German destroyer Rommel

The German destroyer D187 Rommel 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.

Rommel on exercise in the Atlantic in 1986
History
Germany
NameRommel
NamesakeErwin Rommel
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down22 August 1967
Launched1 February 1969
Commissioned2 May 1970
Decommissioned30 September 1998
Stricken30 June 1999
HomeportKiel
FateScrapped, 2004
General characteristics
Class and typeLütjens-class destroyer
Displacement4,460 t (4,390 long tons)
Length134 m (440 ft)
Beam14 m (46 ft)
Draft6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion
  • 4 × high pressure superheated steam boilers
  • 2 × turbines
  • 70,000 PS (51,000 kW)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement337 officers and men
Armament
  • 2 × 127 mm/54 Mk 42 mod 10 guns
  • 2 × Rheinmetall Mk 20 RH-202 20 mm autocannons
  • 1 × Mk 13 launcher, 40 Tartar surface-to-air missiles
  • 6 × Mk 32 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes, torpedoes
  • 1 × ASROC launcher, 8 cell
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