German destroyer Hessen

	Hessen on 1 September 1986.
History
Germany
Name	Hessen
Namesake	Hessen
Builder	H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Laid down	5 February 1961
Launched	4 May 1963
Commissioned	8 October 1968
Decommissioned	29 March 1990
Identification	Pennant number: D184; Callsign: DRAD;
Fate	Scrapped in 1991
General characteristics
Class and type	Hamburg-class destroyer
Displacement	4,050 tonnes
Length	133.7 m (438 ft 8 in)
Beam	13.4 m (44 ft 0 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 × Wahodag boilers, 2 steam turbines, 72,000 shp
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h); 37 knots (69 km/h) only D182;
Range	3,400 nautical miles (6,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	284
Sensors and ; processing systems	3 × HSA fire-control radars; Sonar 1BV2;
Armament	3 × DCN 100 mm/L55 guns; 4 × twin 40 mm/L70 guns, Breda Mod 64; 2 × twin MM38 Exocet launcher; 2 × quadruple Bofors 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers; 2 × depth charge ramps, 10 depth charges; 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; up to 90 naval mines Mk 17; 2 × 20 barreled chaff;

Hessen (D184) was the fourth ship of the Hamburg-class destroyer of the German Navy.

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