D-186 Mölders

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Charles F. Adams, [DDG].

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, U.S.A.

Launch date: 13 April 1968.

Commission date: 20 September 1969.

Decommission date: 2003.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.720 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 134,4 x 14,38 x 6,4

Main machinery: 4 x Combustion Engineering boilers, 2 x turbines ( 70.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 35.

Range ( miles ): 1.600 at 30 knots, 4.030 at 18 knots, 6.000 at 14 knots.

Complement: 337 ( 19 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 127mm/54 Mk42 Mod. 10, 2 x Rheinmetall Rh-202 20mm/90.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x RGM-84A/C Harpoon; SAM: 36 x Standard SM-1 MR, 1 x Mk 13 Mod 0 launcher; 2 x 21-round Mk 49 RAM point-defense SAM launchers (RIM-116A missiles). ASM: 1 x Mk 16 ASROC (8-round Mk 112 launcher).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes ( 2 triple x Mk 32 Mod. 5 launchers ) for Mk 46 Mod. 5 torpedoes.

Military lift: fuel: 950 tons.

Radar: Air search: Lockheed SPS-40, B-band, Hughes SPS-52, 3D, E/F-bands; Surface search: Raytheon SPS-67, G-band; Fire control: 2 x Raytheon SPG-51, G/I-bands (for missiles), Lockheed SPQ-9, I/J-bands, Lockheed SPG-60, I/J-bands.

Sonar: Atlas Elektronik DSQS-21B, hull mounted, active search and attack, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: Loral Hycor Mk 36 SRBOC; ESM/ECM: AEG FL-1800S, Stage II, intercept and jammer.

Callsign: DRAF ()

Comment: Ex - DDG29. It is currently converted to museum at Wilhelmshaven.

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