Beyond this, the warship was rather conventional with its armament array: 2 x 5' turreted deck guns, 1 x RUR-5 Anti-Submarine ROCket (ASROC) launcher, and 2 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes. This involved the Mk 11 missile launcher for the RIM-24 'Tartar' Surface-t-Air Missile (SAM) weapon. However, the vastly redesigned battlefield role for the new ship caused the class to become its own group, led by DDG-2 herself.Īs guided-missile destroyers, the class showcased a primary missile-minded armament suite. Initially, the warships were to be a subsequent class of the Forrest Sherman-type and Adams was intended to carry the Pennant Number 'DD-952'. The ship was launched on September 8th, 1959 and entered commissioned service on September 10th, 1960 - becoming the first dedicated guided-missile destroyer in the USN (while also being the last steam-powered ships for the branch). Adams (DDG-2) built by Bath Iron Works with the keel laid down on June 16th, 1958.

The vessels were 3,300 ton warships equipped as 'guided-missile destroyers' capable of Blue Water service, operating either independently or as part of the main fighting fleet. Adams-class which numbered twenty-nine ships (twenty-three for the USN with three apiece built for West Germany and Australia to a slightly revised standard).

One of the more critical designs, indeed also one of the most successful of the early Cold War period, was the Charles F. To match the service pound-for-pound, the United States Navy (USN) invested heavily in many vessel types including destroyers. The Soviet Navy evolved considerably after World War 2 (1939-1945) and became a global threat to the West in the many decades that followed.

1939 by Chuck F. Adams