German destroyer Mölders
D186 Mölders was one of three Lütjens-class guided-missile destroyers, a modified version of the American Charles F. Adams class, built for the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) during the 1960s.
Museum ship Mölders | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name | Mölders |
| Namesake | Werner Mölders |
| Ordered | 3 March 1965 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 12 April 1966 |
| Launched | 13 April 1967 |
| Commissioned | 23 February 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 2003 |
| Status | Museum ship at Wilhelmshaven |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lütjens-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,800 t (4,724 long tons) standard |
| Length | 134 m (439 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement | 334 |
| Armament | 2 × 127 mm/54 Mk 42 mod 10 guns
2 × Rheinmetall Rh202 20 mm autocannons 1 × Mk 13 Model 4 Missile Launcher (32 SM-1MR Missiles and 8 Harpoon Missiles) 2 × Mk 49 Rolling Airframe (RAM) Missile Launcher (21 RAM surface-to-air missiles) 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes, DM4A1 and Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × RUR-5 ASROC launcher (8 ASROC Missiles) |
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