USS Tattnall (DDG-19)
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USS Tattnall (DDG-19) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile-armed destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Josiah Tattnall III USN (1794–1871) – also commandant of the CSS Virginia, and an admiral in the Confederate States Navy – who made the adage "blood is thicker than water" a part of American history.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Tattnall.
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USS Tattnall transits the Suez Canal in August 1990 | |
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Name | Tattnall |
Namesake | Josiah Tattnall III |
Ordered | 21 July 1959 |
Builder | Avondale Marine |
Laid down | 14 November 1960 |
Launched | 26 August 1961 |
Commissioned | 13 April 1963 |
Decommissioned | 18 January 1991 |
Stricken | 12 January 1993 |
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Fate | Scrapped, 10 February 1999 |
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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) |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted) |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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Tattnall was laid down by Avondale Marine at Avondale, Louisiana on 14 November 1960, launched on 26 August 1961 by Mrs. Mary Adams Mason and commissioned on 13 April 1963 at Charleston, S.C.