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Kimon (US Charles F. Adams) class Guided Missile Destroyer

 
 
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Ships:
D 218 HS Kimon (ex USS Semmes / DDG 18) (1962/91)
D 219 HS Nearchos (ex USS Waddell / DDG 24) (1964/92)
D 220 HS Formion (ex USS Joseph Strauss / DDG 16) (1963/92)
D 221 HS Themistoklis (ex USS Berkeley / DDG 15) (1962/92)
 
Specifications:
Length: 133 meters (437 feet)
Beam: 14 meters (47 ft)
Draft: 6,1 meters (20 ft)
Displacement: 3370 tons (standard) / 4500 tons (full load)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Range: 4500 NM (8300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: up to 340

Propulsion:
4 x Foster-Wheeler 1200 psi boilers (oil fired)
2 x General Electric geared steam turbines
(70000 shp / 52000 kW)
2 shafts, 2 propellers

Armament:
1 x Mk-13 missile launcher
(40 missiles) for a mix of
RIM-66 Standard Missiles SM-1MR SAM missiles and/or
RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
  
1 x Mk-16 launcher for RUR-5 ASROC
  
2 x Mk-42 5"/54 caliber (127mm) guns
  
2 x Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes

Aviation:
none

 
 

 
Ship data:
 
D 218 HS Kimon
 Builder: Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., Avondale, Louisiana, USA

 US Navy service (USS Semmes / DDG 18):
Laid down: August 15, 1960
Launched: May 20, 1961
Commissioned: December 10, 1962
Decommissioned: April 14, 1991
transferred to Greece - 1991
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: September 13, 1991
 Decommissioned: June 17, 2004
Name: Kimon (c 510-450 BC) - Athenian statesman and General
Fate: laid up in reserve
 
     
D 219 HS Nearchos
 Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle, Washington, USA

 US Navy service (USS Waddell / DDG 24):
Laid down: February 6, 1962
Launched: February 26, 1963
 Commissioned: August 28, 1964
Decommissioned: October 1, 1992
 transferred to Greece - 1992
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: October 1, 1992
 Decommissioned: July 18, 2003
Name: Nearchos (c 360-300 BC) - officer in the Army of Alexander the Great
Fate: sunk as a target on May 29, 2006
  

D 220 HS Formion
 Builder: New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, USA

 US Navy service (USS Joseph Strauss / DDG 16):
Laid down: December 27, 1960
Launched: December 9, 1961
 Commissioned: April 20, 1963
Decommissioned: February 1, 1990
 transferred to Greece - 1992
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: October 1, 1992
 Decommissioned: July 29, 2002
Name: Formion - ancient Greek Admiral
Fate: sold for scrap
  

D 221 HS Themistoklis
 Builder: New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, USA

 US Navy service (USS Berkeley / DDG 15):
Laid down: June 1, 1960
Launched: July 29, 1961
 Commissioned: December 15, 1962
Decommissioned: September 30, 1992
 transferred to Greece - 1992
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: October 1, 1992
 Decommissioned: February 18, 2002
Name: Themistoklis (524-459 BC), an Athenian politician and General
 Fate: sold for scrap
  
 

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D 218 HS Kimon

d 219 hs nearchos guided missile destroyer kimon adams class hellenic navy
D 219 HS Nearchos

d 220 hs formion guided missile destroyer ddg kimon adams class hellenic navy
D 220 HS Formion

d 221 hs themistoklis guided missile destroyer hellenic navy ddg
D 221 HS Themistoklis


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armament


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Kimon - Nearchos

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Formion - Themistoklis



s 218 hs kimon ex ddg 18 uss semmes destroyer ddg hellenic navy
DDG 18 USS Semmes / later D 218 HS Kimon

d 219 hs nearchos ex ddg 24 uss waddell destroyer hellenic navy
DDG 24 USS Waddell / later D 219 HS Nearchos

d 220 hs formion ex ddg 16 uss joseph strauss destroyer hellenic navy
DDG 16 USS Joseph Strauss / later D 220 HS Formion

d 221 hs themistoklis ex ddg 15 uss berkeley destroyer hellenic navy
DDG 15 USS Berkeley / later D 221 HS Themistoklis
  
 
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