| Charles
F Adams Class Fleet Escort Destroyers. Photos and history of the
destroyers of the Charles F Adams Class, including USS Charles F Adams,
USS John King, USS Lawrence, USS Claude V Ricketts, USS Barney, USS Henry
B Wilson, USS Lynde McCormick, USS Towers, USS Sampson, USS Sellers, USS
Robinson, USS Hoel, USS Buchanan, USS Berkeley, USS Joseph Strauss, USS
Conyngham, USS Semmes, USS Tattnall, USS Goldsborough, USS Cochrane, USS
Benjamin Stoddert, USS Richard E Byrd and USS Waddell. |
| (DDG2) USS
Charles F Adams |
8th
September 1959 |
Decommissioned
1st August 1990 |
| (DDG3) USS John
King |
30th
January 1960 |
Decommissioned
30th March 1990 |
| (DDG4) USS
Lawrence |
27th
February 1960 |
Decommissioned
30th March 1990 |
| (DDG5) USS Claude
V Ricketts (ex USS Biddle) |
4th
June 1960 |
Decommissioned
31st October 1989 |
| (DDG6) USS Barney |
10th
December 1960 |
Decommissioned
17th December 1990 |
| (DDG7) USS Henry
B Wilson |
23rd
April 1959 |
Decommissioned
2nd October 1989 |
| (DDG8) USS Lynde
McCormick |
9th
September 1960 |
Decommissioned
24th June 1991 |
| (DDG9) USS Towers |
23rd
April 1959 |
Decommissioned
1st October 1990 |
| (DDG10) USS
Sampson |
9th
September 1960 |
Decommissioned
24th June 1991 |
| (DDG11) USS
Sellers |
9th
September 1960 |
Decommissioned
31st October 1989 |
| (DDG12) USS
Robinson |
27th
April 1960 |
Decommissioned
1st October 1991 |
| (DDG13) USS Hoel |
4th
August 1960 |
Decommissioned
1st October 1990 |
| (DDG14) USS
Buchanan |
11th
May 1960 |
Decommissioned
1st October 1991 |
| (DDG15) USS
Berkeley |
29th
July 1961 |
Decommissioned
1st October 1992, to Greece |
| (DDG16) USS
Joseph Strauss |
9th
December 1961 |
Decommissioned
1st February 1990, Stricken 1st October 1991. To Greece 1992 |
| (DDG17) USS
Conyngham |
19th
May 1962 |
Decommissioned
26th October 1990 |
| (DDG18) USS
Semmes |
20th
May 1961 |
Decommissioned
12th April 1991, Stricken 1991. To Greece 1992 |
| (DDG19) USS
Tattnall |
28th
August 1991 |
Decommissioned
18th January 1991 |
| (DDG20) USS
Goldsborough |
15th
December 1961 |
Decommissioned
October 1992, to Australia for parts |
| (DDG21) USS
Cochrane |
18th
July 1961 |
Decommissioned
1st October 1990 |
| (DDG22) USS
Benjamin Stoddert |
8th
January 1963 |
Decommissioned
20th December 1991 |
| (DDG23) USS
Richard E Byrd |
6th
February 1962 |
Decommissioned
1st May 1992 |
| (DDG24) USS
Waddell |
26th
February 1963 |
Decommissioned
1st October 1992, to Greece |
| USS
Charles F Adams |
USS Charles F Adams, June 1972.
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USS Charles F Adams, June 1972.
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| USS
John King |
|

DDG3 USS John King. Sent in
by Alex Cole |
| USS
Lawrence |
USS Lawrence, 1970.
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| USS
Claude V Ricketts |
USS Claude V Ricketts, September 1972.
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| USS
Barney |
|

USS Barney. |
| USS
Hoel |
USS Hoel.
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| USS
Berkeley |
USS Berkeley.
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| USS
Conyngham |
|

USS Conyngham (DDG17), closing to fuel from RFA Grey
Rover, North Atlantic, March 1984.
Photographed by George
Mortimore L.R.P.S Copyright Cranston Fine Arts. A
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USS Conyngham, 1968.
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| USS
Cochrane |
USS Cochrane.
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