draft
17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) (max)
Propulsion
85,000 shp (63,000 kW); geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed
33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range
5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement
377
Armament
1 x RIM-2 Terrier surface-to-air missile system
1 x ASROC ASW system
6 x 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes
8 x Harpoon SSM (After third update)
1 x 5 in (127 mm)/54 cal Mk 42 gun mount
USS Coontz (DLG-9/DDG-40) was a Farragut-class destroyer leader/frigate in the United States Navy. She was named after Admiral Robert Coontz, the US Navy's second chief of naval operations.
Commissioned in 1960, she spent the early part of her career in the Pacific Ocean, participating in four tours of duty during the Vietnam War. In the early 1970s she transferred to the east coast and spent the remainder of her service years in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Persian Gulf. She assisted in saving USS Stark after that ship was hit by Iraqi missiles. In 1975, as part of the Navy's reclassification process, all ships of her class were reclassified as guided missile destroyers (DDG).
Coontz was decommissioned in 1989, and sold for scrap five years later. Her transom nameplate was salvaged and donated to the city of Hannibal, Missouri, birthplace of Admiral Coontz.
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