German destroyer Lütjens

History
Germany
Name	Lütjens
Namesake	Admiral Günther Lütjens
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Yard number	DDG-28
Laid down	1 March 1966
Launched	11 August 1967
Commissioned	22 March 1969
Decommissioned	18 December 2003
Homeport	Kiel
Identification	D185
Fate	Scrapped in Turkey
General characteristics
Class and type	Lütjens-class destroyer
Displacement	4720 t
Length	133.2 m (437 ft)
Beam	14.3 m (47 ft)
Draft	6.1 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts; 4 × 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; 23 mph)
Complement	337
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-40 2D air surveillance and early-warning radar, long-range; AN/SPS-67 sea surveillance radar, med-range; AN/SPS-52 3D air surveillance radar, long-range; 2 × AN/SPG-51C Mk 74 fire-control radar; AN/SPQ-9 short range fire-control radar for surface and low flying targets; AN/SPG-60 tracking and fire control radar (also radar illumination for the missiles); Raytheon RP 1225 navigation radar; Atlas Elektronik DSQS-21B active/passive sonar; EADS FL1800 ESM suite;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 × Mark 36 SRBOC 6 cell chaff and flare launcher; 1 × SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy; 1 × EADS FL1800 ESM/ECM suite;
Armament	2 × 127 mm/54 Mk 42 mod 10 guns; 2 × Rheinmetall Rh202 20 mm autocannons; 1 × Modified Mk 13 missile launcher; SM-1MR surface-to-air missile (usually 32); Harpoon anti-ship missile (usually 8); 2 × Mk 49 launcher, 21 RAM surface-to-air missiles each; 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes, DM4A1 and Mark 46 torpedoes; 1 × ASROC launcher, 8 cell;

The German destroyer Lütjens was the lead ship of her class, a modified version of the American Charles F. Adams class, built for the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) during the 1960s.

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