USS TATTNALL (DDG-19)

USS Tattnall (DDG-19) Suez Transit USS ''Tattnall'' (DDG-19) during transit of the Suez Canal Transit in August, 1990 - the first U.S. Navy vessel to transit the canal after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Career
Ordered:	21 July 1959
Laid down:	14 November 1960
Launched:	26 August 1961
Commissioned:	13 April 1963
Decommissioned:	18 January 1991
Fate:	Disposed of, resold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping
Struck:	12 June 1993
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4,500 tons Full Load
Length:	437 ft (133.2 m)
Beam:	47 ft (14.3 m)
Draft:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	(2) Steam turbines powered by (4) Babcock & Wilcox Boilers operating at 1200PSI, turning twin screws.
Speed:	30+ kts
Range:
Complement:	354
Armament:	1 x Tartar guided missile launcher 2 x 5"/54 (127mm/54) (2x1) 1 x 8-tube ASROC launcher 6-12.75 inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes (2x3)
Aircraft:	None
Motto:	''Je Me Souviendrai'' (I Will Remember)

'USS ''Tatnall'' (DDG-19)', named for Commodore Josiah Tattnall, Jr USN (1794–1871 (also commandant of the C.S.S. ''Virginia'', an Admiral in the Confederate States Navy, and made the adage "blood is thicker than water" a part of American history), was a ''Charles F. Adams''-class guided missile armed destroyer.
''Tatnall'' was laid down by Avondale Marine at Avondale in Louisiana on 14 November 1960, launched on 26 August 1961 by Mrs. Mary Adams Mason and commissioned on 13 April 1963.
USS ''Tattnall'' was decommissioned on 18 January 1991, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 June 1993, sold for scrap on 15 April 1994 but the scrap contract was terminated on 1 October 1996 and she was sold to International Shipbreaking Limited at Brownsville in Texas on 10 February 1999.
ARMAMENT:
Two 5", 54 cal. guns (firing 34 rounds per minute)
Two Mk 32 triple mount torpedo tubes
ASROC (anti-submarine rocket) launcher with 8 tubes
Surface to air missiles, Ship to Ship Cruise Missiles (Harpoon).

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External links

External links

★ NVR DDG-19

★ MaritimeQuest USS Tattnall DDG-19 pages

★ DDG-19 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com