USS Farragut (DDG-37)

	USS Farragut (DDG-37)
History
United States
Name	Farragut
Namesake	Admiral David Farragut
Ordered	27 January 1956
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	3 June 1957
Launched	18 July 1958
Acquired	8 December 1960
Commissioned	10 December 1960
Decommissioned	30 October 1989
Reclassified	30 June 1975
Stricken	20 November 1992
Motto	Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Fate	Dismantled
General characteristics
Class & type	Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
Displacement	5,800 tons (full load)
Length	512.5 ft (156.2 m)
Beam	52 ft (15.8 m)
Draught	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion	4 1200psi boilers, 2 geared turbines
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (20 mph; 40 km/h)
Complement	377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted)
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar; AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface search radar; 2 × AN/SPG-55 fire control radar; AN/SPG-53 gun fire control radar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32; 2 Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launching System for Super Rapid Bloom Off-board Chaff (SRBOC);
Armament	1 × Mk 42 5-inch/54 (127 mm/54) caliber gun; 2 × Mk-32 triple mounts carrying Mark 46 torpedoes; 1 × Mk 16 RUR-5 ASROC missile launcher; 1 × Mk 10 Mod.0 missile launcher for Standard Missile; 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers;

USS Farragut (DLG-6/DDG-37) was the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers (originally destroyer leaders) built for the United States Navy during the 1950s.