USS Sellers

	USS Sellers underway in the 1980s
History
United States
Name	Sellers
Namesake	David F. Sellers
Ordered	17 January 1958
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	3 August 1959
Launched	9 September 1960
Acquired	20 October 1961
Commissioned	28 October 1961
Decommissioned	31 October 1989
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	Callsign: NIUZ; ; Hull number: DDG-11;
Motto	Guardian of Freedom
Fate	Scrapped, 15 September 2004
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts; 4 × Babcock & Wilcox 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	338 (18 officers, 320 enlisted)
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface search radar; AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar; AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar; AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19; AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar;
Armament	1 × Mk 11 missile launcher for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile ; 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun ; 1 × 8-cell RUR-5 ASROC launcher; 2 × triple 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes);

Last updated February 05, 2023

USS Sellers (DDG-11) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyer built for the United States Navy in the 1950s.

Design and description

The Charles F. Addams class was based on a stretched Forrest Sherman-class destroyer hull modified to accommodate smaller RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles and all their associated equipment.^[1] The ships had an overall length of 437 feet (133.2 m), a beam of 47 feet (14.3 m) and a deep draft of 15 feet (4.6 m). They displaced 4,526 long tons (4,599 t) at full load. Their crew consisted of 18 officers and 320 enlisted men.^[2]

The ships were equipped with two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four water-tube boilers. The turbines were intended to produce 70,000 shaft horsepower (52,000 kW) to reach the designed speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). The Adams class had a range of 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).^[1]

The Charles F. Adams-class ships were armed with two 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns, one forward and one aft of the superstructure. They were fitted with an eight-round ASROC launcher between the funnels. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two triple sets of 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The primary armament of the ships was the Tartar surface-to-air missile designed to defend the carrier battle group. They were fired via the dual-arm Mk 11 missile launcher and the ships stowed a total of 42 missiles for the launcher.^[1]

Construction and career

Sellers, named for Admiral David F. Sellers, was laid down by the Bath Iron Works at Bath in Maine 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 Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992 and sold on 25 July 1995.

As of 2005, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named Sellers.

Notes

1 2 3 Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 587
↑ Friedman, p. 422

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References

Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen & Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register , which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.The entry can be found here.

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[g8-1] 1 2 3 Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 587

[f3-2] Friedman, p. 422

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v t e Charles F. Adams-classdestroyers
United States Navy	Barney Benjamin Stoddert Berkeley Buchanan Charles F. Adams Claude V. Ricketts (ex-Biddle) Cochrane Conyngham Goldsborough Henry B. Wilson Hoel John King Joseph Strauss Lawrence Lynde McCormick Richard E. Byrd Robison Sampson Sellers Semmes Tattnall Towers Waddell
Royal Australian Navy Perthclass	Perth Hobart Brisbane (Goldsborough was purchased by the RAN for spare parts)
German Navy Lütjensclass	Lütjens Mölders Rommel
Hellenic Navy Kimonclass	Kimon (ex-Semmes) Nearchos (ex-Waddell) Formion (ex-Joseph Strauss) Themistoklis (ex-Berkeley)
Preceded by: Farragutclass Followed by: Spruanceclass
List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy List of destroyers of the German Navy

History
USS Sellers underway in the 1980s
United States
Name	Sellers
Namesake	David F. Sellers
Ordered	17 January 1958
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	3 August 1959
Launched	9 September 1960
Acquired	20 October 1961
Commissioned	28 October 1961
Decommissioned	31 October 1989
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	Callsign: NIUZ Hull number: DDG-11
Motto	Guardian of Freedom
Fate	Scrapped, 15 September 2004
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts 4 × Babcock & Wilcox 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	338 (18 officers, 320 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19 AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament	1 × Mk 11 missile launcher for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun 1 × 8-cell RUR-5 ASROC launcher 2 × triple 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes)