USS ''Sellers'' (DDG-11) was a ''Charles F. Adams''-class

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built for the

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in the 1950s.

Design and description

The ''Charles F. Addams'' class was based on a stretched hull modified to accommodate smaller

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s and all their associated equipment. The ships had an

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of , a

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of and a deep

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of . They displaced at full load. Their crew consisted of 18 officers and 320 enlisted men.Friedman, p. 422 The ships were equipped with two geared

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s, each driving one

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, using steam provided by four

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s. The turbines were intended to produce to reach the designed speed of . The ''Adams'' class had a range of at a speed of .Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 587 The ''Charles F. Adams''-class ships were armed with two

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s, one forward and one aft of the

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. They were fitted with an eight-round

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launcher between the

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s. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two triple sets of Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The primary armament of the ships was the Tartar surface-to-air missile designed to defend the

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. They were fired via the dual-arm

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and the ships stowed a total of 42 missiles for the launcher.

Construction and career

''Sellers'', named for Admiral

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, was laid down by the

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on 3 August 1959, launched on 9 September 1960 by Mrs. Hugh Scott and commissioned on 28 October 1961. ''Sellers'' was decommissioned on 31 October 1989, stricken from the

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on 20 November 1992 and sold on 25 July 1995. As of 2005, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named ''Sellers''.

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External links

MaritimeQuest USS Sellers DDG-11 pagesUSS Sellers Association
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